Been lurking on this forum for awhile looking for info since I recently started cycling and having a blast with it. Mostly started to get out of the gym, was starting to feel stifled.

My old man had two bikes melting into the backyard. I decided to pump the tires up and remembered the days when I was a kid as I was riding around in the backyard. He ended up giving me two bikes (same models, Target brand) since they weren't doing anything with them......the rest is history.

I've gone from 2.6 miles to just over 10 the last couple of weeks and will do 12+ tonight. That should have me plenty ready to start commuting to work. The bikes still need a lot of TLC to be ready for commuting, but this forum has been a tremedous help in learning the mechanics and planning future mods.