Originally Posted by
knobster
Brooks Sparrow: 360 grams
Brooks Swift: 370 grams
For comparison: Fizik Aliante Carbon: 239 grams.
You're talking over $400 for the Sparrow Ti. A fairer comparison from an economic point of view would be the Aliante with Carbon rails, which can be had for $240, and weighs 199 grams.
And I'm asuming you must be a professional racer. Otherwise the extra $200 to save 125 grams going from the Swift saddle with chrome plated rails, to the Swift with Ti rails would clearly not be justified.
You can't argue that 125 grams don't matter when you diss the Fizik saddle and turn around and spend hundreds of dollars to get a lighter Brooks saddle. You obviously believe that saving 125 grams from a seat is worth a fair amount.