Wow, 40 lb! No matter if the bike is fun to ride. But I regularly carried 35 lb in groceries, and up to 45 lb, on a very light *tout 531* early '70s Motobecane racing frame with 11 oz Tubus Fly rack with no problems in the 2 or 3 years that it was my principal grocery and commuting beater -- I was commuting 15-16 miles 1-way across town back then. 67" fixed gear with full fenders and considerable TCO; set up for a while with wonderfully capacious rear panniers constructed from $5, 10 gallon white plastic kitchen trash cans from Target. You *do not* need a 40 lb bike to carry heavy loads!
On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 5:38 PM Ben Mihovk <bjmih...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very interesting discussion! I don't think I care about weight, but I > think it's nice to know what you're working with. My MIT 59cm Atlantis is a > whopping 39 pounds apparently. That seems WAY heavier than it should be, > but I do have a Mark's rack and basket, a flimsy/cheap rear rack, an > X-small Sacvkille bag on the saddle with all my flat repair > tools/multitool/spare tube, and empty x-small Sackville on the handlebars > that I put my phone, keys, wallet in, and I have Atlas rims, shikoro tires, > tubes, etc.... > > I think I could do a lighter setup for fast/fun riding, but since I ride > to work as much as I can, the stouter and heavier frame of the Atlantis was > needed as I carry at least 10lbs of stuff (weight of market bags that hang > on the rear rack + laptop, charger, etc... Maybe someday I'll get a Sam and > put nothing but a pair of bottle cages on it. > > Ben in Omaha > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvNKu-4G0627EFH73H4P1X2HcrObs_W%2BbG4riFJJvJOCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
