Originally Posted by
Klaw
I have a 2008 9FS, and am 190ish and weekly carry 50lbs of groceries, with no issues. Not sure if it's an updated one but I've updated mine to electric and it's essentially my car, have beaten the crap out of it with zero problems.
In post #473 of this thread from 2006, the 9FS has the gussets so mine is older than that and ??possibly? Flawed? Or just fine I’m not sure. A gravel bike drivetrain would really be easy but I don’t want to spend $$ if the frame is fundamentally going to crack.