Originally Posted by Rhino40 .
Sierra, you are an inspiration. I'm just getting back on my bike after a nasty crash last summer. (broken collar bone required a titanium plate and 15 screws to put humpty dumpty back together again). At any rate I was hoping for a little advice. Now that I'm biking again, my sister wants to join me. She has always been heavy so for her to even agree to ride with me is a huge step. She probably weighs between 280 - 300lbs. (she would never tell me) I'm looking to buy her a bike for her birthday so she can start shedding those pounds but I have no idea what kind of bike to get her. As a motivation she has actually signed up with me to do a 300 mile ride in September so I have between now and then to get her in shape. I'm willing to buy her a nice bike but I'm afraid that if I buy her something nice and then she starts breaking spokes or something it would just totally demoralize her. Any tips you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
Right in the middle of Phoenix you have North Phoenix Preserve and Phoenix Mountains Preserve/Piestwa Peak Park. I stayed near there for a couple of weeks in the middle of last year and there seemed to be a bunch of trails around there that I could see from my hotel. Unfortunately, due to work/course demands, I didn't get out to check them out but it looked like there was something in there that'd be fun to ride - as long as you avoid the big hill in the middleOriginally Posted by SierraSlim .
[COLOR= #0000ff]We're leaving Monday for Phoenix for a couple weeks, so will be looking for beginner bike trails in that area. He helpfully points out that there are bike trails over the mountains there.... but since I've never done anything but flat terrain, I doubt that I'm ready for that yet. I need to find some 'molehills' here in this area to practice on, lol.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]It's supposed to actually be sunny for several days in a row, now, so I can't wait to get back on her![/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Have a good one, y'all.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= #0000ff]Sierra[/COLOR]
Originally Posted by Rhino40 .
The flux capacitor mounts to the upright water bottle cage lugs. Now if I can just get this baby up to 88 miles an hour.
Originally Posted by Rhino40 .
Thanks to everyone on this thread and others for your advice and kind words. Sierra, I see a new career as a motivational speaker for you I went in and spoke to a lady at my LBS (she actually sold me my MTB or as I like to call it, "bone crusher" and low and behold she used to be heavy as well, you would never know it to look at her now. At any rate she is empathetic to my sisters situation and so has promised to take extra good care of her. She is even ordering in some plus sized bike shorts and knickers just for her. The bike she recommended without meeting my sister is the Trek Lexa LS triple
http://trekaf.com/product/trek-lexa-sl-triple-73111-1.htm
She said it would handle the weight no problem but it is still light enough and yes, even pretty enough that my sister will like it. So we have set the date. On Feb 15th I am kidnapping my sister for what she thinks is a lunch date and instead we are heading to the bike store. I think she will be so surprised. ( we will get lunch after) I'm going to outfit her with the bike, the shoes, the padded pants, the helmet, some cool sunglasses the whole nine yards. I can't Waite
PS> Sierra, just so you know, men like pretty bikes too. Sure, we will stand around bikes and grunt in a manly fashion and tell you all about why we went for the bike we did because the crank set was 10grams lighter or the frame was carbon fiber, but really we wanted the bike that looks the most like the bat mobile or possibly a fighter jet. Tell us the bike can be outfitted with an after market flux capacitor and we are sold. Yet one more piece of evidence that boys never really grow up.
Here is the one I'm buying
http://trekaf.com/product/trek-madone-3.1-73935-1.htm
The flux capacitor mounts to the upright water bottle cage lugs. Now if I can just get this baby up to 88 miles an hour.
Originally Posted by swampy1970 .
Quote: Originally Posted by Rhino40 .
The flux capacitor mounts to the upright water bottle cage lugs. Now if I can just get this baby up to 88 miles an hour.
Originally Posted by guy231 .
Well done slim, I find it very difficult to cycle in such weather so I take my hat of to you. I have done a couple of 30 mile races, one 55mile and one 70mile race since the start of the year, but lucky/not so luck for me it is summer over here. Got very bad sunburn with the 70mile.
Its always difficult to start early in the year right after the holidays. Keep up the good work and hope that you have a few sunny days coming your way.
I'm new at this but I would love to have this bike. Where can I get one?swampy1970 said: I found it better to make the frame a little longer and got the FC to replace the seat tube. Not sure what the wife will say about missing half the dining room table but I wanted to go for the Miafia Boss meets beach cruiser look... 1000W transfered via the mystic ether to motor in the back wheel. There's a slight issue with that power transfer in the rain. The 'ol boys' get zapped from time to time... I machined the chainring from the center of some pimp daddy's custom car wheels. Lowrider all the way baby...
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