Originally Posted by
Dux_Helm
THe weight is dependent on the bike and the setup.
If you have a commuter bike with a basket or paniers, I would put no morethan 5kg in the basket, 20kg in the paniers (10kg per side)...You could push that number higher with Xtracycle or if you have something like Kona Ute or Yuba Mundo or something...
My bike is officially rated for 180kg of cargo (LarryvsHarry Bullitt). . .
The Yuba Mundo is officially rated for 400lb. of cargo in addition to a driver weight of up to 200lb. in the stock configuration with the extra thick solid 14mm rear axle on the stock heavy duty hub with 48-spoke rear wheel. Just thought since I knew that one that I should throw it out. Although I can assure you that you have got to be darn good at balancing and put the load down low and equally balanced on the two rear cargo decks on either side of the rear wheel to actually pull that off.