I think many will agree that Mercian are the proper British equivalent of Rivendell. You have a great bike there.
Color is personal, but I really like the Brooks Honey. It is more neutral looks good with almost any other color you use with your bike. Which Ideale saddles do you have? There are several possible issues with the leather that could leave them less comfortable. First, Ideale had several grades of leather. Some of the basic grades were more stiff. The highest end was stamped with Rebour. This was glove soft and is quite comfortable even today if well cared for. Which gets to my second and third possiblities. If the saddle is used, it is possible it was not properly cared for over the years. To little or the wrong kind of leather conditioner and the saddle starts to dry out. Also, you never know if some prior owner did not over stretch the saddle. Even if you got the saddle new old stock, who knows where it was stored. Temperature and humidity need to be correct to keep leather in good condition. And of course, leather saddles conform to the shape and weight of the rider. If the original owner has a significantly different body from you, then it is possible they wore the saddle down wrong. On Jul 2, 12:37 pm, fenderbender <pedal_kr...@yahoo.se> wrote: > Thanks for those replies! Very grateful because I have to order on the > net. > One reason for me asking is that besides my four Swift (bought next to > new from friends that gave in to quick!) I have two Ideal steel railed > heavyweights. This are on my commuters and there is a big differens in > feel. The Ideal transmit much more road buzz than the ti-railed Swift. > But I would imagine that Brooks use a bit narrower and more flexible > steel rails than the old Ideal's and the leather are getting old and > hard. > Just remembered I have some old titanium seatpost that could ad some > dampening but I would have to get the right shims. Ok, definitely > going for steel rails this time. Thanks! > > So whats your verdict on Brooks colours then? Got me some raw hides > and brown leather paint, but can't decide what seat to get. The frame > I'm dressing up is a Mercian Vincitore Special (yeah, wrong forum :) > with a Ice Blue Pearl paint job and white > windows:http://i35.tinypic.com/2cwu78g.jpg > Either a young-nordic-blond-honey or a stuffy-british-antique-brown > seat-bars-mudflap-theme? > ;)http://www.brookssaddles.com/en/Shop_ProductPage.aspx?cat=saddles+-+r... > > On 1 Juli, 16:10, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > > We had a big discussion on this over in the Peter White Forum a > > couples week back - in the Berthoud Saddle Introductory Thread. > > > Peter, I and some others argued that whatever minor difference in > > shock absorption may exist between steel, Ti and Carbon would be > > completely overwhelmed by the differences in one piece of leather to > > the next. > > > Leather is an organic compound. There is no way leather on every > > saddle is not going to be at least slightly different from the other. > > 99.9% of the feel of the saddle will be in the leather. > > > If you do not mind paying extra, and the minor weight saving is > > important to you, go with the Ti. For my money, I would go with the > > steel and spend some of the savings on leather conditioners and maybe > > a real nice saddle cover. > > > On Jul 1, 4:24 am, fenderbender <pedal_kr...@yahoo.se> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > I'm very pleased with the Swift ti's I've fitted to my current fleet > > > of bikes. But due to the resent price hike I must question my reasons > > > for buying the titanium rail versions. As I now have two more builds > > > near compleation that need some seating but my funds are limited. One > > > is a resurrectio and the other a lovely vanity bike. > > > > Anyone tried both the Swift and B17 Narrow and could tell me the > > > difference in "feal"? > > > > Is the dampening of the steel rails that much different too that of > > > the ti-version, and does it excuse the added cost? > > > > Thanks and Keep 'em rolling!- Dölj citerad text - > > > - Visa citerad text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
