RE: [CR]Brooks Saddles; Durability of Ti rails????

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

From: "Tom Harriman" <transition202@hotmail.com>
To: <heine94@earthlink.net>, <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: RE: [CR]Brooks Saddles; Durability of Ti rails????
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:51:34 +0000
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cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Hi Jan, and thanks for the post. I was thinking that perhaps since you d o so much riding in the State of Washington, perhaps your saddle was expo sed to more rain than the average rider, and perhaps that shortened it's lifespan?

Is there anyone out there that rode 3000 miles in a dry climate on the same saddle and had a different result?

Tom Harriman San Francisco, Ca
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:20:53 -0800
> To: mark@bikesmithdesign.com
> From: heine94@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [CR]Brooks Saddles; Durability of Ti rails????
> CC: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>
> >I mentioned to a friend I was thinking about a Ti railed Brooks for
> >a saddle. He said that when he worked for a wholesale outfit, Island
> >Cycle back in the '80s, they got several returned Brooks' with
> >broken Ti rails.
>
> It happened to my first-generation Swift, but only after several
> years of riding and a number of crashes (I was racing back then.)
>
> >Has this been a problem with current production?
>
> I think that problem has been overcome, so I wouldn't worry about it.
>
> >BTW while the diminished quality of anything cycle related is cause
> >for sadness, I must admit that I'm glad it no longer takes a
> >bazzillion miles to break in a Brooks.
>
> My Professional Titanium took 2000 miles to break in, and was worn
> out after 3000 miles. It was the non-presoftened version. Get the
> pre-softened version, so at least it's comfortable from the start,
> even if it doesn't last.
>
> Jan Heine
> Editor
> Bicycle Quarterly
> 140 Lakeside Ave #C
> Seattle WA 98122
> http://www.bikequarterly.com