Re: Road bike for a fat guy

"Hud" <hud_ohio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've been biking for a month and I'm hooked. I've been riding a Trek
Multitrack 7200, a hybrid for urban transportation. I really want to
upgrade to a road bike but worry my 245 lbs. will damage such a bike. I'm
willing to spend up to $1500. Maybe some of you have been in my shoes
before. Any bike suggestions?
First I would ask, what are you looking for in a road bike that you don't
have on your hybrid?

a) Drop handlebar for better aerodyanmics? Unless your 245 comes mostly
from height not girth, you may not be very comfortable with the now
typically very low bar position of a road racing bike.

b) Better components? You could upgrade your current bike.

c) You probably don't care if the bike weighs 23 pounds instead of 17
pounds, right?

d) You probably don't want low spoke count superlight wheels or skinny
racing tires, right?

If you tell us what your goal is in upgrading, the group might be able to
give better suggestions.

BobT


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