Giant makes a great bike and their comfort bikes are really sturdy but light in my opinion which makes them easy to ride, which is important in encouraging people to KEEP riding. I started out with one of those bikes and it was really easy to ride compared to the bikes people sometimes buy at Wal-Mart which can be extremely heavy. I found that the heavier the bike the less I wanted to ride it. I got a Giant and my journey into cycling began. I started on the comfort bike as a heavier person and I moved to a Giant road bike and I've never felt like I was too big to ride on my Giant.

I got tired of seeing cyclists pass my office window every day. I had the desire to do what they were doing but I was bigger and my fear of being made fun of was huge. Finally I just did it and it's wonderful. I figure I'm going so fast that nobody really is paying attention to what I'm wearing or how big I am. I'm just out having fun and getting healthy. The hardest part is to put away fear and get out there with the rest of them. Good luck to your friend.