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A friend who weighs 22st+ wants a bike for roads and towpaths, I take it a road bike or hybrid will not be strong enough?
Kona used to do the Hoss, what else should he consider?
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Ton to the forum please
I have a Hoss which is pretty burly so should be fine for him. He'll need either Air forks or strong rigids though i'd have thought as coil forks will probably all be way too soft for him.
The Hoss is still for sale on several websites as far as i know. Make sure he gets some strong wheels as well, 36 spoke count on big rims. If he wants to ride it a lot on the roads then either get 2 sets of tyres or a set of hybrid type tyres that will offer a bit of grip on the towpaths but still roll well on the road.
Ton has had loads (loads and loads) of different bikes though and is around the same weight so he's your man really.
A mountain bike. Something like an Inbred with a sensible build (ie, big volume tyres - maybe Schwalbe big apples) should be fine. First thing th let go would be the wheelset, and that's easily fixed by speccing 321 or 521 rims...
Obviously steel is less likely to go catastrophically wrong, but I reckon any cheap mountain bike frame will be more than up to it.
22st is a big lad. get something solid.
I'm 21stone and I have a 2005 enduro & a 2009 summerseason. Both have freeridey type rims relatively big tyres & dinner plates for discs. Both have had a hiding and are fine c
I'm 17st on a DMR Trailstar. Works fine. I cracked the HT on an older one a while ago but the new reinforced LT one has been great so far.
For the kind of riding intended is it really such a problem? I would think a hybrid type bike would be fine apart from some possibly flimsy wheels. I used to be about 20st and thrashed around on an old steel Kona (no modern reinforcing whatsoever), which is still alive and well.
EDIT- that Kona Smoke, over in another thread just now, looks good.
Is there anyone on here that uses a hybrid and is that kind of weight?
If it's just for road and towpaths, how about a cross bike?
Cross bikes normally have fairly lightweight wheels. How about a 26" wheeled tourer eg Hewitt or Thorn?
These come with strong wheels to begin with and you can get a pretty good range of wide slicks for 26" wheels.