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Cycling has a weight problem: a call for the industry to be more transparent about its weight limits
(www.cyclingweekly.com)
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
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I picked a random bike on their website and it had the exact same problem the article is about: it doesn't list a maximum weight for the rider.
I guess this is one situation of privilege I and a lot of lightweight people experience: Of course the bike will support my weight, I don't even have to check. Meanwhile people over 200 pounds are told to import bikes and 300+ people don't even get any certainty that an import will support them.