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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 02:34:40 JST Paul Cantrell

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   • Sara Joy :happy_pepper:
   • Charlie Park

   @sarajw @charliepark
   Yup, seconded: the weight limit matters! And it’s not just balance; it’s safety. The brakes and the frame are designed to certain tolerances.

   My bike can carry ~185 lbs of passenger + cargo with me and all the accessories on it. Specs aren’t hard to come by, but do note that they usually give max gross weight (which includes bike + rider + accessories) and not just cargo weight.

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     Sara Joy :happy_pepper: (sarajw@front-end.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 02:34:42 JST Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

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     • Charlie Park

     @charliepark @inthehands just butting in to say if you want to carry an adult, best check the weight allowance of the bike. Sometimes they say how much load can go where, or they give a maximum weight of the whole thing.

     I guess if you're looking to carry an adult passenger, you intend them to straddle the back, not sit in a cargo bucket on the front?

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     Charlie Park (charliepark@xoxo.zone)'s status on Saturday, 05-Oct-2024 02:34:43 JST Charlie Park

     @inthehands I don't want to hijack your thread (which is great), but I'm a bit stymied — with the goal of being able to carry an adult passenger — by the number of GSD models, with the guides at https://www.ternbicycles.com/us/explore/pets-and-passengers/tern-passenger-guide not really helping. (They're oriented to "how to get *your* bike passenger-ready", not "how to pick the best model to carry a passenger".) How did you pick a model?