knexcar@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limitswww.cyclingweekly.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkCycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limitswww.cyclingweekly.comknexcar@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
Weight limits for bicycles need to be higher and more transparent, especially if the majority of people want to use them.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI don’t consider it far-fetched for a manufacturer to list the lowest approved weight of all the components as the bikes rated weight. Or even certify the frame separately so they have a practical and theoretical weight limit of the bike.
I don’t consider it far-fetched for a manufacturer to list the lowest approved weight of all the components as the bikes rated weight.
Or even certify the frame separately so they have a practical and theoretical weight limit of the bike.