Maximum rider weight a bike can carry?

[Bigtallfatbloke]

How do I know this?...looking at new bikes on the web they all look great but none I have seen quote the maximum safe rider weight it can carry before it collapses in a heap of expensive carbon.

 

[skwerl]

I think general advice for carbon is not to go over the 90kg-ish mark.

 

[starseven]

I know your considering a faster road bike at the mo, frames usually have a warranty so if it breaks you get a new one.

When i first got my Allez (admittidley a practicle sort of race bike) I was all careful with it, now its the only bike I use, dirt tracks, bridleways and on the road , Im not much under 100kg and the bike is fine.

I have changed the wheels for Askiums , which are also used on cyclocross bikes and the tyres for 25mm Gatorskins. I could be tempting fate here, but the bike feels very solid, could be different if you get some extreme lightweight carbon job.

 

[chris42]

I think general advice for carbon is not to go over the 90kg-ish mark.

I have been as heavy as 118 KGS on my trek carbon with no problems at all.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

...ok...well I am I 'little' heavier...at jus tunder 19stone...so I am thinking I should avoid a full carbon frame...however what say you to a aluminium frame with carbon fork? Like the bianchi's...maybe I should ask Bianchi...

 

[sloxam]

ok, i was 20 stone+ when i got my allez, no probs apart from pinging spokes (crap wheels), upgraded wheels. got to 17 stone, bought a roubaix, ace bike, super comfy, no probs at all.

 

[barq]

I can't comment on the frame issue but when I was larger I used to have wheel problems. Hand built wheels with more rather than less spokes (e.g. 36) seemed to make a big difference.