One thing I'm looking forward to doing this summer is to buy a bike and start riding again.

At my start weight, let's just say my butt didn't feel very good on those small seats

I still weigh 268lbs right now, and would like to look into getting a bike soon, just wondering, has anybody got a bike and got a bigger seat on it? God, I think I would be so embarrassed to have to ask for one. And, does any bike hold a person who weighs as much as me? Don't want the tires to go flat when I get on it

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I love my trek, I totally took the old seat off and exchanged it for a little bit bigger seat! I bought an Xcalibar 8, my highest weight was 270.

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Edited April 15, 201610 yr by lasmith0802

A little spendy but maybe worth it? There are PTs who have extra certification in cycling. You bring your bike to them and they measure and adjust to custom fit you to your bike. In that assessment, they are also evaluating your muscle imbalances, etc. My understanding is cost around 150-200 dollars.

I already loved biking before my surgery, but now I love it even more!

Today, I biked around 40kilometers (approx 25miles), it's not much but I try to bike around 25 to 30 km three times a week, and it feels pretty cool.

I am living in the countryside, so I get nicely paved roads and also dirt roads normally used for tractors and such stuff.

Biking feels really nice, and mixing it with swimming once a week has sure helped me a lot with my weightloss and my not so abundant skin excess.

Cheers everyone.

Edited October 17, 20169 yr by BelgianGuy