Originally Posted by Shimagnolo

I had the titanium nose of a Swift break. To make matters complicated, I had purchased it through eBay, a year earlier, and had no recollection of who the seller was. I took the saddle to a LBS, and they sent it in to the distributor. They gave me a choice:

a) Sell me the parts to repair it.
b) Sell me a new saddle at wholesale cost.

Since I had no idea where to find a shop that could do riveting in the tight space of the saddle nose, I opted for "b". So I have a like-new Swift with a broken metal nose in my box of spare parts.