The 160 limit seems extremely low, and has definitely been pushed successfully, which I reckon is why they raised it to 225-ish. I suspect having room for beefy tires encourages people to really put a bike through its paces, which may have influenced Grant's conservative load limits. It's like Nitto saying a rack will only hold 5 lbs because they know people will put 15 lbs on it, but people would probably put 40 lbs on it if they didn't say anything, and some people still do.
I think I remember something similar happening with the Sam. When it was introduced, it was "not intended for loaded touring", but people loaded it down and toured on it anyway, and Grant adjusted his thoughts about what it was capable of. That behavior may have also led to the second top tube. But this is all conjecture on my part. Either way, I'm not really surprised that a Susie broke, and I still think it's unlikely anyone is going to break a Susie just riding along ... Paul On Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 4:59:28 PM UTC-5 campyo...@me.com wrote: > I find the weight limits very interesting. Rivendell has always marketed > their bikes as the “anti-racer” or “not light” alternative to wispy > aluminum and carbon bikes. Selling a bike with a weight limit most of us > would exceed seems strange. A max of 160 pounds implies to me a bike unlike > what I would expect from a company that urges us to take their products, > load a bunch of stuff on them, and ride on unpaved trails to an overnight > campout. After all, if I put 10 pounds of stuff on the bike, I can only > weight 150 pounds myself? > > Am I missing something? > > --Eric “Heavier than 160 Pounds” Norris > campyo...@me.com > Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy > YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > > On Jul 5, 2022, at 2:48 PM, Ryan Frahm <fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did tell them that I ride semi aggressive and would be bikepacking, I > just don’t do any big jumps. They still told me Susie at my weight. So I’d > imagine there was some other factors for that break. But I guess I’d be > crazy loaded if I got over it 200 total with me and my camp gear. > > I can say that it rides smoother than anything I’ve ever ridden, I wonder > if the Gus truly has that same ride. I only have 60 or so miles on it and > it has been mostly bike path. We’ll see how it goes when I get a chance to > take it on some real trails! > > On Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 2:18:10 PM UTC-7 brendonoid wrote: > >> Originally it was 160 pounds, one of the main reasons I didn't jump on >> the first batch. Over six foot that was a very low weight limit and it made >> me nervous. Somewhat Ironically, photos of this exact bike made me think, >> actually I'd be fine. >> >> I rode down the stairs to the underpass on the weekend, I wont do that >> again. Surprise surprise, Grant knows his bikes best. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/69fbd616-06f2-4179-adf1-a46cf0c81174n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/69fbd616-06f2-4179-adf1-a46cf0c81174n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/eb04b8a0-bfde-4d7f-9f53-03e735440e42n%40googlegroups.com.
