Jimmy - First, I commend you for attempting to drive the devil tobacco out of your body. There is nothing worse when growing old than being unable to enjoy life due to the myriad of illnesses caused by cigarette smoking. I've ridden bicycles for 60 or so years since I was a little child, and my parents had the forsight to put me on real bicycles from the get go so that I would enjoy the experience and ride them long and hard enough to get some exercise benefit out of them. I've never owned any trick / bmx or toy bikes like the StingRay, and probably just as well, since as Sheldon points out, I probably would has tired of them quickly and never gotten into the real rythm of bicycling. Neither I nor anyone else here will ridicule you for getting a basic bike and trying get some beneficial exercise from it, but it would be a shame if you gave it up just as quickly because the bike was not enjoyable to ride for any extended time or distance. As far as being appropriate to this forum, it is a single speed, so it definitely fits and you are age qualified to post here. Welcome - TT.