Scales
 

I need a decent digital scale to accurately weigh my bikes. Which one and where did you get it? I hear Harbor Freight has them for a decent deal. Also, did you fashion your own sling for weighing?

Sorry for asking such a basic question. Time for me to stop guessing with bathroom scales.

Berkley fish scale -- likely found in the fishing section of your local retailer,

Probably several other brands other than BErkley --

I bought a digital and analog from BassProShops. $6 for the analog and $14 for the digital.
They have more expensive ones too.

75# limit for each.

And the analog reads thensame as the digital. Where the analog shows a shade past 25#, the digital reads 25.3#.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...psy0uhwfb7.jpg


Used a motorcycle handlebar tiedown loop to hang it from wherever - in this case my workstand

I'm using a luggage scale. 110lb capacity, $6, comes with a little nylon web strap. Works a charm.

I have a scale from Park Tool. Besides weighing my bikes, I use it to weigh my bags before going to the airport. Avoid a couple of overweight baggage fees and it is paid for.

Digital fish scale, luggage scale. Can be picked up at Walmart if you need one NOW. Amazon if you just want really cheap.

I paid (I think) 4-5 bucks for mine. I made a harness (using maybe 3 feet of Paracord) for it that allows me to hang it from a bolt on the garage door opener.

It's not guessing; it's simple arithmetic: subtract the weight of you alone on the bathroom scale from the weight of you plus the bike, and you get the weight of the bike, to the accuracy of your bathroom scale.

I picked up a digital hanging scale from Amazon for $7.86. The particular one I bought has been discontinued, but there are a ton of others just like it.

Here's one that looks similar:
https://smile.amazon.com/Electronic-.../dp/B00B301MPI

I got this one for $7.00 shipped and it's been great. Not available now but I'm sure there are others just like it from the same factory with a different name.

I use an old dog collar as a strap for weighing bikes.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought an $8 "luggage" scale on eBay, too. Supposedly accurate to .1 oz. Is it? Dunno. Probably. It seems to catch fine distinctions when I'm weighing some light stuff and then add a little more light stuff.

The important thing to remember is when you're weighing your fully built bike, always subtract 2 - 3 lbs when you post the weight here in the forums, so we'll all be impressed with your mad weight-weenie bike building skilzz. :P

Got mine at a department store - Canadian Tire to be precise. It is nothing but a fish scale and pretty darn accurate...

http://www.mytenspeeds.com/My_TenSpe...gh_Scale_1.jpg

And first remove all unnecessary items you don't need while riding, things like pedals, saddle, tires. Then you subtract 2 - 3 lbs.

I have one of those smiley face luggage scales from Amazon or ebay, less than $10, works fine. Looks like the newest designs are under $5.00. The hard part of using it is finding it when I need it. :)

Hopefully I can grab a decent one for a low price. I just want consistency.

What I dont like is the weight variation when I weigh myself with different bikes and that "base setting" (which is me) can be a half pound difference.

I learned that here.

+1 on the fishing scale. I have one of these. Happy so far with it. As you discovered, the bathroom scale method does not work very well.


https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon...._AC_UL130_.jpg

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Same thing here.

I have a post office and block from my work office. For the "official" frame/fork weight, I use the post office. For other weights I have some small kitchen scales and a shipping scale.

I have one of those Chinese-made hanging digital scales. It was less than $10 on eBay. Does the job. I checked it with something of known weight when I first got it, and it was spot on. I should probably do that again.

Let's not confuse precision with accuracy.
Unless your scale has an NIST (or similar authority) traceable calibration, and the calibration is current, who knows how accurate it is?
If I were going to behave as a weight-weenie, which I don't anticipate, I would probably use the poor man's method of using any old scale that had decent precision and repeatability, and invest in an appropriate series of NIST traceable calibration weights, in denominations similar to the items that I expect to weigh. I would then check the calibration of my scale with the appropriate calibration weight every time I weighed something.
Until proven otherwise, I would not trust any Harbor Freight tool, for instance, to deliver the accuracy insinuated by the precision of its reading.

LBS has a Bathroom scale , they put a slab of styrofoam on it to get the bike boxes, weighed, higher,
since the scale is quite low Profile.

For UPS the shipping form says round to the nearest pound..

I purchased the Berkley digital fish scale as recommended. The weighing of bikes and wheelsets has begun.

Oh dear. :)