Ebike weight
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Chalo
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What I hear is: do I care more about being able to secure my bike, or about letting management decide where to put me? Am I willing to stick up for my needs?
molybdenum
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My ebike is about 40lb, which is fine for putting on and taking off a hitch-mounted bike rack for when I need to drive kids to school on my way to work. I don't have stairs to contend with, but if I did, there is no way I'd want to slug more than 40lb up and down on a daily basis. tbf, I'd find taking any full size bicycle up and down flights of stairs very inconvenient.
Normal stairs, no tricky / narrow landings.
Wrong on all counts. It's none of those reasons. lol
I am talking about ebikes, DIY or pre-built , not acoustic. Btw ready mix is 60 to 80 lbs a bag.
You live in an apartment? If no elevators, how many flights of stairs?80lbs is too much to hike up and down the stairs for me.
My heaviest bike is 75lbs, is 6 feet long, and is quite the chore to get up/down stairs, but worth the effort..
Mongo
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I carry my e-bikes up a short flight of stairs after every ride. I estimate the bikes weigh from 40 to 80 pounds, depending mostly on the battery and cargo capacity.
A BB lifting strap helps (moves the balance point forward), and I've considered getting the portage-style shoulder loops:
"Walk mode" motor assist doesn't work well, because of the steep angle and minimal tire traction on the stair edges.
A BB lifting strap helps (moves the balance point forward), and I've considered getting the portage-style shoulder loops:
"Walk mode" motor assist doesn't work well, because of the steep angle and minimal tire traction on the stair edges.
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docw009
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I looked it up. For adult men over 21,
Max Bike Weight = (88 - Your Age)
Max Bike Weight = (88 - Your Age)
Mongo
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Hmmm - plugging in my numbers puts me into this rather colorful & plush, 10 pound starting point:
Yikes, only 8lbs left for the motor & battery. I better get cracking.
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LewTwo
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Puts me in mind of a place I lived in on the South-side of Birmingham when I was in college: 3 flights from the street level to the first floor. These days I have 3 steps ... with a wheel chair ramp on one side.
crunchysteve
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So glad I don't have to carry my bike up any stairs! Especially since the e got added on the front!
e-beach
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My daily rider is 80 pounds. I would never want to carry that up and down stairs every day. 40 lbs even sounds heavy as far as I am concerned. Also depends on how young and strong you are. The other option is to start thinking about a different place to live, or, how to use the motor to get the bike up the stairs. I have in the past pushed my bike up stairs while keeping the motor engaged as a way to help pull the bike up the stairs.
Mongo
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After rolling my bikes across wet grass, I don't get good traction up the stairs using the motor, especially the bikes with smooth tread tires. Since I own the property, I'm considering installing a length of 3 inch wide inside corner diamond plate along the edge of the stairs, to run the bikes up on:
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Just one set of stairs.
I thought at first from looking at your pic that your claimed 37 lb ebike is DIY. That's not so!
Here's what I found:
AI Overview
The Huffy Oslo folding electric bike weighs 50.16 pounds. Some say it's lightweight and affordable, at $1,100, and that it can be folded and carried up stairs. It can also fit in a car trunk or closet.
This review Huffy's Folding Ebike Skimps On Comfort and Power for a Low Price says it's 44 lbs.
So we have 37, 44 and 50.16 lbs. Not sure which is correct. Can you weigh your's again gromike?
Mongo
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I just weighed my easiest-to stair-carry e-bike, a steel framed RH212-powered minivelo with a 52-volt 17AH battery, and it came in a surprisingly hefty 63lbs (confirmed on different scales).
While hefty, the lifting point weight bias makes the front wheel elevate up, so that the axle line is roughly the same as the staircase rise/run when carried.
I hump the bikes to the top of the stairs, carried with my right hand and steadied with the left, one stair tread at a time, kicking the left pedal with my right knee if needed, till I can plant the front wheel on the top landing and hold it there with the brake. Then I shift my carrying hand and finish the job.
The worst bike to carry is my mid-drive pig-of-a cargo bike, IMO, because of the front heavy weight bias.
Some of my builds have front wheel "deflopilator" springs, but they don't seem to help that much for carrying.
I've not fallen or tripped - well, not yet, anyway. If/when I can't hack it anymore, I'll consider rigging up a triangle-style lifting gin pole. In the interim, I'm going to try a wheel track & motor oomph.
While hefty, the lifting point weight bias makes the front wheel elevate up, so that the axle line is roughly the same as the staircase rise/run when carried.
I hump the bikes to the top of the stairs, carried with my right hand and steadied with the left, one stair tread at a time, kicking the left pedal with my right knee if needed, till I can plant the front wheel on the top landing and hold it there with the brake. Then I shift my carrying hand and finish the job.
The worst bike to carry is my mid-drive pig-of-a cargo bike, IMO, because of the front heavy weight bias.
Some of my builds have front wheel "deflopilator" springs, but they don't seem to help that much for carrying.
I've not fallen or tripped - well, not yet, anyway. If/when I can't hack it anymore, I'll consider rigging up a triangle-style lifting gin pole. In the interim, I'm going to try a wheel track & motor oomph.
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The two bikes that I muscle (loosely said by an old man) up the stairs are DIY and less than 40 pounds with the battery removed. I don't need to do this daily, but would if necessary. There are commuter bikes that are reasonably priced in the 35 pound range if that is what you're looking for. I would imagine that wrestling one of the 60 - 90 pound fat tire behemoths up any flight of stairs would be a horrendous experience.
LewTwo
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I have seen things like coil springs, bungee cords and paracord used for that purpose. It has often occurred to me that that drilling a hole through the steerer tube and fork tube for something like 3/16 ball detent pin would be a better solution. Of course one would want to be careful of the location to avoid center screw, wedge or nut (maybe close to the bottom end).
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