I have araya Aero 1.5's on my daily rider - and before that I had DB Turbolite 1.5's which speciaifed a max weight limit of 120lbs !!
Both are cool for what I am doing, but its nothing heavy - - Just the off bunnyhop up a curb, etc, I have not got seriously into riding, aftem my 20+ year break from racing, mainly into the collecting !!
FYI I was 14st - this time last year, when I was riding on the TL 1.5's I swapped to the Arayas as I have put the TL's on a recent TL Project !!
Good news is have been dieting and this morning I was only 12 9lbs !!
Had to cut out the green though as I could not diet when getting the munchies !!
Lots of original flights come up on ebay - usa, make sure they do uk shipping, if you are unsure about who the seller is you may want to check back here to see if anyone has delt with them, there are some dodgy people about, but usually the feedback tells a good story!!
Make sure you go for the wrap around single pinch crank if you want era correct, there are a few different styles out there, that at a glance look the same !!!
Re chroming is always an option if you want a good value set that have a new appearance, it ofen takes 6 - 12 weeks for items to come back from being re-chromed.
If you want a set that are ready re-chromed and from the UK, vert-ego.com has them, you will get what is pictured and they will be very nicly chromed, so no hassell, however, you do have to pay more for that luxury. I have a set from Biagio (vert ego) that are perfect, but they cost me more than if I imported and re-chromed, the other danger is if the chromer does not know how to poilish correctly, they could polish out the welds removoing the original authentic look !!
Or try posting in the wanted section on this site, thats always a good place to bag a bargain !!
Hope this helps,,
My advice, run the 1.5's and eat some salad, I feel great for it -LOL !!