To put what others have said well another way: the tire and/or pressure are to blame, not the weight. A fatter tire will ride much more smoothly and absorb bumps no worries, even with his tonnage (for bikepacking my bike and I weigh 280 pounds). Chances are it's a racing centric LBS? They would be confused by adding weight and blame weight rather than the tire/pressure. That's as smart as telling a car driver their rim flats are because they have groceries in the back. Not the primary issue. Grin.
It is always a good idea to "unweight" the bike by standing and absorbing some of the impact with bent knees and elbows in rough terrain and winter streets can be rather potholed. If you're doing fine, then you're doing fine and have nothing to worry about until you head for the bumps and bruises. Then see what happens. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 8:21:46 AM UTC-7, LeahFoy wrote: > > He has popped his rear tire a few times now, and was told by the LBS that > because of all the weight on the rack and over that rear tire (he is an > attorney and carries two laptops and a heavy leather bag), he should be > careful and stand up over bumps or risk blowing the tire out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
