Mountain Biking - titanium saddles???

are they good? i have to get a new saddle because i bent two (the origanal specailized one and a cheapo one i found in the trash). will titanium saddle bend as easly? im still learning how to ride the hardtail and im trying to stand more but i dont want to keep going through seat. thanks.:)

how can you just bENd two saddles already from sitting on it????? not like you've been doing any massive jumps or epic rides on them right?

...told you to get a santa cruz. hehe

how can you just bENd two saddles already from sitting on it?????

...told you to get a santa cruz. hehe
i already did over 200 jumps

Oh man, how do your questions keep getting stupider and stupider? You'd think that learning about this whole biking thing would, ya know, educate you.

Titanium saddle... Jesus Tapdancing Christ...

i already did over 200 jumps

Running off the curb doesn't count as a jump.

Running off the curb doesn't count as a jump.
me and my friend built a 4 foot ramp and it was soo fun we did it all day yesterday and today in the rain

Oh man, how do your questions keep getting stupider and stupider? You'd think that learning about this whole biking thing would, ya know, educate you.

Titanium saddle... Jesus Tapdancing Christ...
seriously please...is a titanium saddle any good?

me and my friend built a 4 foot ramp and it was soo fun we did it all day yesterday and today in the rain


still, if you were doing the jumps... you wouldn't be sitting on the saddle while landing. when you land, do you really let the saddle absorb your landing??? because, that'd be just stupid, use your knees to absorb it, and you won't break your saddle. how else would a jump put pressure on your saddle, leading it to break.

plus, if you're doing over TWO HUNDRED jumps a day... not so sure i would want a ti saddle. i'd rather get a heavy duty jump saddle that has a bunch of cushioning.

alex got jokes

this thread is headed in the exact same way as 'DISC BRAKE UPGRADE?' he definetly just wants the saddle for its tots and tinkers.

Get an i-beam saddle, I love mine as it is very stiff and doesn't bend. You do need to absorb the shock with your legs by standing up, your rear end and your wallet will thank you.

me and my friend built a 4 foot ramp and it was soo fun we did it all day yesterday and today in the rain
got any pix of that "ramp"? perhaps some action shots too.

omg......i know i dont land sitting down. but how do they bend? i want to know is i have a better chance with titanium saddles not bending vs regular saddles

pics of the saddles?

still, can you explain how these saddles broke, from the jump?

-howd they break then?

hold on let me take some pics

pics of the saddles?

still, can you explain how these saddles broke, from the jump?

-howd they break then?

gosh alumrock! have some commonsense! of course the rail broke cuz of the g-forces from the impact of rolling off the curb. excuse me, i meant the 4ft ramp.


lets start a poll on what will alex's next thread gonna be asking!

Was pinkbike to hard for you?

You and smitty should have a big saddle bending sausage fest.

Was pinkbike to hard for you?
:p whos the one that said he would be back in a week or sooner?

You and smitty should have a big saddle bending sausage fest.

Maybee we can get corona to sponsor it.

A crappy beer for crappy posters.

Great idea.

A crappy beer for crappy posters.

Great idea.

:beer:

ok here are the pics
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4462/0204072220vi3.jpg
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2255/0204072222ln0.jpg
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/1250/0204072221rh3.jpg
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/9196/0204072223qk0.jpg
http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/3816/0204072224ch7.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/8215/0204072225wk6.jpg
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/60/0204072226kz2.jpg

Alex, on Pinkiebike you said we on BF were unkind to you. Why do you come and ask us if we are? We've tried to help you in many ways and have been very patient. You've learned a lot here. We joke a lot and kid a lot but you DID get a lot of help from good people. Did you ask on Pinkiebike where they might not be so "unkind" to you? This is very much a slap in the face if you say that and then come back for more help.

Alex, on Pinkiebike you said we on BF were unkind to you. Why do you come and ask us if we are? We've tried to help you in many ways and have been very patient. You've learned a lot here. We joke a lot and kid a lot but you DID get a lot of help from good people. Did you ask on Pinkiebike where they might not be so "unkind" to you? This is very much a slap in the face if you say that and then come back for more help.
i dont know how to work pinkbike. it took to many clicks to work the fourm

i dont know how to work pinkbike. it took to many clicks to work the fourm


But you still said bad things about the very people on BF who tried to help you. So because we have a more user friendly site you think that it's okay to badmouth those trying to help? That isn't very nice. You are biting the hand that feeds you.

its funny how i didnt get any answers after 24 posts lol :roflmao:

But you still said bad things about the very people on BF who tried to help you. So because we have a more user friendly site you think that it's okay to badmouth those trying to help? That isn't very nice. You are biting the hand that feeds you.
i didnt say you i said the website "bikefourms.net"

I'd still use that saddle. Went through the entire summer last year with a cheap bontrager saddle that had a 25 degree bend in each saddle, finally replaced it in September.

its funny how i didnt get any answers after 24 posts lol :roflmao:
I wouldn't be laughing, it's because no one wants to help you any more!

i didnt say you i said the website "bikefourms.net"


WE are what makes Bikeforums.net, Alex.

Anyway, if you feel uncomfortable with the saddle, listen to the guys here who have been riding for a long time. Usually with jumps you use your knees as "shocks". Good luck and be careful.

+1 [you bad boy. fortune cookie say, bad boy go to jail.]

so you're admitting that you landed with your butt on the saddle after a jump then. right? how else would the saddle bend or break in your case?

WE are what makes Bikeforums.net, Alex.

Anyway, if you feel uncomfortable with the saddle, listen to the guys here who have been riding for a long time. Usually with jumps you use your knees as "shocks". Good luck and be careful.
should i just get another steel or aluminum (what ever it is) saddle or titanium?

i would keep it, depending on how bad it is. wouldn't wanna beef out 60 bucks on a ti saddle.

-lower your seat while doing jumps, that way if you land too far foward, you have space to balence out by lowering your butt towards the rear. if your seat is too high up while doing jumps, you could go endo.

do titanium seats bend?????????????????????????????

yes, but they cost more, so I would get one.. actually I already have two.

do titanium seats bend?????????????????????????????
everything bends if you keep landing with your ass on the saddle.
i think that is what everyone or at least me is trying to tell you

this could be solved quite easily alextrot. just admit that you landed the 4ft 'hop' with your butt on the saddle. in addition, you're so fat with those hairy ass legs that you ended up bending/breaking your cheap specialized saddle. now you're crying about it and asking if theres a saddle out there that won't break under your fat ass. all you have to do is get a regular saddle and not land on it with your butt. i know it may feel great for that saddle of yours to stuff itself up your backside, but its really unhealthy. if you used your legs as suspension, instead of your saddle, you wouldn't break it. period.

alex, you should have gotten a full suspension bike, then this wouldn't happen.

alex, you should have gotten a full suspension bike, then this wouldn't happen.

Nah, then he would have bent the rear of the bike.

i never landed on my saddle...maby once by accident but i know how to jump

Then please tell us how to jump.

Then please tell us how to jump.
close you eyes and take your hands off the handlebars and stand

if you 'maybe once by accident' landed on your saddle, it wouldn't break.

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=14747&subcategory_ID=10051
that one shouldn't snap, and you can actually land on your saddle, in case you 'maybe by accident' forget to use your legs. plus, it looks strong, yet not expensive!

close you eyes and take your hands off the handlebars and stand

Wait, are you the guy from that visa rewards commercial?


Or are you this guy?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VuBFSTMwLq0

And how the saddle broke...

i never landed on my saddle...maby once by accident but i know how to jump


Pics please. :)

theres already pics....look on page one

I meant of you doing a jump and your ramp thing.

Wait, are you the guy from that visa rewards commercial?


You know the one with the mtb's?
lol i was kidding...umm when i jump i kind of lift up on the front and balence the bike so it lands on 2 wheels at the same time