Weight...wait...

The Tank™'s diet continues, with another saddle change. I picked up a secondhand Selle Italia Kevlar Gel Flow saddle on Ebay for the princely sum of £40.41. It's quite an old one but is in fair condition and, crucially for my purposes, tips the scales at just 180g. That's pretty light for any saddle, but especially for an MTB-specific one.

Whatever, that's a further 160g shaved off the bike as a whole, bringing the whole thing down to 13.05kg. Not bad considered it started at 14.5...

There is still more to do, but am starting to get to the point where big differences will be hard to make. Still, every little helps, right?

Saddles... before and after

As part of the continued bargain bike challenge, I picked up a new saddle on ebay for a third of RRP. So here's a gratuitous before and after.

Before: Giant Performance Road saddle (OEM)

After: Selle Italia SLR Kit Carbonio Flow saddle with carbon rails

As you can see, according to the Kitchen Scales of Inaccuracy^TM, swapping out my saddle has saved me 209g - a weight reduction equal to very nearly five KitKats. And okay, I've yet to complete a long ride on the new saddle, but a very unscientific test (poking with my thumbs) suggests it is better padded than the saddle I did LEJOG on, so fingers crossed.