You ladies are sooo wonderful! Just to clarify, the road bike I'm looking at has an aluminum front triangle frame with a carbon rear triangle and carbon fork, and the wheels are 24-spoke. Do you think this would be strong enough for me? I'm about 5'10" tall, and weigh 215. I highly doubt this bike will fall apart the minute I sit on it. I honestly don't really care about carbon, personally.

I'm listening to everything...tell me what you think! (and thanks so much!)