weighing bike
 

i been wondering how much my huffy weighs. how do i weigh it to get an approximate weight? thanks

Here is what I did...

Weigh yourself. Then weigh yourself holding the bike. The difference = your bike.

Good idea. My LBS has a hook to hang the bike from. Kinda like weighing fish.

too much?

Bathroom scale holding bike

Toppeak makes a repair stand with a built in scale thats kind of cool


I'll give you a hint on the Huffy though: a lot

That trick with the scales does not work as you muscles will take some of the weight. It needs to be dead weight to weigh it properly. Try a band round the rear brake lever and balance the bike on it's back wheel on the scales. I tried the scales trick before but got about 2lb differences when I used hanging scales.

Who is mrbike27 and what makes him tick? Now that we will know what a huffy is and how much it weighs, I will be happy to find out how to weigh a cager.

It does work because the scales weigh the total of you + your bike. It doesnt matter how much weight of the bike is transferred into your muscles, because it is still included in the total. I would be interested in knowing how you can increase the weight of your muscles by holding a bike. The 2 lb difference was probably due to different accuracy of the scales.

Mrbike27,

Weigh the bike by tying one end of a rope around your neck, the other end on the bridge railing and jump to your home under the bridge (from whence you came) while holding the Huffy in one hand and a bathroom scale in the other. You will get the right answer to your trolls.

Looks like this thread was discussed recently. Check these bike weights

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=273038

I think mrbike27 is a Huffy troll. All his posts deal with his Huffy and how much he likes it. I don't think we've seen a photo--someone correct me if I'm wrong. So, I doubt that he actually has a Huffy.

Pictures are mandatory.

East Hill

The 2lb difference between the bathroom scale and a hanging scale is due to the inaccuracy of the bathroom scale. Standing on the scale platform in a different spot will affect the reading. Positioning the scale on a different part of the floor will affect the reading. Leaning forward and backward will affect the reading.

The only problem with the bathroom scale is that it can be hard to read it to the exact pound. However your muscles don't make a difference. Once you and the bike are on the scale your total weight is measured.

Genius! Thank you :)

Umm... I thought that was something obvious...

I wrote a computer program to calculate the weight of your bike, going on data people had provided in these sorts of threads in the past:

Select 15 + Rand() * 85 As BikeWeight

Turns out my bike weighs 27 pounds.

I get an "offending command error" when trying to run this program, what gives?

LOL. I'd be interested in seeing what the Huffy weighs, only because it will make my MTB look svelte in comparison.

I forgot to mention that my first bike after a long break in biking was a Huffy MTB that I traded a pair of rollerblades for. I had lots of fun on that bike. I rediscovered the joys of riding a bike.

http://nycbikecommuter.info/images/who/huffy01.jpg

This thread was worthy of being left undisturbed and asleep. Although that is quite a Huffy pic.

Is this based on personal experience, or did you learn this in school? Draw a free-body diagram of the scale. Unless the scale is defective, the reading will represent the weight of the person and the bike!