Re: Road bike for a fat guy
- From: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:17:38 -0400
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I've been biking for a month and I'm hooked. I've been riding a TrekFirst I would ask, what are you looking for in a road bike that you don't
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?
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
Just because I'm big doesn't mean I don't care about the weight of the
bike. My bodyweight is dropping from biking. I'm getting lighter and I
want my bike to get lighter too. My current bike is more of a comfort
bike. Solidly built, it has shock absorbers in the front and under the
seat. My wife says it's a "sweet ride." The tires are considerably
bigger than road bike wheels. It has straight handlebars. So my hands
are forced to stay in one spot. It's not built specifically for speed.
I want a bike built for speed. I don't need shock absorbers. And smaller
diameter tires are better for speed. I like to go fast. I can handle a
roadbike; I just wonder if it can handle me. (You can see what I look
like here on our family website:
http://www.geocities.com/hud_ohio/HudnellFamilyPage ) To give my hands a
break, I often rest my forearms on the straight handlebars while I pedal.
So I believe I can handle drop handlebars. I'm currently reading "Heft On
Wheels" by Mike Magnuson. When he was in the 255 to 275 pound range he
found that the Trek 5200 was the right bike for him. This came after
damaging (bent frames and forks) several other brands of road bikes. Trek
no longer manufactures the 5200. I just wondered what else is on the
market.
Get a road bike with drop handlebars adjusted to seat height (you can lower
them later) and good wheels with high spoke count. Some bikes let you go all
the way from 23mm tires to 28. You'll be fine with 28 for now. You can move
to 23 later.
Still, I'd say it's unlikely that you'll ever be a racer, but you can still
go fast. Frankly, I find it hard to believe that anyone who rides a bike
doesn' t like to go as fast as they can go (at least on a flat under your
own pedaling power and uphill, excluding downhill).
Most of these road-type comfort/touring models are well suited for any type
of riding. Just stay away from the super light *racing specific* stuff.
.
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