I ride a too-small 26" MTB, suspension fork, big apples, etc. It's my first bike in 20 years, and I had it prepped when I weighed 400lb. It's treated me great over the 2500km I've ridden on it. But now I'm down to 330 and want to go... FASTER. I picked up a 29er the other day with a 14 day no-questions-asked return policy and after today... I want to return it. It just didn't have that... something.

A local shop has the 2010 Specialized Allez Double for sale though, for not much more than that 29er ran me. And so my question is... will it hold me. Meaning, if I get a bike like that, give it to a good wheel guy to tune the wheels up, can I expect to do another 2500km without it falling to pieces? My current MTB is built like a tank, and those Allezes look so... dainty, like I might just squash one of them.

I can always wait til next year, when I'm hoping to be down to 250, but let's be honest: I didn't get to almost 450lb because I'm a patient man.

Any input or anecdotes are more than welcome, thanks.