weighing bikes

In 1994 I had just returned from a 3-week tour in Holland and Belgium.  My 
usual preference (unless it's dark or raining) is to take the long and rough 
way into Boston from Logan airport - through industrial areas of East 
Boston, Chelsea and Everett.  It sort of feels appropriate after a tour.

I noticed a scrap metal dealer and asked if I could weigh the bike - 114 
pounds.  I usually travel heavy, but had taken my MTB this time because I 
knew I would have lots of cobbles, some dirt, and the often roughly tiled 
Dutch bike paths.  I was also carrying about 3 kilos of aged Leyden cheese 
with cumin I had bought at the airport to use up the last of my Dutch money.

Charles

>    Most anything would be a WAG but a set of bathroom scales would give 
> you
a fairly accurate figure. Also, most farm stores have platform scales for
weighing all sort of things. Failing that. take it by your local WAL*MART
because most of them have a set of scales in the pharmacy department.

Jim Foreman