07-04-2004, 10:46 AM
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#26 (permalink)
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At 280 pounds, I was breaking spokes on my touring bike and road bike.
I was having seat pain from 18 mile rides.
Bought an EZ-1 for US$504 and nothing has broken and ridden 125 miles
one day.
http://www.easyracers.com
Rich Clark wrote:
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> "Kenneth Akehurst" <ksaj54@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:uYUFc.295$sD4.18@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink .net...
> > HELP!
> > What would be a good entry bike for a 350# male.
> > Would like to ride with my wife!
> > Thanks, Ken
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> Consider a recumbent.
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> If you want a conventional bike, what will matter most is the wheels. You're
> asking for trouble riding on stock, factory-built wheels at your weight.
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> No offense, but since you weigh as much as two "average" riders, wheels made
> for a tandem would be appropriate. I would go to a bike shop and discuss
> having a set of wheels built, with heavy-duty rims and 40 or 48 spokes each,
> and then discuss what sort of bike to mount them on.
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> Avoid springs. Nothing with a suspension fork or rear suspension or
> suspension seatpost.
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> But give up on the "entry bike" idea. A cheap bike will be dangerous.
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> RichC
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