Bike weight limits

[stuarttunstall]

From everyone I have spoken to, including Evans I dont think the frame will be the issue, it will, if anything be the wheels... I suppose that there has to be a large margin after all I only found out it was 120KG when I looked on the Scott website out of curiosity... what happens if a man off the street just walks in a shop and say's "I'll take that one" they have to allow for people, and cover themselves for people who just buy and jump on I expect...

I must say speaking to Evans and I will try to get it in writing when I go in next week, is they will honour any warranty, after all they would not have to tell anyone what I weigh IF I have issues... we will see what happens At least I am getting lighter... lol

 

[bigjim]

I wouldn't worry. Bikes these days are designed with the large American Mamil in mind. Probably their biggest market. I doubt they would chance the litigation of a frame failure.

 

[stuarttunstall]

Funny enough that was what one said to me lol

I expect it is like a wire rope, they say it has a safe working load of "x" but has actually been tested much higher, just in case you do use it higher....

Looking around most Hybrid biles seem to be between 125 and 136 when I was searching so maybe Scott quote lower.... who know's, fingers and everything else crossed.... and hopefully I can get down quick

In fact MOST cycle shops online do not even state a weight anywhere on the site, if anything it is only the manufactures sites that do....

As I have been bored tonight I have been doing a bit of research and almost every store does not mention any sort of weight limit on bikes either online or high street chains... In fact I also looked at a lot of cycle manufacturers do not even state them on there sites, well not as I can see Scott, Specialize and Trek seem to list them...so some but not all...

Oh Well I will see what happens still looking forward to getting on the bike and some nice gentle exercise.....

 

[gds58]

Stuart, are you related to Nigel Mansell? Uncanny resemblance!

 

[stuarttunstall]

Stuart, are you related to Nigel Mansell? Uncanny resemblance!

I am afraid not lol

 

[Drago]

I don't think wheels will give you trouble. As aforementioned, at my peak I was 117, but loaded up with lunch, porn mags and a weeks worth of uniform on the commute the payload was likely North of 130, suffered nary a problem. Ok, I read the road surface well and ride pretty light on the contact points, but there's nothing stopping any other rider doing the same.

 

[stuarttunstall]

Thanks for all the comments, I do appreciate them.... I was reading this last night https://theamazing39stonecyclist.wordpress.com/am-i-too-heavy-for-a-bike/ which must say something to reassure me lol

That is what a few have said, just avoid bad road surface, pot holes and off road and it should be fine, if I do I can always go down the Spa Cycles hand built wheel route which at £195.00 a a pair seems a bargain... BUT I am loosing weight so after a few weeks/months I should be down quite a bit, especially once I add cycling to my gym routine

 

[Ticktockmy]

Thank you for all the advice, I am mainly going on roads and at 53 tooooooo old for anything cross country lol .... I think I am only just above the weight limit stated really, and decreasing... must weight myself really to see how well I am doing...

Ohhh, Dear, you might think 53 is too old for cross country, but you wait and see, cycling does strange and magicial things to you, and that little country lane becomes a quite smooth bridleway. Then you are trapped and soon you will be finding yourself being more adventurous

 

[dantheman]

Thanks for all the comments, I do appreciate them.... I was reading this last night https://theamazing39stonecyclist.wordpress.com/am-i-too-heavy-for-a-bike/ which must say something to reassure me lol

That is what a few have said, just avoid bad road surface, pot holes and off road and it should be fine, if I do I can always go down the Spa Cycles hand built wheel route which at £195.00 a a pair seems a bargain... BUT I am loosing weight so after a few weeks/months I should be down quite a bit, especially once I add cycling to my gym routine

I have limited knowledge really, but I think if wheels are built well and you look out for the worst on the road then generally things are fine, just keep a (loving) eye on your bike and parts.. I weigh 110kg+ (approx) - I had problems with badly made Alex rim wheels, but I'm riding prolite bracciano wheels now (openly marketed towards lighter cyclists) and have had no problems.... I do slow for bumps and avoid potholes wherever possible but have also hit a few bad potholes at 25mph+.

 

[spiderman2]

Ohhh, Dear, you might think 53 is too old for cross country, but you wait and see, cycling does strange and magicial things to you, and that little country lane becomes a quite smooth bridleway. Then you are trapped and soon you will be finding yourself being more adventurous

very true I started cycling again at 55 and now 62 still adding bikes

 

[User66445]

A word of caution. The limit Scott gives is for the all up weight: that's you, clothes, bags, any accessories, water bottles etc.

I was in the same position as you when I bought my new carbon frame bike, whose limit I found on reading the manual was around 110kg. Rather than risk a new and expensive toy, I opted to diet and ride my other bike until I was below 95kg. As a footnote I'm now within my recommended BMI, and only wish I'd lost the weight years ago. You've no idea how much easier cycling is with 25kg less fat to carry around !

 

[froze]

STOP! Evans is lying to you to sell you a bike! No Scott bike by the manufacture themselves is not rated for anyone over 243 pounds/110 kgs/17 stone. And to say the wheels will need more maintenance? try new rims in short order! You need to lose the weight first before looking for another bike, use the new bike as incentive to lose weight. But if you buy that bike and it starts to have problems the warranty won't cover anything due to weight limits being exceeded, plus you'll be spending money to replace stuff.

If you are dead set on getting a new bike BEFORE you lose the weight than your choices are extremely limited, the only place that I could find that can make bikes handle 300 plus pound and do so without higher than normal failure rates is ZIZE Bikes, see: https://zizebikes.com/ I would either call or email them with your weight and height and let them tell you what they recommend.

 

[stuarttunstall]

STOP! Evans is lying to you to sell you a bike! No Scott bike by the manufacture themselves is not rated for anyone over 243 pounds/110 kgs/17 stone. And to say the wheels will need more maintenance? try new rims in short order! You need to lose the weight first before looking for another bike, use the new bike as incentive to lose weight. But if you buy that bike and it starts to have problems the warranty won't cover anything due to weight limits being exceeded, plus you'll be spending money to replace stuff.

If you are dead set on getting a new bike BEFORE you lose the weight than your choices are extremely limited, the only place that I could find that can make bikes handle 300 plus pound and do so without higher than normal failure rates is ZIZE Bikes, see: https://zizebikes.com/ I would either call or email them with your weight and height and let them tell you what they recommend.

Evans were not the only people to say I should be OK, I was advised by quite a few... including other stores. one or two not even Scott dealers.

 

[DCBassman]

STOP! Evans is lying to you to sell you a bike! No Scott bike by the manufacture themselves is not rated for anyone over 243 pounds/110 kgs/17 stone. And to say the wheels will need more maintenance? try new rims in short order! You need to lose the weight first before looking for another bike, use the new bike as incentive to lose weight. But if you buy that bike and it starts to have problems the warranty won't cover anything due to weight limits being exceeded, plus you'll be spending money to replace stuff.

If you are dead set on getting a new bike BEFORE you lose the weight than your choices are extremely limited, the only place that I could find that can make bikes handle 300 plus pound and do so without higher than normal failure rates is ZIZE Bikes, see: https://zizebikes.com/ I would either call or email them with your weight and height and let them tell you what they recommend.

Way off the beam. There's not a problem here. There's ALWAYS a margin over, if only for litigation's sake. It's entirely likely, from a stress engineering point of view, that the frame (although probably not the wheels) could cope with double that weight.

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

Way off the beam. There's not a problem here. There's ALWAYS a margin over, if only for litigation's sake. It's entirely likely, from a stress engineering point of view, that the frame (although probably not the wheels) could cope with double that weight.

Road bike manufacturers have a very good reason for having low weight limits - and it's got little to do with engineering or safety, and they aren't going to admit it either. They simply prefer it that large fat people are not seen riding their products for image reasons, just the same as the high end women's fashion industry produces clothing in sizes that most women are NOT going to be able to comfortably fit into.
The road cycle industry and fashion have a lot in common; they want to portray an image where their products are bought and used by fit athletic looking people. One industry can achieve this through sizing, the other by discouraging large heavy people from buying their products by setting a weight limit that excludes them for "safety" reasons.