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Bikes: 1986 KHS Fiero, 1989 Trek 950, 1990 Trek 7000, 1991 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo, 1992 Trek 1400, 1997 Cannondale CAD2 R300, 1998 Cannondale CAD2 R200, 2002 Marin San Rafael, 2006 Cannondale CAAD8 R1000, 2010 Performance Access XCL9R
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Enjoy riding a bike. Don't worry about the how you look. Speed will come with fitness and familiarization with the bike. I'm 280+ and riding. As for the bike, if its pretty new, I wouldn't sweat it. If its a bit older, perhaps take the wheels to be re-tensioned and trued. What are you riding? As for breaking things on bikes, 20 years ago when I was more "hardcore" if you will, I broke everything. But then, I was also putting in 200+ mile weeks and beat my bikes pretty hard (MTBs and roadies alike). And even then I was 215-225 pounds. Hey, I could beat a Yugo across an intersection. I can't do that today (are there any Yugos left?). But as I get stronger, I'll probably break something. comes with the territory of liking older bikes.