Selle San Marco was started by Luigi Girardi in 1935 in Rossano Veneto. This is in the Italian province of Vicenza in Northern Italy, the heart of Italian bike making country.

Girardi started by covering his saddles with the fabric of military jackets. The firm was successful from the start and by 1940, it had 40 employees.

From that beginning, Selle San Marco has gone on to produce saddles that are considered among the finest in the world. They have been used, to name a few great riders, by Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond and Bradley Wiggins.

To this day the firm continues to produce some of the world's most highly regarded saddles.

San Marco Aspide Glamour Arrowhead saddle with Titanium rails. New, $150.00/each

Part# 40140

• 200 grams
• We have two in stock

New, in its factory packaging

From the back

And a top view

San Marco Rolls brown, steel-railed (Acciaio) saddle. New, $150.00

Part# 40124

• 382 grams
• San Marco calls this Pelle Lucide Miele (roughly, smooth honey-brown leather). We would call it closer to mocha brown.

This is a very special-looking saddle.

From the back. Just as nice.

And from the top

San Marco Squadra HDP Saddle with Titanium rails. Used, $100.00/each

The "HDP" in the Squadra saddles name comes from "Hytrel Du Pont". Hytrel is a thermoplastic elastomer that combines the flexibility & resilience of rubber with the processability and durability of thermoplastics. The saddles have leather covers and HDP padding. These are comfortable saddles

The Squadra HDP saddles were produced in the mid to late 1990s.

A comfortable classic.

Here's the other side of the saddle.

From behind

From above

The saddle's underside

San Marco UltraSoft Ti saddle. New, $80.00/each

Part# 70129

Side view

From the other side

From above

Here's the saddle from behind.

Close-up of the titanium rails.

Here's the saddle flipped over.

San Marco Tecno Scocca Dynamica saddle. Used, $40.00/each

Part# 40152

From the mid-1990s.

Side view

Here's the other side.

From above

From behind.

Close-up of the rail.

Here's the saddle's underside.

San Marco Ponza saddle. Used, $40.00/each

Side view

From the other side

From above

From behind.

Close-up of the rails

Here's the saddle's underside.