Am I to heavy

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stuarttunstall

stuarttunstall

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Location
Yorkshire Wolds
After over 35 years I decided that I was getting a bike to help get a little more fresh air and exercise, and to help me lose weight in addition to the 4 days a week at the gym..

I was actually, and still am heavier than you, when I got the bike which is a Scott Sub Cross 10 Hybrid I was 133 KG (21 stone) on a bike rated at 120 KG, (19 Stone) I have since lost about a stone, so maybe 6-7 Kg maybe a little more looking at my clothes (trousers may fall down now) and size of the old "belly" lol in 9 weeks I have had the bike. (off to Doctors soon so I will get weighed anyway)

I was paranoid about my weight on the bike, and even questioned this with the shop as I know Specialized do one rated at 136 KG so I would have gone for that ....

I have had no problems at all "so far" with the bike or wheels and it was in for it's free check over yesterday and it was all OK... just some minor adjustments as expected..

They did true the front wheel for me FOC as I managed to do that the 2nd time out, like a fool I came to a halt on the edge of a rut and the bike slipped from under me down the rut at a strange angle which put a slight blip in the wheel....

Rear wheel is spot on and the roads I am using until I a 110% confident on a bike are not the best, not maintained and full of bumps and debris... not smooth at all.

This is were I asked the same question, and got some excellent advice and comments https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/bike-weight-limits.233852/

This is a link in there from a chap who was a little heavier than both of us lol ... https://theamazing39stonecyclist.wordpress.com/am-i-too-heavy-for-a-bike/

Stuart
 
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Ticktockmy

Ticktockmy

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Location
Crawley, West Sussex
Frankly, you wieght shoulld be no problem for your bike as others have said, I had similar with my MTB that I used for touring, the cause was that at times I was standing up on the pedals going up hill with a fully loaded touring setup. The result was it put too much strain on the wheel and caused it to go out of true. I got over the problem by buying a Halo SAS downhill wheel, and that was 7 years ago and have had no problems since.
 
glasgowcyclist

glasgowcyclist

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Location
Scotland
froze said:
did you by chance consider contacting the manufacture to see what the max recommended rider weight is for your particular bike model? being told what a general bike rider weight limit is for all bikes is simply incorrect because while some may follow the same rules not all do. Most MTB's are between 250 to 260 not 272 pounds, while manufactures may build a bike be able to exceed those limits it isn't recommended to exceed those limits, plus if something happens to the bike that would normally be handled under warranty, won't be handled by warranty if the bike was ridden by someone who exceeded the recommended limits. Limits are manufactures engineered limits that give a product a certain life expectancy and failure rate, anything beyond those limits will reduce how long that thing may last before failure and thus won't be warrantied.
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If, as it appears, he bought the bike in a shop, there's no need for him to get involved with the manufacturer. It's up to the shop staff to sell him a bike that can cope with his weight, or tell him they don't stock anything suitable.

Any failure of the frame or any component will be for the shop to rectify.
 
mcshroom

mcshroom

Bionic Subsonic
Location
Egremont, Cumbria
As @ColinJ says that sounds like the cones and lock nuts on the hub are not tightened properly. It's nothing to do with your weight. I would take it back to the shop and ask them why they've given you a bike with a defective rear hub - twice. It should be an easy fix with a couple of cone spanners.
 
tom73

tom73

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Some good advice all round. I'd be back to shop and get them to sort it. Your contract is after all with the seller. Not sure how long you've had it for but having given them the chance to fit it once and its still not sorted.

Give them a chance to sort it out this time too if they still can't provide you with a bike that is fit to use. You'd have a right to reject it and be refunded. But I'd be hopeful you will not have to get to that point as they have be ok with you to date.
 
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Cube are good quality bikes, German engineering, so I'd be taking it back to the shop & giving them 1 more chance before escalating it to the manager/owner of the shop
 
HLaB

HLaB

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Location
That little part of Scotland known as Peterborough
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Alan O

Alan O

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Location
Liverpool
mcshroom said:
As @ColinJ says that sounds like the cones and lock nuts on the hub are not tightened properly. It's nothing to do with your weight. I would take it back to the shop and ask them why they've given you a bike with a defective rear hub - twice. It should be an easy fix with a couple of cone spanners.
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Yes, if you can grip the wheel at any point on the rim and rock it from side to side with any looseness, that seems the most likely cause to me.
 
Kajjal

Kajjal

Guru
Location
Wheely World
It sounds like a defective new wheel. Often modern bikes have sealed cartridge bearings which means the solution is a new wheel in this case. I would ask the shop to swap it out under warranty. As a test they could try a different wheel to confirm nothing else is causing the problem.
 
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