In my research it looks like cannondale also. Are there any
problems with wheels????

I have non with my mountain bike so far. But did have a French
built road bike where the tork would bend the wheels on an uphill
run.

Any comments on wheels???

--- In tallrides@yahoogroups.com, "johnnykrisma" <johnvenable@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In tallrides@yahoogroups.com, "Big Man" <bigkahuna47@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm 6'6 225 and was looking around for a road bike? Any
suggesstions?
> >
>
> I'm actually the same size as you and currently ride an XL Giant
OCR-2. I'm having
> problems with getting the thing sized for me and I'm thinking it's
just not big enough. I've
> got about 7+ inches of seatpost showing as well as swapped out to
a 130 stem.
>
> From what I'm reading the Cannondales work well for us big guys.
Large diameter
> aluminum tubes I guess keep it stiff while also absorbing some of
the vibrations.
>
> Speaking of Aluminum though, does anyone feel like they could snap
their handlebars in
> half? I certainly do, when I get cranking the flex in my bars is
quite frightening. I don't even
> want to think of how that would go down if I snapped them.
>
> New to this group, so Hello all.
>
> John
>