How is that going now and what are the chances I might ruin a good
bike and the warranty if I rode one. BTW, hello, I rode a Raleigh
Grand Prix, English made since '75 until I got to big for it. I also
had a Schwinn with an electric assist. Seems like it was called
Pedal Power and had two twelve volt batteries like saddlebags on the
luggage rack. Early eighties.

Randy

--- In ez3usx@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Wollesen" <tinman9@...> wrote:
>
> --- In ez3usx@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Strasma" <jimstrasma@> wrote:
> >
> > A new member of our group asked when signing up if the Sun EZ-3
USX
> > can handle a 350 pound rider? A 300 pound friend had ridden ours.
Can
> > anyone top that?
> >
> > It occurs to me that a heavy rider might want to replace the
standard
> > 65 PSI tires with 100 PSI ones. If I recall correctly, the ideal
on a
> > standard road bike is to have about one square inch of road
contact
> > per tire. Given the 65 pound weight of the Sun EZ-3 USX itself
plus a
> > 350 pound rider, even at 100 PSI there would be more than one
inch of
> > road contact on each of the three tires.
> >
> > Any other advice for helping the bike accommodate a hefty rider?
> >
> I weigh over 400#s and my USX works fine other than trying to ride
it
> with no hands. I have not changed out the 65# tires, yet, but that
is
> one of the first things that I plan to do. This is the bike that
will
> get me back into riding, it is so comfortable after putting pedal
> extenders on.
>