# Foot Crank - Vehicle Too Heavy For Its Engines! limit is too low

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/foot-crank-vehicle-too-heavy-for-its-engines-limit-is-too-low/12374>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [August 21, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/foot-crank-vehicle-too-heavy-for-its-engines-limit-is-too-low/12374 "2016-08-21T17:44:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pantalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@Pantalion](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pantalion)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/foot-crank-vehicle-too-heavy-for-its-engines-limit-is-too-low/12374/1 "2016-08-21T17:44:37Z")

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Version: 0.C-17269-g46c1b03

Behaviour: Modifying a bicycle to switch in a Cargo Space and some cargo from inventory produces the report “Bicycle is too heavy for its engines!” and prevents acceleration.

Expected behaviour: Since the bicycle is still light enough for the player to drag (133kg at 223 movement cost on a diagonal), and a foot crank is ostensibly more efficient than walking+dragging, it appears that the weight limit on it is drastically too low, particularly considering pedicabs can easily carry 2+ passengers for an easy 100kg+ payload to transport.

This may be related to the undervalued weight limit on pushing/pulling wheeled vehicles, since in reality pushing a two tonne vehicle to the gas station is very achievable, while in Catacylsm a 250+kg motorbike is “too heavy to shift” for an average strength human.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/foot-crank-vehicle-too-heavy-for-its-engines-limit-is-too-low/12374/2 "2016-08-24T19:39:25Z")

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thanks for mentioning, reported here: [https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/18114](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/18114)