Hey all,
Just wanted to introduce myself and seek out some advice, recently hit 30, and wanted a bike all my life. However recently moved out of the city and live quite rural so no time like the present!
Planning on doing my CBT as soon as I can, but need some advice!
I am a big(polite way of saying fat haha) guy, 6ft and 18ish stone, so as you can imagine when looking for a 125 I’m looking for something that will be comfortable. I’ll mainly be using the bike as a commuter twice a week (10 miles each way) will also be driving it once a week outside of this to build hours up. In term of the road 60mph, but it’s more bends than straight so can’t imagine I will ever get close to 60. So any bike recommendations would be amazing. Not looking for something new or super fancy, something to earn my stripes on is perfect.
My next question is gear. The only thing I really plan on spending decent money on is helmet, everything else I’m pretty flexible. I don’t need to look the part, again more stuff that will do me a turn. After all I can slowly upgrade gear as I go.
I have looked around my local Facebook marketplace listings, but with my build and being a fatty can’t really find much.
I know I should be looking for a jacket, helmet, gloves, boots. Friend said thick jeans will do a job initially.
I don’t plan on riding in terrible weather, so can look at all weather gear further down the line. Literally the basic essentials to get me on a bike learning!
Cheers,
Jordan
