Am I mad considering a ‘heavy’ Brooks saddle on a super light Parlee?

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dj02

I’m currently building a Parlee Z5 SLi di2 frameset as got it for a great price on eBay.

It will have Enve finishing kit and Zipp 303 wheels so nice bits and pieces.

I have a Fizik Arione K1 Carbon Saddle I’m mind for this as I have Ariones on my other bikes.

The thing is I am having the frameset painted Teal Blue with Black Speckle and Copper painted decals.

I wanted to run the copper theme and may have the seatpost and stem painted in Teal with the Enve decals in Copper too.

Question is I can get a Brooks Swallow with Copper rivers and copper rails which would look great but it’s over 500g compared to the Arione which is silly light.

Do I go for looks with the Brooks or weight and consistency with saddle I already use?

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Aldersbrook in reply to @dj02

There is only one brooks saddle that I would put on such a bike and it’s the c13 all weather with carbon rails. That is probably not the look you are looking for though but it’s brooks, won’t look out of place and weight it stay low.

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