Is there an upper weight limit for full sussers for the larger among us. Looking at xc rather than downhill.
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Weight limit for bouncy bikes
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Posted 2 years ago #
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i believe there is on some of the more whippet oriented stuff.
which one are you looking at?
what do you weigh?Posted 2 years ago # -
Scott Spark has a weight limit of 110kg IIRC. Very few others do.
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Just speculating a mate who was a dyed in the wool hardtail afficianado has gone the other way and is raving about it. Me I am about 17.5 stone, 2nd row build.
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Most don't have limits. That doesn't mean they won't break though... (16stone). I've stopped buying new ones - I just buy second hand full sus frames cheap and if they break it's not the end of the world...
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You are in the lightweight category
cant see many fs bikes being a prob apart from the light race stuff.[list]
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Just get a nicolai, you wont break one of theres. But no, if you stay away from the super light stuff, and most carbon stuff you wont have a problem. Just be sensible.
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pigface - most don't. Few are, but the manufacturers website usually has that sort of nonsense.
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Hi Fella,
I weigh about 100kg and apart from forks and bars have found little in the weigh (
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Should be fine on nothing to whippety
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I'm about 98-100 kg, and was deemed to be too skinny and light to be in the Clydesdale category on MTBR. You should look at that section of their forum. There are some serious big ol' boys riding in the US.
I ride a 24lb build Felt Virtue, a 25lb Intense Spider and a 26lb Scott Genius. No problems with any of them, and that includes riding trail centres and rapid XC stuff, but no big drops, because I'm scared.Posted 2 years ago # -
Big guy checking in, although I'm down to 95kg just recently - feel like half a man. Never had problems breaking a frame on the trail - it depends much more on how you ride I would say, rather than simple weight on the bike. If you don't throw the bike around then no worries.
I've found I do crack Alu frames over time, though. Small hairline stuff rather than anything dramatic - would expect to get about 3 / 4 years out of an Alu frame. Pretty reasonable IMO for hauling 15 / 16 stone up hill and down dale. Maybe the skinny folk get longer out of them.
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6ft and 18 stone, - I ride a Heckler (albeit slowly....)no dramas so far..
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The Blur LT Carbon has no rider weight limit. SC reckon it's the strongest frame they've made.
The strongest bike we have ever built, bar none. It's a nimble, fast climbing, flex-free, confidence inspiring, trail bombing demon of a bike. Build it up however you want - there are no weight restrictions or fork travel limits to worry about - then ride it hard as you dare. Try to refrain from cackling like a madman in the process.
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Wheels are the answer and coil shocks. I am 17 stone down from about 18 and a half and at my heaviset used to ride a marin Alpine Trail circa 1998 with Judy forks and didnt break that. Now use a Kona Coiler for seriously fast rocky or drops/jumps as my full suss. I run the 850ib spring on the Van R rear shock (which is the biggest rated shock that you can get and it only has a couple of threads of preload wound on for the correct sag). Forks are Domains with stock medium spring at the moment for a bit 30% sag.
As for wheels this is the one vital point for bigger folk in my opinion, cup and cone just dont last more than two to three rides before being fubarred and needing rebuilds. Touchwood the Hope 2 hubs with DT 5.1 Rims are running well on the hardtail and I have a freeride set up with Hope 2 hubs on the Coiler too.
Avoid Carbon-its only tested for Joe Average and I aint never seen any tests done with 20 stone + guys giving them a repeated hammering.Posted 2 years ago #
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