rider weight

I've seen dudes on road bikes that weight over 250 pounds (which if my conversion is correct is almost 18 stone). Just make sure you don't get the really light components...

I rode with a guy recently who was 20 stone on a Felt. The bike was fine except that he did crack a carbon crank (one of those cheaper faux ones with merely a carbon skin), but the LBS thought maybe it was already broken, but he has no problem riding on his slightly older Cannondale.

BTW, brits need to seriously drop this stone nonsense!

Skoorb said:

I rode with a guy recently who was 20 stone on a Felt. The bike was fine except that he did crack a carbon crank (one of those cheaper faux ones with merely a carbon skin), but the LBS thought maybe it was already broken, but he has no problem riding on his slightly older Cannondale.

BTW, brits need to seriously drop this stone nonsense!

Yeah your right about the stone nonsense, thanks for the advice though i thought because of the thinner tyre there would be a problem of buckling the wheel because of the weight
any thanks

rjcurl said:

Yeah your right about the stone nonsense, thanks for the advice though i thought because of the thinner tyre there would be a problem of buckling the wheel because of the weight
any thanks

Undoubtedly there is greater risk to all the parts, but all I can say is that the guy I know who weighs 280 lbs has not crashed yet and his bike hasn't broken (besides the crank, as mentioned) and he does go down some pretty steep hills at a good clip!😄

Choosing the right components is important, but no one yet has mentioned the importance of good wheels. Avoid low spoke count wheels. Also, choose wheels that are "radially" laced--i.e. no spokes cross over each other. In my experience of lots of riding with people over 100 kilos, spoke breakage on low spoke count and radial-laced wheels seems to be the biggest problem. Manufacturers seem to be moving away from the idea of 36 or 32 spoke, 3-cross wheels as original components on many road bikes, but you should probably avoid any bike without.
After a brief serch online of images of the Carrera Vanquish, it seems to come stock with 3 cross (prob. 32 spoke) wheels, which is a very good idea.

rjcurl said:

Hello there i wish to get a road bike for work and the occasional charity run, i recently completed the london to southend bike ride for the second time.

Now im not light on my feet i weigh about 15 and half stone am i too overweight for a road bike? i had my eye on a carrera vanguish.

this might sound like a silly question but i don't want the bike to collapse under me.

Your help would be appreciated

thanks
richard😕

Skoorb said:

BTW, brits need to seriously drop this stone nonsense!

North Americans should start dropping the pounds/inch/foot/psi nonsense as well and start talking metric kg/cm/m/kPa(bar) like most of the rest of the world! :eek:

As for the OP - 100kg is nothing. Any modern bike should handle that with ease. The weakest point (if anything) will be the wheels, as has already been mentioned.

32spoke 3x isn't as sexy as low spoke count wheels, but are going to be reliable PROVIDED that they are built from quality parts. The 32 spoke 3x wheels found on some entry level bikes just don't cut it.

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People thanks for your replies and advice it sets my mind at rest to get one, cheers

richard