Just been looking at the weights for the different ICE seats. Quite surprised how much lighter the newer version hard shell seat is-
http://www.icetrikes.co/support/faqsICE seats weights
2011 trike GRP seat with side wings and cover 2.293kg 5.06lb
2011 trike Carbon seat with side wings and cover 1.766kg 3.89lb
201/13 Air Pro GRP seat complete 1.482kg 3.27lb
2012/13 Air Pro Carbon seat complete 1.1kg 2.43lb
2012/13 Mesh seat complete 1.796kg 3.96lb
Weight saving comparisons
2012/13 Air Pro Glass to Air Pro Carbon -0.382kg -0.84lb
2011 GRP to 2012 Air pro GRP -0.811kg -1.79lb
2011 Carbon to 2012 Air Pro Carbon -0.666kg -1.47lb
2011 GRP to 2012 Air pro Carbon -1.193kg -2.63lb
The new GRP one is almost 300g lighter than the old carbon, while the new carbon is almost 400g less than that. More odd though, is that the 'new' mesh is only just more than the old carbon, and I thought with the extra padding it'd be heavier than the old mesh. Were the old carbon and old mesh a similar weight? Seems the weights include fixings and brackets, but no mention of pads or ventisit on the hard, so perhaps once that is on, it's no lighter, perhaps even heavier.