RobbyB

Thanks for your advice, you all seem pretty confident that it will be ok. I cant get to any of the sellers for a couple of days, but I'll definitely go and have a look in the new year.I'll keep you posted.

Greetings to everyone. Been lurking here for awhile, but I think its time to bite the bullet. A brief introduction. My names Rob, I live in Milton Keynes, im 43yrs old 192cm tall(6,3) and weigh about 140kg(22st), and guilty of being lazy for far too long. I've been thinking about getting a bike for couple of months now but fear a normal bike would be a challenge for me and because of this I'd stop using it. So that brings me here. Having not rode a bike in twenty years or so, I'm looking for any help to get me moving. I've looked at the Kudos bikes but they say 100kg limit. Woosh say up to 20st. Oxygen have a limit of 120kg. I'm under no illusion that any bike will get me up any real hill. TBH if it keeps me going up a slight slope I'd be more than happy, and hills would have to be walked up. I'd use the bike purely for recreational rides starting of small and hopefully getting longer, and MK is pretty flat where I live, which is a bonus. Having read some posts of other large people asking for advice the Big Bear gets a lot of mentions but I would have thought that the crank drive of the Krieger would give better torque because the power is going through the gears?(woosh rate this at 18st only though). So I guess the question is. Can I get a pedelec bike for under £1200 that I won't destroy with in a couple of rides? Many thanks in advance. Rob.