Hey all, tried finding community here on Lemmy.ca that was best suited to ask this in, and figured this would be the right place.
I've been wanting to get more active as of late and work towards a weight loss goal. I unfortunately gained quite a bit of weight the last few years as a result of using binge eating as a coping mechanism for a few things, and that habit has thankfully died off in the last few months.
I've been going to the pool and am going to get a monthly pass going forwards to make going there a regular thing in my weekly schedule, but I also want to supplement that with a nice bike ride to and from the pool.
Putting aside the fitness aspect of things, it'd also make things easier to access in general. There's a number of places I want to go in the community that are close, but a bit far for a regular walk, but also too inconvenient to access by bus, and this would help me access those places with relative ease. The only question is my weight.
Even though I don't look like it, I weigh about 300 pounds, something I'm not proud of at all and want to change. I want to buy a bike, likely a used one, but the question is what to look out for in order to be confident that the bike can support my weight.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.