Originally Posted by
BBBRPDL
Really like the look of this bike, and know it's rated as having a max of 300lb - it's not hard though to find many testimonies from 400lb riders successfully riding the Trek 720 tourer, which has an identical rating of 300lb.
I emailed Trek and they politely hinted I may be okay - though I know I'm reading too far into things, and that they did little of the sort.
Also, any similarly specced bikes around that will definitely carry a 400lb rider would be of interest to me.
I'll be riding very gently, on reasonably good roads.
Regards.
own a CrossRip and it's a good bike, but I would get stronger wheels. I weigh in at 190 at the moment, was 235 when I got mine last May and the wheels flexed something terrible. If you got some 36 spoke disc rim laced up, I think you would be fine.
Hubs would be standard 100 front and 135 in the back.