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My wife says that my bike shorts make my back side look cute. So I just go along with that and hope everyone else feels the same....

When pushing a shopping cart I take the fitbit off and put it in my pocket. That works for me at least.

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago. 2013 Fuji Roubaix 1.5.

Thanks for the reply's everyone. Looks like I have a lot to think about and some shopping to do.

I have 2. I have a beat up Giant OCR2 road bike and a newer trek 3700 mountain bike.

I have done weight watchers and to me, the money is not worth it. The meetings seem to be a 1/2 hour of trying to sell you products and the meetings are pricy. It's not a bad program, but for the price you are trading calorie counting for point counting. And the apps are really buggy.

Now I want popcorn.

Hello, I would take a day off. 4 days in a row for a beginner can be a lot on the sit bones. I would also suggest that the day following be a light ride. You will build up in time. You may also want to try the bicycling group for help as well. https://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/361-bicycling-road-and-mountain

Runkeeper is actually pretty good at the calorie estimate. It will not replace a HRM, but it has come close to my HRM when I checked it out. I believe Runkeeper does take the topography into account. If you log into the Runkeeper website and view your activity history you will find a graph for your climbs and decent. I…

Thanks everyone for the input. When I try mashing down on the pedals after I am going I do not here the noise. But in the drive way rolling down hill I will start to pedal and I will get it once or twice and then it disappears.I put the bike on the trainer last night and I still herd the noise. Its only when I first start…

Thanks! I will definitely check that out.

Do your wrist bend when you are riding? Keeping the wrist strait will help with the tingling. You may want to check your LPS, you can get grips to help with that. Kinda like this but a bit more nicer.…

Thanks. I will have to try this out. :o)

Thanks! I eventually decided on a new 2012 Trek 3700 Disc. Already took it out on the I&M and it was awesome!

I am starting today and still have a ways to go. Good luck!

That is the problem with these, not being able to get to the brakes if you are on the low end. I saw a photo where someone moved one of the levers to the lower bar for a "just in case" type of moment. I figured it could not be any word then my brothers TT bike that does not have brakes on the Aero bars.

Hello, They are not to shabby. I can not complain for $20.00 and they went on easy enough since I had different bar ends to begin with. I took this pick before I taped the bar but at least you will get the general idea. Tomorrow I will take it out for a longer ride to see how I like them.

Thanks for the Advice. I did order them to give it a go at it. If anything they were only $20.00.

377 days and counting.

2010 Pontiac Vibe with the 2.4L....cause I am that fast and furious when coming home from the grocery store.

I used to love french fries and sitting on my butt all day.

Left 4 Dead 2 is one that I can keep going back to. I have been playing Dead Island as well, but I am getting bored with that one.

Trek 7500 FX. Bought it used from a friend for $60.00 and just needed a tune up and a rear tire from being on a trainer. I want to get a road bike next.

I'm a big guy, so the thing that keeps me motivated is the NSV. The number is important to, but when I find that one thing different excites me more. Such as squatting down to pet my dog and not sounding like I was giving birth when I was getting back up. Or the other day I noticed that my "moobs" were getting smaller. I…

English Bulldog Lhasa Ahsa mix. He is my Tater Tot.

tater tots

I really want to see this. Maybe in a couple of weeks.

Stacy's pita chips are fantastic. I can eat those all day. They are a red food for me.

lol. That is awesome!

Sucker Punch was ok. I think I was expecting a bit more from it in the story. I would not say that I hated it, but I would not go out of my way to see it again.