On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 15:04 -0700, rperks wrote: > > If I want a "road" bike, no matter what the percieved > > light and fast marketing schtik is, it will likely be built for the > > potential heavy weight. > > I think it's pretty safe to say your LBS carbon fiber racing bike with > the lightly spoked wheels and tire clearances limiting the bike to 23mm > tires at most (and yes, there are plenty that won't even take a 25mm) > was not designed for a 290 pounder. In fact, chances are it wasn't > designed for a 200 pound rider. > >
I agree that it probably wasn't designed for a 290'er, but it better be designed for a 220'er at least. I see lots of big big dudes around here on fly-weight carbon bikes with low-spoke-count wheels. -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.