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Old 04-12-22 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Attilio
OP mentioned being heavy but let's be real. How heavy do you have to be to break wheels? Am 6'5", 185lbs and ride a LOT under many conditions, never broke a wheel. I had two friends (well only one now the other killed himself) that are obese and ride, one is quite fast but neither broke wheels. Let's face it the % of overweight/obese is so high that people think it's normal and that the world needs to change to adapt to their self destructive habits. If you're heavy and breaking wheels, it's not a wheel problem.

Absolutely not rubbish that every pound above BMI 25, especially 30 is shortening your lifespan and reducing the remaining quality thereof. Realistically most people's healthy weight is a lot less than that (flat stomach). If I had a penny for every person who said "it's all muscle" yet harbored a round beer gut....many act like it's so hard these days so I think BMI 25 is a good start as that gets you out of most of the metabolic danger zone once accomplished you can keep going below that with more tweaks.
I have several riding buddies who regularly trash typical 32 spoke wheels and are certainly not overweight.

Heck, I just rode with a guy that could not be over 150lbs dripping wet, and he had just trashed a rear wheel.

But even if the OP is overweight (something you actually have no knowledge of), he came here looking for wheel advice, not to be lectured about something that is frankly none or your business.

And did I miss where the OP even gave his BMI?
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