Yes, the scale does not lie, but you do have to get a decent enough scale, or suffer the doubts from others when you call out your bike's weight in any forum.....

Case in point, my recently finished Davidson build. I myself couldn't believe the sub 20 pound weight, considering it's a steel bike with a Brooks saddle and steel epinrpes and adpes.....but there it is,........ on my overpriced digital bike scale I just bought last summer (used to weigh my bike on a digital luggage scale)....