Weight of your touring bike?
06-09-22, 07:42 PM
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I have bought several really cheap luggage scales, shipped from asia that I bought on Ebay. They always read about the same or a hair less than the scale at airline ticketing counters. Thus, accuracy has been within a percent or two in my experience.
06-10-22, 04:04 AM
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06-10-22, 04:25 PM
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25 lbs as it sits here. But to be fair, this is not a true touring bike but rather a cycle cross bike that I adapted for touring. It performs quite well for how I use it, but I would not try crossing Asia nor Africa with it, rather opting for something more robust under those conditions.
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06-10-22, 05:09 PM
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The error of the scale is probably ± 0.5 lb, so the error in my bike weight is probably ± 1 lb (less than the water in one bottle).
