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?

For what its worth I have a 2001 Volpe with over 20,000 miles on it I am
well over 220 lbs. The two biggest things I have had to do is replace the
wheels when they wore the sidewalls down from braking and a new bottom
bracket, I ride year around in Ohio and this bike has been very good to me.
It came with 36 spoke mavic wheels and 700X32 WTB alltrainasouris tires and
I have stayed with that. Havent lost any weight but man the rides I have
been on.

Jim



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