is there a bike tire built for big men (350+)?

Answer 1

I am not sure what kind of riding you do, but this advice goes for mountain or road riding.

I don't think you need a special tire, though you might want to avoid any race tires since they are super lightweight and have really thin sidewalls.

The only thing you should really have to do differently than a lighter person is put more air in your tires. On the sidewall of the tire, it will give a psi range (pounds per square inch--air pressure). Fill your tires to the higher end. If you don't already have one, get a nice floor pump with an accurate psi guage. Higher pressure will prevent pinch flats, which are caused by your tube being squished into the rim of the wheel when you go over a bump or something (also called a snake bite because it leaves two distinctive holes in the tube). On a road tire, this will be something like 120 psi. On a mountain tire, typically around 40 psi. On a hybrid, I would expect around 70 psi. But all tires tell you a range, and it completely depends on the tire. Maybe avoid the super lightweight tubes as well, but standards ones should be just fine.

Otherwise, make sure your wheels are pretty sturdy. Again, avoid race equipment, which often has a weight limit. You may need to get them trued (straightened) more often. You might even want to invest in a truing stand (about $100) and learn to do it yourself. It is not that hard, but does require some patience.

Racing frames also often have weight limits (typical bike racers weigh around 135-175 for men--they are quite tiny) but those bikes cost thousands of dollars, so you probably don't have one anyway.

Enjoy! Biking is great exercise, and since it is no impact, you will give your joints a nice break.

Answer 2

first off congratulations on cycling, it's a great workout, easy on the joints, keep at it and you'll gain fitness in no time.

Besides the tires pay attention to the bike itself. Don't know what you're riding now.

For example while many find aluminum frames stiff and uncomfortable you may enjoy one. You might find steel, carbon, Ti a bit "bendy" at your weight. But aluminum will stand up to it. Later on as you start loosing some weight you may either want to try other frames .... or stay with aluminum bikes because the best of them will give you speed and power from the stiff frame.

Just as important are the wheels.

On my mountain bike which is also the commuter are Mavic Cross Ride rims. Light, fast and incredibly strong. They laugh at potholes and they would laugh at your present weight (in a good way of course as in "hah, I can handle this!"

keep riding!!

Answer 3

I'm sure there must be. Our bicycle club had one member that hit the 400+ mark, and I don't think he had any special tires, but he needed to have all the help he could get. I feel sure if you go to a good bicycle shop, if they don't have any in stock, they have ways of finding them. As magdamay3 referenced, they may be more expensive, but then, that's to be expected, I guess. I wish you the best in your bicycling. I was an AVID bicycler in the '80s and '90s, and I LOVED that sport. I can't do it anymore since my accident with a train while on the job. It took off my right leg just above the knee, but then, I needed to slow down anyway. I was slim and trim and legs were very muscular as a bicyclist's legs will be, and I could walk faster and farther than anybody I knew, even if I walked backwards!! You stick with it, and you'll definitely slim down. Always remember: DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You fail that, and they'll be burying you soon!!!!!! I also realized one day that my grocery bills were becoming astronomical from all that cycling, AND, get this: I found it was cheaper for me to drive my car, an economical VW Rabbit diesel, even with the high diesel prices, than to bicycle. I got better mpg with my car than I did with the bicycle, but that, partly, was due to my serious love for the sport. I wish you all the best, and all the fun you can imagine, and all the good health you could ever have. God Bless you.

Answer 4

There was once upon a time a Schwinn tire for heave loads for the paper boy, But that company is no more, Id say yes you to your bike shop and check it out good luck

Answer 5

Probably just get any downhill tire, traction will be sweet, but lot's of rolling resistance. I just don't think you really need a special tire, as long as you don't go for the really lightweight tires.

Answer 6

they have tires that you actually don't inflate, not sure how much they cost but I think they are sort of expensive. I bet that would be good for a bigger fella :o)