Trek EX Fuel 9 and me
Lancstony
Posts: 44
Afternoon all,
I joined here last year about this time but since then I have done sod all riding due to a very busy life, but now all that has calmed down and its time to sort myself out once again.
Anyway I am in possession of a Trek EX Fuel 9, is a 2008 model which has hardly ever been ridden, the question I have is that I am currently 19st and 7lbs and obviously I am a little bit worried about embarrassing myself and breaking this bike when I am out. :oops:
I am not going to be tackling mountains just yet so will just be a 6 mile easy ride for the time being which will hopefully help me to lose weight, have lost a stone in last month already just by cutting out the crap, but do full suspension bikes have weight limits on? would I only be able to take it on harder stuff once I am the whippet I want to be at about 14 and a half stone? by harder stuff I dont mean proper hard stuff but there are some decent trails around me and want to be able to get out on them eventually.
The bike didnt cost me much as was from a guy I know who bought it, rode it about three times and just kept it in his garage so was total waste for him but good deal for me as seems a decent bike.
Cheers
I joined here last year about this time but since then I have done sod all riding due to a very busy life, but now all that has calmed down and its time to sort myself out once again.
Anyway I am in possession of a Trek EX Fuel 9, is a 2008 model which has hardly ever been ridden, the question I have is that I am currently 19st and 7lbs and obviously I am a little bit worried about embarrassing myself and breaking this bike when I am out. :oops:
I am not going to be tackling mountains just yet so will just be a 6 mile easy ride for the time being which will hopefully help me to lose weight, have lost a stone in last month already just by cutting out the crap, but do full suspension bikes have weight limits on? would I only be able to take it on harder stuff once I am the whippet I want to be at about 14 and a half stone? by harder stuff I dont mean proper hard stuff but there are some decent trails around me and want to be able to get out on them eventually.
The bike didnt cost me much as was from a guy I know who bought it, rode it about three times and just kept it in his garage so was total waste for him but good deal for me as seems a decent bike.
Cheers
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Are you bottoming out the shocks? If so just add some air till you get the sag right and you should be good to go.0
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No not bottoming out the shocks but presume if I just stay on easy stuff for time being chance of doing that would be reduced?
I was really thinking about the frame, I guess frames have pretty high tolerances but it's whether my fat ass is pushing the boundaries0 -
I recon wheels would buckle before the frame goes. This post says the trek site say the maximum is 300lb on full/hard tail mountain bikes.
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That's great thanks very much for that, will watch how the wheels go and just take it easy as not fit enough for anything too tough at the moment.
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No worries, have fun!0
