The problem is that creating a separate thread for a trade request may be interpreted as a troll post (as is reference to the alleged 'Brooks Cult'). I'm not suggesting you intended this, but there are at least two places on the forum where you could have posted your trade request:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...68-saddle-swap
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...84782&page=170