How to weigh a bike?
05-26-20, 10:33 AM
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How to weigh a bike?
What's the best makeshift scale for weighing a bike? Kg or lbs, doesn't matter.
I ask as I have recently acquired a good-condition Supercycle Hooligan Downhill MTB, and I suspect it's in good-condition because no one can ride it due to the weight.
I ask as I have recently acquired a good-condition Supercycle Hooligan Downhill MTB, and I suspect it's in good-condition because no one can ride it due to the weight.
05-26-20, 10:36 AM
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You`re from B.C....you must have access to a fish scale that the bike can hang from.
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Your reasoning for its condition left me confused.
The best way to weigh a bike is to not have it be a makeshift scale and instead use a real scale. Buy a hanging scale, hang the bike from any number of locations, and read what it says.
The best way to weigh a bike is to not have it be a makeshift scale and instead use a real scale. Buy a hanging scale, hang the bike from any number of locations, and read what it says.
05-26-20, 10:40 AM
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Hehe, I don't live very far from Fraser river either! This year the snowpack in the mountains is like 50% more than it should be, so there are high expectations for flooding 
. The low farm lands really don't need another 1948, that would devastate our economy!
. The low farm lands really don't need another 1948, that would devastate our economy!
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depends on accuracy you need, right?
within a pound or so, bathroom scale while holding bike vs scale with no bike.
fairly close w road bike, fish scale
fairly close with big honkin' steel bike, luggage scale
crazy close: disassemble and weight parts discretely on electronic cooking scale.
or just crazy: say 40 lbs and if someone challenges, make them weigh it.
within a pound or so, bathroom scale while holding bike vs scale with no bike.
fairly close w road bike, fish scale
fairly close with big honkin' steel bike, luggage scale
crazy close: disassemble and weight parts discretely on electronic cooking scale.
or just crazy: say 40 lbs and if someone challenges, make them weigh it.
05-26-20, 11:09 AM
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But cats get skinned in many different ways.
05-26-20, 11:12 AM
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Now, for getting the weight into pound and ounces, a separate scale is necessary.
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Get your digital kitchen scales and a book/spacer the same height. Put the front wheel on one and the back on the other, swap round and add the two values.
If you want it super accurate be careful how you hold the bike vertical. I just push it to vertical with my finger and take the reading just as it starts to topple.
If your scales go high enough to measure in one go, put them on the end of an ironing board and put the top tube on the scales.
If you want it super accurate be careful how you hold the bike vertical. I just push it to vertical with my finger and take the reading just as it starts to topple.
If your scales go high enough to measure in one go, put them on the end of an ironing board and put the top tube on the scales.
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05-26-20, 02:57 PM
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FYI - Google or search Amazon for "Luggage Scale" for the $5-$15 versions.
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Plenty of hanging scales in the weight range you are looking for online for under $20. Mine is 60 lbs max.
Bathroom scale (you+bike minus just you) will get you within about 1 lb.
Bathroom scale (you+bike minus just you) will get you within about 1 lb.
05-26-20, 03:08 PM
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Serious response for the OP: You can probably just wheel it into an LBS and ask them to weigh it. Most have fancy digital hanging scales.
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I wanted a bit more accuracy than a bathroom scale, but my kitchen scale only reads to 12lb.
So I weigh the front wheel, then the back wheel and add the two.
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So I weigh the front wheel, then the back wheel and add the two.
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