teamontherun

Im wondering how much weight you put on your bike and if its safe? I have 19lbs of cargo on my 28lb 09 fuji crosstown 4.0s rear rack and am wondering if thats ok?

10 Wheels

It should be okay.

teamontherun

If it makes any difference, Im running a 700 35 tire which should put out a little flex.

Doug64

I'm not trying to hijack your thread, but I had the same thoughts the other night when I weighed my bike. I put a new wheel set on it with bigger tires, and was wondering about the weight. I almost posted a threaad at that time wondering what some of the other folks' bikes where weighing in at. Mine is a 58 cm Volpe and with racks, fenders, seat bag and pump weighs in at 31 lbs. My gear on the last trip weighed 40 lbs without water. So, approximately 70-75 lbs loaded.

X-LinkedRider

I road on 700x32's Double walled rims with about 80-90lb total weight not including a rider. I had no problems. 3k miles later it's about time to replace cassette though.

teamontherun

No worries... All my weight is pretty much my 14lb Kryptonite New York chain. lol. I have though long and hard about carrying it on the rack in my trunk bag. I hate the weight of it but love the security as it can go though the frame and both wheels and still go around a tree at 5'5" long.

another question: would it be better to put my heavy chain in a backpack as it might spread the load to the center of the bike? mind you I dont have double walled rims i dont think

Thanks ahead of time.

Doug64

Hi again,

I just did what I should have done before: looked on Bikepedia at the Fuji's specs.

It has Weinmann CN-520, 36-spoke rims with 2mm stainless spokes. I suspect that you can get away with the weight you are talking about easily. I used to tour on a Trek 1000 with 25mm tires, carrying about 30-35 lbs of gear. I had the stock wheels on it which had 32 spoke rims. I still ride the bike alomost every day (with 23mm's), and never had a wheel problem. The Bianchi in the picture above has several thousand fully loaded touring miles on stock 32 spoke wheels and 28mm tires. I just put really big tires on it--32mm's!

teamontherun

Awesome. I am glad to hear it... My rear wheel is out of true as I just found out. Lucky for me I have lifetime free adjustments at Performance so I will get it fixed tomorrow.

Thanks.

tomn

My bike w/racks weighs in at about 32 pounds. On our last Sept. tour I added 55 lbs. of panniers & gear. I know that I am probably lying, and it was 60, but then I mailed home a bunch of stuff along the way. My wheelset seems almost bullet proof. Rear = Phil Wood 145 zero-dish tandem hub; 40 hole Sun Rhynolite soon to be Aeroheat; triple butted spokes. Front: 36 hole Hugi tandem hub.

tomg

30lb bike, 40lb gear, 200lb rider...self/contained tours
have the correct gear-inches for load and ride area.

bobframe

There's another tread going on this subject and following it, I began to make some sense of the weight issue. The weight ranges that folks gave varied widely...say 60 pounds on the low end to 100+ pounds on the high end, which perplexed me until someone provided a blinding glimpse of the obvious.

Weight is a function of many things....

what you can afford (Kindle book vs. "real" books, down bag vs. synthetic bag),
what repairs you are comfortable making (patch kit, CO2 and tube vs. spare tire vs. spare wheel, multitool vs. "real" tools),
how you personally define comfort (Pillow anyone?, separate sleeping clothes?),
what it takes to make you happy (how about a chair?,
are you cooking?, "real" food vs. freeze dried),
what type touring you are doing (fully supported vs. credit card vs. completely unsupported) and
what conditions you expect to encounter (mild temps and clear skies vs. cool and rainy vs. bitter cold and snowing).

Someone doing a couple day tour in a temperate climate will probably need less equipment than another who's on a multi-month tour in "four seasons" conditions.

Bicycling touring means different things to different people, so comparing weights between touring cyclists is a bit of an apples and oranges exercise. I think in order for this exercise to be meaningful, you have to narrow and better define the comparisons.

gdlerner

30lb bike friday NWT with rohloff, 100lb gear everything,154lb rider

Cyclebum

28 lb bike, 45 lbs gear/water, 170 rider = 243.

Enthusiast

27lb bike, 28lb gear, 5lb water, ~5lb food, 170lb rider = 235lbs. This is for extended 3 season self-sufficient touring on roads in the US.

All my gear and food is on the rear rack. My wheels have 32 1.9/1.7 DB spokes laced to Mavic Open Pros. My rear tire is a 32mm Panaracer Ribmo.

Enthusiast

IMHO the added security of the Kryptonite New York lock isn't worth it's added weight. (Provided you are touring and not locking up in the same area of a city day after day) I take a 2lb U-lock with me but only feel the need to use it when I am in major cities. (I toured down the East coast of the US this fall so it was used frequently) I used Axelrodz bolt-on skewers so I don't have to worry about locking my wheels. While I'd like to get by on a cheapo lightweight cable lock like most tourers, my time living in cities as convinced me that the added security of a U-lock is worth it IF you will be visiting cities. It took me a while to accept it, but for much of the US and world, it is quite possible to tour without any lock at all. Think about the theft threats you will encounter on the road and you'll probably decide that the New York chain is inappropriate for touring.

Is is almost always better to carry weight on the bike rather than the person when touring. Schlepping a 14lb chain on your back will wear you out! If do want to center the weight you could try using a top tube pad and wrapping the chain around that.

alexaschwanden

37 lb fat bike, 23 lbs of stuff on the bike plus 150lb rider = 210 lbs.

Jaywalk3r

139 pounds, plus rider, at the one opportunity I had to weigh it. I don't recall what my food and water supplies were at that time. The bike, without panniers weighed about 35 pounds.

Tourist in MSN

Another six plus year old thread being resurrected.

fietsbob

Like I said on the redundant thread started on this same topic..

How much time off are you getting for your Vacation?