Originally Posted by
Smokehouse
Off topic…but I don't get that one either. Beginning my "journey" at well over 265lbs, I refused to even think of getting a modern road bike until I could drop weight. I began riding a SL2 Roubaix in 2012 at 200lbs. I bought my Tarmac at 170lbs last winter.
I have dousing who is a large fella…6' 3", 250+. He keeps wanting to get on my bike for a test ride and I won't let him, he gets all offended. I don't have the heart to tell him he's WAY too large for my equipment.
I would have been brutally honest with him and would have said something to the effect of, you break it you buy it.
It depends on how close of friendship you have though.
I found being direct often cuts through the B/S and often earns respect even if they might feel offended at first.