Re: Wheels for big guys
Posted: 29 Jun 2019, 9:41am
Can anybody specify 40 or 48 hole rear hubs that would do for 130 oln dropouts ? Tandem ones that I have seen are wider.
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Tinnishill wrote:SJSC are wrong. I have bought wheels off them which broke. I am heavy. As an example, watch Mark Beaumont's films where he repeatedly broke spokes on a 32 Rohlof.
woodythewizard wrote:So basically I bout a mountain bike I really love it but I’ve buckled the wheels because I’m a big guy. I was wondering if there are any good wheels out there for big people at a decent price I’m about 180kg and my bike is the easiest way for me to get exercise to lose weight
PH wrote:Tinnishill wrote:SJSC are wrong. I have bought wheels off them which broke. I am heavy. As an example, watch Mark Beaumont's films where he repeatedly broke spokes on a 32 Rohlof.
He was breaking spokes because the wrong ones were fitted, it's pretty clear in the book if not the film! He had them replaced in Belgium in the first couple of weeks of his trip and didn't break another.
Tinnishill wrote:Can anybody specify 40 or 48 hole rear hubs that would do for 130 oln dropouts ? Tandem ones that I have seen are wider.
Tinnishill wrote:SJSC are wrong. I have bought wheels off them which broke. I am heavy. As an example, watch Mark Beaumont's films where he repeatedly broke spokes on a 32 Rohlof.
bigjim wrote:woodythewizard wrote:So basically I bout a mountain bike I really love it but I’ve buckled the wheels because I’m a big guy. I was wondering if there are any good wheels out there for big people at a decent price I’m about 180kg and my bike is the easiest way for me to get exercise to lose weight
Except cycling is not particularly the best way to lose weight. I've never lost weight cycling. Diet and fast walking or running are much more effective for me, though running is pretty hard compared to cycling. Plus if you have to spend a fair bit of money on stronger wheels they are then more or less redundant once you have shed the weight. Kudos to you of course on your motivation to lose weight. The best of luck to you.
Bonefishblues wrote:bigjim wrote:woodythewizard wrote:So basically I bout a mountain bike I really love it but I’ve buckled the wheels because I’m a big guy. I was wondering if there are any good wheels out there for big people at a decent price I’m about 180kg and my bike is the easiest way for me to get exercise to lose weight
Except cycling is not particularly the best way to lose weight. I've never lost weight cycling. Diet and fast walking or running are much more effective for me, though running is pretty hard compared to cycling. Plus if you have to spend a fair bit of money on stronger wheels they are then more or less redundant once you have shed the weight. Kudos to you of course on your motivation to lose weight. The best of luck to you.
I think they still work, don't they?
pete75 wrote:PH wrote:Tinnishill wrote:SJSC are wrong. I have bought wheels off them which broke. I am heavy. As an example, watch Mark Beaumont's films where he repeatedly broke spokes on a 32 Rohlof.
He was breaking spokes because the wrong ones were fitted, it's pretty clear in the book if not the film! He had them replaced in Belgium in the first couple of weeks of his trip and didn't break another.
If you're talking about the same Mark Beaumont' who wrote The Man who Cycled the World then he didn't have his spokes replaced in Belgium. He had his wheel rebuilt in Poland and the wheelbuilder there said the problem was it had been built with too much tension. He built the wheel with much less tension in the spokes than is usual here. The wheel lasted until he was hit by a car in Chicago.
Rohloff wheels can get away with fewer spokes because there is no dish.
bigjim wrote:Bonefishblues wrote:bigjim wrote:Except cycling is not particularly the best way to lose weight. I've never lost weight cycling. Diet and fast walking or running are much more effective for me, though running is pretty hard compared to cycling. Plus if you have to spend a fair bit of money on stronger wheels they are then more or less redundant once you have shed the weight. Kudos to you of course on your motivation to lose weight. The best of luck to you.
I think they still work, don't they?
Redundant for him. Would you want to drag round heavy wheels for no reason? I remove the heavy touring wheels off my tourers as I don't need them for local or club rides. The bikes are much nicer with lighter more responsive wheels in situ, if I'm unloaded.