I weigh a tick over 300lbs. I've always been a big guy. When I was my lightest and that was riding everywhere and lifting four days a week. I came in at about 230 and I was fairly lean then just build big.
At this point, I live in a small town in PA. There's only one bike store, the one I went too. I'm going to have to make a trip to the closest city about an hours drive away.
I had an idea what I wanted and he basically told me I was a boob for wanting those bike. The components would never hold - the cranks and wheels.
I would like to spend between $500-$700 on the bike. I was thinking something along the lines of an 8.3 DS Trek or a 7.3 DX.
I don't even really know where to start looking now. I would like to have an idea what I should look at when I go on Saturday.
I did a lot of research online of what I thought would work and he blew that right out of the water with his $2,000 dollar touring bike.