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I need to ask GBS goons what kind of bike I should buy. I used to be a thin guy (I weighed 103 in my sophomore year of high school at 5'6") and now at close to 50 i ballooned up to close to 200. I want a bike I can ride around comfortably on and get some exercise. I don't want a 10 speed where I have to bend forward in fear of going face first into a wall or not being able to straighten up. I don't want to spend a large amount of money but also realize you get what you pay for. Any advice GBS Bike Gods?
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Mar 28, 2017 17:01
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AN EXERCISE BIKE YOU FAT gently caress hth
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Mar 28, 2017 17:04
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I don't know poo poo about bikes sorry op. 
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Mar 28, 2017 17:05
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Ratjaculation posted:AN EXERCISE BIKE YOU FAT gently caress I sorta want to view and the fresh air fellow fat gently caress.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:10
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Fixed gear, no brakes and a 51 12 gearing.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:12
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Piggy Smalls posted:I sorta want to view and the fresh air fellow fat gently caress. im actually really skinny and was going to make a thread on bulking up
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Mar 28, 2017 17:14
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A Banshee Darkside sounds right up your alley, OP.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:14
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Piggy Smalls posted:I sorta want to view and the fresh air fellow fat gently caress. An outdoor rated exercise bike.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:19
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Buy a cheap secondhand bike because your fat rear end is gonna use it twice and then go right back to being a disgusting, lazy, inert slob.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:24
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Go to the bike store and let them talk you into paying $5,000 for a carbon bicycle with all the works that you'll use 3 times and then sell at a garage sale for $200 in 5 years.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:30
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Just go to Walmart and get whatever. You're not Lance Armstrong so who gives a gently caress?
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Mar 28, 2017 17:32
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I don't really know or care about bikes us vs also us hosed around with this message at Mar 28, 2017 around 16:32
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Mar 28, 2017 17:32
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No. 6 posted:Buy a cheap secondhand bike because your fat rear end is gonna use it twice and then go right back to being a disgusting, lazy, inert slob. I don't get an A for effort in wanting to exercise? 
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Mar 28, 2017 17:36
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Piggy Smalls posted:I don't get an A for effort in wanting to exercise? We have a subforum for this poo poo, no one in GBS wants to exercise or be fatshamed for not exercising.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:41
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Go to a bike co-op or whatever and get a used steel frame road bike that is the proper height for you. Schwinns or Peugeots from the 70s-80s are the best. Don't spend more than 2 or 3 hundo. Make sure the frame isn't bent and that the wheels have been trued and that the gears shift smoothly. If you have to lean forward then the bike is not your size.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:56
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Oh wow you're a tiny man. Get a 53 cm frame.
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Mar 28, 2017 17:58
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I'd recommend a Pinarello Dogma F10.
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Mar 28, 2017 18:23
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Link your local craigslist. You're 5'6"? I'm not the best to do this, but I'll try to find you a deal.
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Mar 28, 2017 18:35
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Buy this. Or, go to a local bike shop, and buy something similar. It's good enough so that if you hate riding it, it won't be the fault of the bicycle, and it is affordable for just about anyone. http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/dover1.htm
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Mar 28, 2017 18:44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BglzNAML78M
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Mar 28, 2017 18:55
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realtalk: the more wheels, the better. they'll try to get you on some rinky-dink 2-wheel setup but you know better. don't settle for less than three, preferably four or five!
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Mar 28, 2017 18:57
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Mar 28, 2017 19:23
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Thank you guys! I used to love my big wheel when I was a kid. I could tear up the road on it.
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Mar 28, 2017 19:25
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Piggy Smalls posted:Thank you guys! I used to love my big wheel when I was a kid. I could tear up the road on it. I remember when they first came out - I wanted one so badly I could taste it. But my father nixed the idea because they were 100% plastic. I instead got a Sears trike, and the steel frame broke. Actually, it broke twice because my father brazed it back together after the first time. I actually watched it break the second time because I let the little girl from next door ride it.
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Mar 28, 2017 19:29
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Piggy Smalls posted:Thank you guys! I used to love my big wheel when I was a kid. I could tear up the road on it. go on craigslist and buy some lovely roadster man for real not even clownin on u i bike all day everyday and this is what i have done
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