Just have to say I LOVE my Roark bike. Got it around the first of September and have had a blast with it. I had to go custom cause I'm 6'6" and approx. 280lbs. Even when I'm "in shape" I'll be 250lbs. I went through the same process as TJ Murphy did withTiathlete Magazine. Fit with Verne LaMere at Carmel Cycling, north of Inianapolis. Then I took the tour of the Roark facility. I had met the program mgr, Kevin Smeltzer in Memphis at the expo and liked what I saw. As luck would have it, or bad luck depending on your perspective, I actually broke the chain side chainstay on my old bike in July this year. So a week or so later, off to Indy I go. The guys at Roark truly built a bike for ME. Every tube on the bike was selected for a reason. I had been doing Oly distance races years ago. Then family, job, came along and weight gain with it. I got started back doing sprints a couple of years ago. Recently with the old bike, my long ride was around 25-28 miles. Just couldn't tolerate much more. On the fourth or fifth ride on the new Roark, I went 38. May have been able to do that ride sooner but it was the first day I had the time to go the distance.

If you need custom or just want it, Verne and the guys at Roark do a Fantastic job!