Ti railed Swallow and Ti railed Swift. A good deal of Brevets at 200K - 400K. A 1000K on the Swallow. A few pot holes etc when dark and I'm tired. No problems what so ever.
Rob Dayton
Charlotte,NC
USA
> Don,
\r?\n> I have 3 B-17 with titanium rails. No problems over the past 7-8 years.
\r?\n> James Valiensi, PE
\r?\n> Northridge, CA
\r?\n> H818.775.1847 M.818.585.1796
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\r?\n> On Feb 4, 2011, at 4:38 PM, donald gillies wrote:
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\r?\n> > I've ordered a Brooks Team Pro Titanium, but it's been delayed by such
\r?\n> > a long time (70 days) that I contacted the factory and they said that
\r?\n> > in late November their rails-forming machinery broke, leading to a big
\r?\n> > backlog in Brooks Saddles production. Just to compound things, their
\r?\n> > Titanium Supplier was late delivering the titanium wire used to make
\r?\n> > the saddles, too.
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\r?\n> > So yes, you may have a hard time finding exaclty the right saddle and
\r?\n> > color from Brooks right now. I've been waiting patiently with my
\r?\n> > "Black Friday" price on the saddle.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Has anyone had problems with failures in Brooks Ti Saddles? If yes,
\r?\n> > would you advise me to cancel the order and get 2x saddles with steel
\r?\n> > rails? This is for a very special, green bike (some of you know what
\r?\n> > I'm talking about ..)
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\r?\n> > - Don Gillies
\r?\n> > San Diego, CA, USA