PpPete
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How to weigh a bicycle?
- Thread starter TheLondonCyclist
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Or a simple balance.
A broom handle,
Tied with string to a beam (stairs or tree in the garden will do)
Hang bike on one end (use bungee)
Hang bucket on other end
Fill bucket with water
each litre of water weighs 1kg
Keep filling until bike and bucket balance
A broom handle,
Tied with string to a beam (stairs or tree in the garden will do)
Hang bike on one end (use bungee)
Hang bucket on other end
Fill bucket with water
each litre of water weighs 1kg
Keep filling until bike and bucket balance
Cubist
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How much does your bucket weigh, and how will you find out?
Arch
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Well, durrr, you weigh the bucket first. Hang the bucket on one end of the scales, and on the other hang a buck....
Oh.
(one could tare the bucket by balancing it against a container of negligible weight, like a watertight plastic bag, and putting water in the bag...Assuming a few grammes don't matter.)
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TheLondonCyclist
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lol
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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Go to your nearest vets and put your bike on their big scales.... I used to weigh myself every time we took the cat but they've put a notice up saying 'for pets only' [didnt think they'd noticed].
And I thought you were a pet Archie
Cubist
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How dare you Madam? If you have gone to the trouble of drilling holes in your valve caps and filling your tyres with exotic gases, then the weight of the plastic bag alone will skew your readings.
Weightweenies have a submissions function, so we'll have to weigh a number of commonplace buckets, and submit them for listing.
My old Woolworth one is a sturdy 376g, but it's better now I've got rid of the excess 21g contained in the white plastic tubing that used to form a comfy grip on the wire handle.
As for plastic bags, those filmy ones you put your fruit and veg in at Sainsbury's are pretty light.
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TheLondonCyclist
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I'd rather just hang it on a luggage scale lolThere's your answer, TLC. Get a woman to do it
snorri
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- East coast, up a bit.
Some advice here on checking your luggage scales first.
http://www.ukas.com/library/Technical-Information/Pubs-Technical-Articles/Pubs-List/LAB14.pdf
Arch
Married to Night Train
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I had to get new scales as the kitchen ones were inaccurate for the chain links!
Still, at least you can use Sheldon's cleaning method before you reassemble,,,
http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html
(yes, I can see that's where you got the pic,!)
It's a Balance !
So it does not matter if you use a plastic bag or a steel bucket, as long as the broom handle is level before you add bike or water
Cubist
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What about the water that sticks to the sides of the bucket when you come to measure the water? Or that evaporates as you transfer it to a measuring jug?
