nasamorpheus
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Cube 2021 stereo hybrid has max weight 135kg so I am not sure what Focus is doing... I have over 100kg and that was main reason I didn't bought it.
Focus were aiming for a lighter emtb; they even went for a small in-frame battery of 378Whr. Mine weighs 20.4kg. Lightness comes at a cost, in this case the load bearing capacity. I just looked at a random Cube 2021 stereo hybrid via Google and it weighs 4kg more.Cube 2021 stereo hybrid has max weight 135kg so I am not sure what Focus is doing... I have over 100kg and that was main reason I didn't bought it.
Hah!So Americans keep 1 more rock(stone) in their pocket? Come on man. We have drones on Mars. We can stop measuring things in stones!
FOCUS JAM² 6.9 NINE has over 25 kg Perm. total weight 120 kgFocus were aiming for a lighter emtb; they even went for a small in-frame battery of 378Whr. Mine weighs 20.4kg. Lightness comes at a cost, in this case the load bearing capacity. I just looked at a random Cube 2021 stereo hybrid via Google and it weighs 4kg more.
That's not really the case. All cars have a GVM Gross Vehicle Mass rating. Which is the max weight that includes fuel, payload, and vehicle weight.I still don't understand the point you are trying to make. What else can "max permissible total weight" mean? The bike makers have to use total weight (bike, rider, kit), due to the massive range of rider weights. Especially when even the lightest rider is likely to be at least twice as heavy as the bike alone. In my riding kit, I'm 4.5 times heavier than my bike. So rider weight (inc kit) is a key design criterion to the bike designer.
But my car is quite happy with just me in it OR me plus 4 passengers, a boot full of luggage and a tow bar rack with two bikes. My weight is a triviality to the car designer.
The frame says max permissible "TOTAL" weight. What is it about "Total" people don't understand.And the answer wasn't made clear then either. There's contradicting advice given and nothing is clear, even the labelling on the bike from the CE sticker.
The website says bike and rider plus gear and all the sticker on the frame actually says is " max permissible weight ".
So which one is right ? The website or the actual warnings given on their bikes ?
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For my use case, I purchased the Focus Thron2 6.9 in XL. I weigh 103kg, and I've been over many jumps, including an accident of an 18ft drop off a ledge that gave way, held on for dear life, bottomed out the suspension, but no issue with the bike wheels, frame, or suspension damage still all tip top. Its a tank! I've had the bike for 5 months and done around 1400km's - all without issue. Before I purchased had the same worry of weight, but LBS and Focus distributor said it was rider/carrying weight no more than 120kg.
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