I agree about the saddle though I should mention nothing with a big wide slope in the middle ever works for me and it does seem to be softening up a little bit.
My bike hasn't fallen apart yet and I'm quite pleased with it. I wasn't sure about the 28mm tires (after riding some dreadful hybrids back in the day) but they devour cobblestone like nobody's business.
And now I'm off to take it to a professional trained in the dark arts of bracketomancy because something in the bracket region has begun creaking like a barn door and nothing I can do to it with an allen key seems to be helping.
My money is on chainring bolts.