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11-14-21 | 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by rumrunn6

how about putting the rear wheel on the scale & lifting the front of the bike vertical? then just lightly hold it in place w/all weight on rear wheel, while you glance down at the scale? or is that what you tried & it's just nutz?

Yeah, that's what I had tried, but it seemed to fluctuate a bit, I think it gets me in the ball-park, though. I might try masking-taping the rear brake lever so that my digital pressure isn't affecting the result as much.

11-14-21 | 04:35 AM

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Mine's a luggage scale, about the same price: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NW62PCA

Does this scale indicate ounces and grams, as well as pounds and kilos?

11-14-21 | 06:49 AM

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Does this scale indicate ounces and grams, as well as pounds and kilos?

Mine does, as I think they all do. Mine is amazingly accurate, I have checked it with my digital lab precision balance.

11-15-21 | 11:17 AM

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Does this scale indicate ounces and grams, as well as pounds and kilos?

No, just pounds or kilograms. It reads to the nearest 0.1 lb/0.05 kg, but I take the accuracy at that level with a grain of salt.