So…..
about 2 months ago, I sold my car and decided to commute by bike. I’m currently riding my specialized hardrock on nobbly tyres for my commute and want an upgrade/something more appropriate
I’ve looked at the option of putting something slicker on tyres wise but the bottom line is I need my nobblies for the weekends and evenings and don’t want to be changing tyres or wheels every 2 mins. The other reason is I’d like something with better gear ratio’s for road as most of the commute is reasonably large roads with fast moving traffic and at the minute I’m spinning top gear no issues for at least 50%
Budget is £500, could stretch to £600 if necessary. My commute is 100% road.
but….
I’m not a small bloke!!! I am 6 foot 5 and at the start of the year I was just over 23 stone. I am now 19 stone 3 and aiming to keep losing but my concern is that a road bike is going to do an impression of origami the minute i hit a pothole.
I’ve looked into the cyclocross options but they all seem to be above budget and I really can’t stretch the budget any further than £600.
do I just buy another MTB and fit it with slicks or do I keep getting frustrated with the specialized until I’m light enough to not destroy a road bike
thoughts and general mockery appreciated