Quote Originally Posted by bikerchick68
effulgent... when my brother started riding 3 yrs ago he was considering gastric bypass surgery and weighed 458 lbs... there was no bike clothing that fit him... and his bike had to be custom built with tandem parts. Strong enough to hold the weight of 2 people...

last week he weighed in at 271 lbs!!!!!!! Everything fits, he loves riding and his reward for all his efforts was a new bike...

you've had some great feedback about the lycra issue (who DOES look good in this stuff anyway???) but just wanted to share his story too, as it so darned inspirational... here is a link to his pics... I've posted this before but not sure you saw it... he is "bigkahunadad" so scroll down...

http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=97174
I've been following that thread, hat's off to this guy!