I have a Cork Berthoud on order as well. They look great. Peter White suggests something to keep the rear bolts secure. Bees wax might make the most sense.
On Jul 4, 5:26 am, fenderbender <pedal_kr...@yahoo.se> wrote: > Thanks, blond it is then! I've always wanted a bike with curly lugs > and brown lether bits but never had the patience to save up for one. > So I couldn't believe my eyes when this unused frame turned up in the > local classifieds at a bargain price. The seller even lowered price > without me asking! If it's any comfort for you it's on the small side, > but I hope a Technomic will sort thing out. :) > > I do like the classic looks of black too. But all my other saddles are > black/dark brown and I just thought i should get some variation in my > life. > Just spoken to my "bike pimp" about it but he also happens to be the > importer of Gilles Berthoud gear in these parts of the woods. So he is > obviously very keen on selling me a Berthoud creation instead. Here I > am trying to be rational keeping the cost down. But one look at the > "cork" coloured saddles and I forget all about the honey and > instinctively reach for the > wallet!http://wallbike.com/blog/category/saddles/berthoud/ > > The price here is in the neighbourhood of the ti-railed Brooks so I > might wait a bit and use one of my old saddles for now. I'm told > Berthoud has a equivalent to the Swift on the way that might fit my > behinds better. Anyone know when it will turn up in the shops? :P > > On 2 Juli, 21:20, "John Stoesser" <jstoes...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > I have an early 80's Mercian in a very similar (if not identical) Blue with > > pale Gray Head tube, black letters and pinstriping. I decided to go with a > > Black Brooks. Maybe I'm too predictable. I love (spelled envious) your > > Vincitore. I'm trying to decide whether to buy a King of Mercia, Bombadil, > > or Waterford Adventure Cycle for my touring rig. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of fenderbender > > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:37 PM > > To: RBW Owners Bunch > > Subject: [RBW] Re: Brooks Swift or B17 Narrow, ti or steel rails? > > > 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... > > +mtb&prod=Swift+Chrome > > > 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 -- Dölj citerad text - > > > - Visa citerad 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
