http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Got a Luggage Scale at the Minute en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:22:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56363 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:25:46 +0000 kaputnik 56363@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I assume all the glue in the carbon in the TT bike wheels and frame will burn up a treat.</p> <p>Aluminium burns lovely too if you can get it hot enough to ignite. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56329 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:25:47 +0000 Roibeard 56329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Yes</strong>, yes, <em>ye</em></p> <p>Oh, and some magnesium alloys go up a treat too!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56325 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:04:59 +0000 DaveC 56325@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is there an echo in here? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56320 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:22:21 +0000 steveo 56320@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Better not bring the TT bike then kaputnik... Does carbon burn??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56318 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:15:40 +0000 kaputnik 56318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Hmmm, alternative solutions? Throw the bikes in the canal and see which sinks fastest?</em></p> <p>If it floats, it's a witch. Burn it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56315 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:08:07 +0000 DaveC 56315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Hmmm, alternative solutions? Throw the bikes in the canal and see which sinks fastest?"</p> <p>If the bike floats we can all point and shout "Its a witch!!" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56301 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:56 +0000 wingpig 56301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rig up a scale with some rope, a pulley and a tree-branch (or a plank and suitably fulcrumish canalside log)? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56299 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:53:48 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 56299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmmm, alternative solutions? Throw the bikes in the canal and see which sinks fastest? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56298 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:52:58 +0000 Uberuce 56298@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bah. Either I can't find it or they decided to take it with them for the return trip... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56273 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:46:08 +0000 kaputnik 56273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Carry a refreshing flask of liquid mercury </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56271 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:44:51 +0000 Dave 56271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Backpack obviously doesn't count anth, since that's just weight your bike wasn't able to carry ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56258 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:12:18 +0000 wingpig 56258@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fill your tubes with ball-bearings and install your plussest Marathons. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56257 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:12:15 +0000 ruggtomcat 56257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'<em>Prizes for the heaviest steed</em>' Think Im gonna win that one, if I turn up. Definitely the luggage category, unless Dave turns up with 75kg of wood. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56253 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:09:07 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 56253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Must remember to pack the Carradice with the heaviest stuff I can find that day... Oh, and take the camera with the humungous lens (as I have today) to add the backpack to the weight... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56247 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:02:06 +0000 kaputnik 56247@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Prizes for heaviest steed (sans and plus luggage) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56246 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:58:23 +0000 recombodna 56246@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We could have a weight watcher's club for our bikes.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5257#post-56190 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:04:37 +0000 Uberuce 56190@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My sister and Mum are off on holiday tomorrow, so they're in the flat trying to get Mum's suitcases under the weight limit.</p> <p>In an attempt to distract myself from their bickering I've used said weighing device on my bikes.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uberuce/6482731241/in/photostream"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6482731241_e3717c1c14_m.jpg"></a></p> <p>I was surprised to find the roadster was as light as 14.30, while the racer tipped the scales at 9.85 and the winter chunk 11.80kg.</p> <p>I'll bring that scale along to coffee on the 17th if anyone is curious as to the weight of their steed in its on-the-road state. </p>