Originally Posted by thdave
Cog on! (yeah, that's what I'll consider doing)
I'm surprised the internal gear hubs have a load limit that low--they look complex but strong. Nothing on the Simano website says there is a limit (although I wouldn't doubt there is).
The Breezer diamond frame bike load is listed at 300 pounds--it shouldn't be if the gearing that's part of the bike will fail under such a load.
There's a difference between a bike carrying a 300lb road and the stress put on a drivetrain by a 200+lb human hammering away rather than spinning easily. I imagine I would be fine in bad weather, since taking it easy is the better part of valor in those conditions, and would be on my Fuji the rest of the time.
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