vintage bike weight

[galleta loco]

I'm looking at repair stands and was wondering what the typical average weight of a classic steel frame cruiser with wheels would be?

 

[deven_science]

About 40lbs.

 

[dougfisk]

I would have guessed 55 pounds... fully equipped with rack, tank, light, & truss rods...

 

[B607]

40 seems too light for my B6. Ask my knees. I would have guessed even higher than Doug, like 70 lbs. Guess I'll have to weigh a bike today. Gary

 

[galleta loco]

Thanks Guys the Park pcs 9 is rated at 100lbs so add 70 lb bike start cranking down on it to remove a frozen part you may max it out pretty quick I'm thinking.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

There's a thread on here about bike weights. Bunch of people chimed in. Some are real heavyweights, over 50 lbs.

 

[Pookie42]

I have a scale at work and the Elgin I bought from Onewheelsqueel with tank, skirts, front drum brake and truss rods basically everything you can put on a bike weighs 52lbs.


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[mikeeebikey]

I would say a little higher also, 70 as an average. This is for good quality made old bikes, not Murry Moterays from the 80s!
For example, my modern bike shop cruiser runs 55#s in full dress, bags, lock, spare tubes, tools....

 

[deorman]

42 lbs.

 

[deorman]

This one was about 46.

 

[deorman]

With cheap alloys and skinny rubber, 33lbs.

With ND steel wheels, 42.

 

[deven_science]

Some heavy bikes. I once weighed a couple of my bikes to make sure they would be okay on a bike rack. They weighed in at 42, and 43 pounds. And these were stretched, custom bikes, so how you get to 70 pounds is beyond me.

 

[Jpromo]

Shipping weight for 60s Schwinn "lightweights" is right around 50lbs so probably a few pounds for packing material. I've shipped up to 65lb bikes and I'm pretty sure my Colorflow is right around 70.