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! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
