Heavy Rider Needs Advice
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Heavy Rider Needs Advice
Hi all,
TLDR: Will the Mongoose Envoy support 400 pounds?
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I'm hoping that you'll be able to help me. I'm between 375 and 400 pounds, depending on if I just ate at Golden Corral or not. Hahaha. Here's a tip when you go to Golden Corral skip the plates go for one of those big trays they hold four times more food. All right enough nonsense.
When I look around on the Internet and search articles like these: best bikes for 400 pound people. Mongoose bicycles always come up in the list, the fat tire ones. I contacted Mongoose and they said that they test their bicycles with 250 lb. In accordance with this website www.cpsc.gov. So, is Mongoose a good bike for heavy people? I'm looking at this particular bicycle the Mongoose envoy.
I'm also looking at this bike, the Yuba Kombi. The problem is this bike is a little more than I wanted to spend. But is rated at 440 pounds
I do realize that safety comes first. I don't want a bicycle where the wheel is gonna fold over on me when I hit a bump or something. So, if I have to spend that extra money I guess I will.
Thank you all.
TLDR: Will the Mongoose Envoy support 400 pounds?
First time poster.
I'm hoping that you'll be able to help me. I'm between 375 and 400 pounds, depending on if I just ate at Golden Corral or not. Hahaha. Here's a tip when you go to Golden Corral skip the plates go for one of those big trays they hold four times more food. All right enough nonsense.
When I look around on the Internet and search articles like these: best bikes for 400 pound people. Mongoose bicycles always come up in the list, the fat tire ones. I contacted Mongoose and they said that they test their bicycles with 250 lb. In accordance with this website www.cpsc.gov. So, is Mongoose a good bike for heavy people? I'm looking at this particular bicycle the Mongoose envoy.
I'm also looking at this bike, the Yuba Kombi. The problem is this bike is a little more than I wanted to spend. But is rated at 440 pounds
I do realize that safety comes first. I don't want a bicycle where the wheel is gonna fold over on me when I hit a bump or something. So, if I have to spend that extra money I guess I will.
Thank you all.
Last edited by ImDuane; 05-05-21 at 12:34 PM.
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Ever think about a Worksman bike? Their industrial models are designed to stand up to some real abuse.
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If you find anything rated to hold up to your weight thats your only option really.
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Contact Velocity and see if you can get a set of 48 spoke wheels.https://www.velocityusa.com/product/...ons/clydesdale
No I don't work for them but they are an American company.
A 26" wheel set would be strong. There are people that ride tandems and are near your weight.
It can be pricey but it would be worth it.
Good luck
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Seriously? No one can answer your question. But if you search for "Mongoose Envoy" you will find that I have one. But I don't weigh 400lbs. The BIKE and the wheels can more than deal with that kind of weight. So can any other load bike. It's the components like saddles, seatposts, handlebars and stems that might not be rated for a Clyde rider. I drop in here from time to time and it always seems to me that the focus here is on racing bikes and maybe hybrids i.e. the last bikes on earth huge guys weighing over 350lbs should want to ride, but there you are. Humans roll like that. You have, at least, given yourself a fighting chance by choosing a bike designed to move heavy loads. Why the hesitation? Buy the damn bike. If you can find one! I had to wait for someone to return theirs before I snapped mine up.
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Seriously? I'm dead serious. Read the post, I asked if the Envoy would support 400 pounds. Nobody answered that question. You say no one can answer the question but go on to say it can support that much weight. So, which is it?
"it always seems to me that the focus here is on racing bikes and maybe hybrids i.e. the last bikes on earth huge guys weighing over 350lbs should want to ride, but there you are."
I realized my mistake posting here months ago. Thank you for pointing that out
"it always seems to me that the focus here is on racing bikes and maybe hybrids i.e. the last bikes on earth huge guys weighing over 350lbs should want to ride, but there you are."
I realized my mistake posting here months ago. Thank you for pointing that out
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Leisesturm tells me this place is mainly for “racing bikes and maybe hybrids.” It’s my mistake for not going to a forum for heavy riders. Oh, wait a minute. There is a Clydesdale forum here and I posted in it. It’s not the biggest forum here but has 389,000+ posts.
Leisesturm also said, “The BIKE and the wheels can more than deal with that kind of weight. So can any other load bike. It's the components like saddles, seatposts, handlebars and stems that might not be rated for a Clyde rider.” Leisesturm can’t be the only person in this forum to know this. Why didn’t someone else take two minutes and say something similar to that back in May when I made this post? Nobody wanted to take the time to write a few sentences and help me?
I’ve asked all kinds of questions on ****** for a long time. People their bend over backwards to help me. I’ll ask my bike questions there from now on. I also know that nobody cares one way or another if I no longer post here. Which isn’t surprising at all.
Leisesturm also said, “The BIKE and the wheels can more than deal with that kind of weight. So can any other load bike. It's the components like saddles, seatposts, handlebars and stems that might not be rated for a Clyde rider.” Leisesturm can’t be the only person in this forum to know this. Why didn’t someone else take two minutes and say something similar to that back in May when I made this post? Nobody wanted to take the time to write a few sentences and help me?
I’ve asked all kinds of questions on ****** for a long time. People their bend over backwards to help me. I’ll ask my bike questions there from now on. I also know that nobody cares one way or another if I no longer post here. Which isn’t surprising at all.
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What I actually said was: when I am here (which is not often) the discussions are always about racing bicycles and hybrids. "but, there you are", is a figure of speech. It essentially is a verbal shrug. It doesn't mean anything else. The reason I said "no one can answer your question" is because, as you found out when you called Pacific Cycles, they are not going to make themselves liable for a lawsuit by telling you it is ok to go on one of their bikes weighing 400lbs. If Pacific Bicycles with all their insurance and wealth aren't willing, what do you expect me to do? I didn't think an adult had to be led by the nose to their solution. Neither does anyone else. You're obviously having a bad day today. You'll want to delete that last post tomorrow when you realize how ****** it made you look. Unfortunately the delete window will have timed out. You are forever stuck with the fallout from your rash actions.
Mongoose Envoy's are kind of a well kept secret. Not many know about them. They know much more about Worksman and Surly. But you don't want to spend that much. I get that. Neither did I. So I did my own research. You can too. You can research saddles that can hold 400lbs. I would at least try the stock saddle until it fails, if it fails. You've got to be prepared to take some risks. I mean ... you know and I know that the bottom line truth is that you should probably lose 100 before you start riding around, not because the bike might break but because you might fall and break. It is more likely that you might go down for any number of reasons like anyone else riding a bike might go down but the resulting impact will be more severe in your case.
No one is going to say that because no one knows how much riding you do now and you just might be so skilled a cyclist that a fall will be rare.
Mongoose Envoy's are kind of a well kept secret. Not many know about them. They know much more about Worksman and Surly. But you don't want to spend that much. I get that. Neither did I. So I did my own research. You can too. You can research saddles that can hold 400lbs. I would at least try the stock saddle until it fails, if it fails. You've got to be prepared to take some risks. I mean ... you know and I know that the bottom line truth is that you should probably lose 100 before you start riding around, not because the bike might break but because you might fall and break. It is more likely that you might go down for any number of reasons like anyone else riding a bike might go down but the resulting impact will be more severe in your case.
No one is going to say that because no one knows how much riding you do now and you just might be so skilled a cyclist that a fall will be rare.
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I quoted what you said. If you actually meant something else, how am I to know. Select your words more carefully.
Leisesturm said, "I didn't think an adult had to be led by the nose to their solution. Neither does anyone else."
I don't know how to respond to such a ridiculous statement. This is a place for people to ask questions (or so I thought when I came here in May).
The more you talk the more you prove my point.
I stand by my last post.
These are the last words I will ever post here.
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Leisesturm said, "I didn't think an adult had to be led by the nose to their solution. Neither does anyone else."
I don't know how to respond to such a ridiculous statement. This is a place for people to ask questions (or so I thought when I came here in May).
The more you talk the more you prove my point.
I stand by my last post.
These are the last words I will ever post here.
.
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Leisesturm tells me this place is mainly for “racing bikes and maybe hybrids.” It’s my mistake for not going to a forum for heavy riders. Oh, wait a minute. There is a Clydesdale forum here and I posted in it. It’s not the biggest forum here but has 389,000+ posts.
Leisesturm also said, “The BIKE and the wheels can more than deal with that kind of weight. So can any other load bike. It's the components like saddles, seatposts, handlebars and stems that might not be rated for a Clyde rider.” Leisesturm can’t be the only person in this forum to know this. Why didn’t someone else take two minutes and say something similar to that back in May when I made this post? Nobody wanted to take the time to write a few sentences and help me?
I’ve asked all kinds of questions on ****** for a long time. People their bend over backwards to help me. I’ll ask my bike questions there from now on. I also know that nobody cares one way or another if I no longer post here. Which isn’t surprising at all.
Leisesturm also said, “The BIKE and the wheels can more than deal with that kind of weight. So can any other load bike. It's the components like saddles, seatposts, handlebars and stems that might not be rated for a Clyde rider.” Leisesturm can’t be the only person in this forum to know this. Why didn’t someone else take two minutes and say something similar to that back in May when I made this post? Nobody wanted to take the time to write a few sentences and help me?
I’ve asked all kinds of questions on ****** for a long time. People their bend over backwards to help me. I’ll ask my bike questions there from now on. I also know that nobody cares one way or another if I no longer post here. Which isn’t surprising at all.
Getting good wheels is a bit of a challenge, and not super cheap unfortunately. Oddly enough, I had a set of 36 spoke Vuelta HD on the road bike for 4 years and they were cheap. I got them as a stop gap while I waited for Velocity to build a new wheel for me and they went 4 years before going slightly out of true (which probably could be fixed)
Anyway, Velocity has 40 spoke stuff for most fitments now and I have been happy with them on both bikes.
I don't want to do a blanket statement, but if my Scott, which is really a former race frame carbon design, can handle my weight, I can't imagine any issue with any other frame.
All that said, you will never find any components rated for our weight. Well, maybe the Velocity wheels say 300+. But in general, we are so far outside the cycling norm that most people not our size can't comprehend.
Hope this helps,
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Ugh... Golden Corral... I've read way too many horror stories to ever want to eat at one again.