knexcar@lemmy.world to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limitswww.cyclingweekly.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: fahrrad
arrow-up1142arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square106fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fahrrad
Weight limits for bicycles need to be higher and more transparent, especially if the majority of people want to use them.
minus-squarehemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThat’s why the manufacturers clearly define what sort of abuse the component is expected to withstand. For example, take a look on this document on DT Swiss wheels (took it as example because I recently bought DT wheel set and checked the manual) https://d2a13k6araex7u.cloudfront.net/pmt/00/00/00/00/00/00/00/10/00/00/00/88/5/MAN_WXWASTMSWWRXXS_WEB_ZZ_001.pdf
That’s why the manufacturers clearly define what sort of abuse the component is expected to withstand.
For example, take a look on this document on DT Swiss wheels (took it as example because I recently bought DT wheel set and checked the manual)
https://d2a13k6araex7u.cloudfront.net/pmt/00/00/00/00/00/00/00/10/00/00/00/88/5/MAN_WXWASTMSWWRXXS_WEB_ZZ_001.pdf