howsteepisit

Road, Sports tourng (favorite) and an old mountain bike I rarely ride.

MasterSezFaster

32 hole SingleTracks laced to Hadley hubs with Sapim CX-Ray spokes/brass niples.

I build my own wheels and never had a problem with the rims but there have been times I have gotten lazy and had a few spokes come loose because I did not check the tension.

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ken cummings

Touring bike, now in the fourth generation, Miyata 1000, Bianchi Volpe, Cannondale, Bruce Gordon BLT. I would not worry if I weighted over 300 pounds on my BLT and loaded the panniers with rocks.

cup

Trek Liquid 20 with a zokie z-1 drop off fork, the rock shox pyslo isn't clyde proof.

Currently looking for a touring or cyclocross bike for rail trails riding and "some" road riding.

DanteB

Mine is a Waterford 2200 with Campy Record 10 speed. Mavic Open CD Pro Ceramic wheels. Love the ride!

Hambone

If you don't mind, next time I'm out your way visiting family, I'm gonna bring my spoke wrenches over and have you bless them.

Stories about four to five foot drops onto road wheels should end with, "and that is why the guys at the lbs laughed at me while I picked up my new nipples/spoke prep/etc"

MasterSezFaster

It's not unheard of doing that stuff w/o wrecking the wheels. So as long as they are built correctly with quality parts and proper tension is kept on the spokes then a good set of wheels will handle the abuse. I check the spokes on an everyday basis. Mainly because I have had a wheel come apart on me during a race (finished the day with half of the spokes twisted around the others, it was interesting to say the least).

Another thing, my friends and I learned to do drops up to 7' back in the '70s, (when we were young, did not know what pain was and healed in a day or two) on our bmx bikes so we have had many years to perfect the landings and if you have a tranny to land on it makes it that much smoother.

I should aslo mention a good set of tires with stiff sidewalls also helps.

If you ever get this way I would have no problem checking your wheels for ya (now where is my sledge? )

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MasterSezFaster

I just noticed that line. I do not do this on road wheels. SingleTracks are a mtb rim. That might make make more sense for ya.

Biggest drop I have done with a set of road wheels was 3' and that was waaaay back when on my fathers bike. Luckly I did not break anything on it

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Hambone

This is one of those your eyes read, "SingleTrack" and your brain hears, "SingleSpeed" 'cause, well, when you ride in NYC all the time -- there isn't much "track" single or otherwise.

Thanks for the offer.

MasterSezFaster

Well the SingleTracks are on a SingleSpeed

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scubajim49

2005 Giant FCR4 at my 6'3" 315lb frame, I likes this bike!

Kid-Cycle

Trek 5200 with conversion to Mavic Open Pros. The stock Bontrager wheels were fine for two years then I cracked the rear wheel and started breaking spokes. The Mavic OP's have been great.

smokeystrodtman

I've got three bikes: a Lemond Poprad cyclocross bike set up for road and light trail riding (I don't race); a Fisher HT mountain bike that I hardly ride anymore due to a bad back (and I really miss riding the technical trails); and a Burley tandem that I ride with my wife. Since she's gotten her own bike we don't use it much (I miss that, too).

smokeystrodtman

Count me in as another steel man. I love my steel Lemond and dream of someday owning a deluxe custom made steel roadie.

smokeystrodtman

Get the Poprad, I've got an '01 model that I've had for over five years and still love. Make sure they check the spokes in their setup, this is the only problem I've had. I ended up buying a set of custom wheels built for a Clyde and now I have a bombproof bike.

smokeystrodtman

You have my dream bike! I've always wanted a custom steel bike with Campy components.

Caveman

6'0", 212 lbs. I guess that technically makes me a clydesdale, unfortunately I should probably be down around 185 because I'm not 'big boned'. In any case I ride road and dirt. Litespeed Solano for the street and Ellsworth on the dirt. Both bikes were bought as framesets and built up from there. The road bike is 9 spd Dura-Ace and the MTB is all XT. Both sport Ritchey seatposts, bars and stems. Neither bike has what you would call burly wheels. Velomax Circuits on the Litespeed and A-Class Vectra on the Ellsworth. I think the whole clydesdale thing is much ado about nothing. I guess if you are north of 250 there could be some issues, but anybody that weighs less than that probably doesn't need to worry about equipment too much unless you start looking at uber-lightweight stuff. Some manufacturers have weight limits on their gear. Pay attention to that. They built it so I assume they know what they are talking about. If there isn't a weight limit I usually don't worry about it. If there could be a problem with weight, trust me, their lawyers would have had them lable the component accordingly.

I have a riding buddy who weighs between 240-260 depending on the time of year. He rides hard, especially in the dirt. He doesn't seem to have too many problems with equipment. He used to break a lot of spokes on his Rolf wheels but i just chalked that up to him always fiddling around with them. He couldn't resist tampering with his spoke tension all the time. Just my opinion. YMMV.

C.F.F

I'm 5'10" and 204 lbs, I don't look 204 lbs but I am. Anyways I ride a lot of bikes I have one for each type of riding. Just check out my Sig below.
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Tom Stormcrowe

I'd restore the Holdsworth to ridign condition if it isn't already! Then I'd take it out for a spin every so often! Bikes die if they are not ridden, it sucks out their soul!

joelpalmer

I suppose my second bike counts as a comfort, old school three-speed (schwinn) upright that I use for my weenie 1.5 mile commute into school. Other is an even older school Raleigh supercourse that needs to have the bars retaped and is forcing me to get flexible enough to use the downtube shifters (friction shifting rules!!)

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GiantDave

Road, touring, mountain. Alum and steel.

HAMMER MAN

Roadie
Waterford 2200 lugged 853
Trek Madone 5.5
Razesa Slx S/S

Smiziley

Other: Fixed gear conversion.
For the record I'm not a clydesdale. However, the weight loss posts have inspired me not only to lurk here but also to lose some excess baggage and cut out sodas/beer for this month (just to see how much they're affecting me).

ramius

I'm 5' 9" and started at 245 lbs, now down to 219 (and can't get below that number for some reason!)

Nephew talked me into a Trek 7000 in 1999, was the best spent $625 I ever parted with. 4,000 plus miles on it now, only repairs have been routine stuff- chains, tires (I had lots of flats before switching to Armadillos) and assorted 'little stuff.' NO problems with frame, shocks, or wheels. I am looking to replace the BB bearings this winter, and probably the chain and middle chain ring.

Also ride a 1974 Schwinn Tandem Deluxe a couple of times a year- it was the 'courting bike' for my wife and me, and nothing reminds you how much things have changed more than trying to get a 66 lb. bike with a 5 speed tranny moving.

Finally the Wife bought us a Trek T-900 Tandem for our Anniversary, we ride it when she is in the mood. Btw wife is petite, so no weight issues with either tandem.

Was thinking of loaning the Trek Tandem to a friend who wants to exersize, he weighs 330 lbs or so. thought the tandem would handle the weight better, but after reading the other responses beginning to wonder if just a regular Mtn bike might serve just as well.

big boy phil

6'5" 322 lbs down from 366 in July
I have a few bikes, but the main ride is my newly built steel SR fixed gear.
I use this to commute to work, weekend rides, anytime I can ride, bike.
I also have an old schwinn steel frame that is Single Speed
an old steel univega mtb that i have only ridden a few times. (probably going to make it SS too)
and a Specialized Rockhopper that's used for the MTN's only.