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frank On 14 August, 2015 11:50:26 PM EDT, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >Schwinn varsity. > >On August 14, 2015 10:21:05 AM PDT, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> >wrote: >>On 14 Aug 2015, at 16:32, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Some time ago I was asked how to find out what weight a cycle would >>take by >>> two of my friends, who were overweight. They were both tall and >>suspected >>> they may have to lose weight first. As cycling is low impact >exercise >>on >>> joints, I thought it made sense for them to cycle as soon as >>possible, >>> especially as you see improvement quickly. I lost 30Kg myself in >2010 >>by >>> adding cycling for an hour or to my day for six months and cutting >>out >>> snacks. >> >>That's very impressive. I've found that cycling 6-7 hours a day across >>France has a similar effect and you still get to eat snacks :0) >> >>> [...] >>> >>> Most good quality metal frames (Reynolds 501 and above with the >>exception of >>> 753) will have a top end weight of 125Kg. Many metal framed mountain >>bikes >>> are about the same, but don't expect to do anything other than >normal >>easy >>> cycling at the top limit. [...] >> >>I'd have thought a decent mountain bike would take more than that, >>given the stresses involved in dropping off a mountain. Something with >>29er wheels would also probably suif a tall person better than 26" >>wheels. >> >>> >>> Many cargo bikes take 150Kg (and in fact my friends bought two of >>these - I >>> think the Kona Ute?), but all the weights are all in, so for the >>cargo bike >>> that's the rider, shopping and anything else you may be carrying. >>> >>> This is just a FWIW posting, but there are lots of very overweight >>folk in >>> society which decide to use cycling to lose weight (a good thing >>should they >>> so choose to do lose weight that way), but are often sold unsuitable >>cycles >>> for the job. I would have thought there was a market for stronger >>cycles, or >>> at least the information about any weight limit should be up front >in >>big >>> print. A catastrophic frame failure on the go is never going to be a >>good >>> thing. However, my 'research' as such is 4 years old and I hope the >>industry >>> has moved on. >>> >> >>Indeed. Not everybody would be able to afford this, but for anyone who >>could I'd recommend having a made-to-measure frame built by an >>experienced framebuilder. >> >>A round-the-world bike designed for fully-loaded touring in rough >>countries would also be a good choice I think. >> >>B -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
