Originally Posted by
jleiwig
Well currently at a little over 350 lbs, I don't think that a true road bike would A) be very comfortable B) hold up my big butt!
Road bikes are a lot tougher then they look, some would argue that an older style road bike with the horizontal top tube, is stronger then many of the modern mountain bikes which have the sloping top tube which is closer to the traditional women's design.