Wheel weight limits

[dee.jay]

Excellent. I am a happy man now - though the DCR Hunt chap I've been talking to above agrees as well - so yes I think I am spot on.

Fairly sure that if I went out and spent £1200 on a CdF 20 bike then I'm damn sure the wheels would last longer. I don't want to subject them to 18 odd stone at the moment though, so I can afford to invest in a new wheel for the time being.

 

[coco69]

Simple rule of thumb....if someones a fat nacker then get some strong wheels..simple

 

[dee.jay]

Yeah - I took the bike down to the shop earlier, turns out I've just snapped a spoke. Didn't realise this at the time! Still, I will keep all this in mind.

 

[dee.jay]

Had it fixed, been and done about 40 miles on it since, and this morning another spoke went.

Absolutely fed up now.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

That's the routine I got in to. I bought handmade wheels, haven't done a spoke since. But I recognise it's a tough decision on a bike you're not keeping forever. I have a similar quandary on my 'saved from a skip' Raleigh. At some point it's had a spoke go and the previous owner just removed all the bits (there is no spoke and nothing in the relevant hole). This is, naturally, on the rear, which is a tad 'dutch' (buckled). I kind of figure I should fix it, but I'm not sure I'd trust a 30 quid wheel and even that would be a lot of money spent on this particular bike. I'll think of something eventually...

 

[dee.jay]

Yes I am rather fed up. Absolutely annoyed now because the weather is glorious and no bike. Could have had a nice few hours out every day this week!!!

I am in a position where I can buy a new bike, but I think I will throw up a new thread, I'm in a bit of a quandry what to do.

 

[Longroad]

I wonder how long I will get from mine then???

I'm just shy of 25st and just done a few rides (3 actually ) So I'm kind of expecting the worst but hoping for best. Looking at spec on my bike (Marin bobcat hard tail) it seems I have ARAYA - DM-650 with 14 gauge spokes. No idea if that helps any but will update when they do break although I'm keeping fingers crossed they don't!!!!

 

[dee.jay]

Be interest to hear how you get on. Gaz the 39 stone cyclist, rode bikes from stock. However, he rode a Giant MTB, Scott Hybrid and a Ribble road bike. Where I went wrong is that I've asked a comparatively cheap bike to do 600 odd miles...

 

[w00hoo_kent]

My feeling is an MTB is much more likely to cope, this may be because I came back to a second hand hard tail Mongoose when I was my heaviest and didn't have any problems with spokes although theft was a thing...

 

[dee.jay]

Yeah theft bothers me. I've spent £120 on securing the shed though including CCTV.