I looked at a few of the woman's bike and they where all to fluffy looking for my taste *bike designers need to come up with new concepts* Pink jerseys rock though *just bought pink bike biking shoes

I stayed up till 2am reading the forums last night. I think I am really going to enjoy taking up biking. My father 80 yrds goes for day long excursions and I will start biking with him. I already have started trying to figure out items where I can reduce the weight of the "hounder". Can you tell I like to research the hell out of something and dive in.
Also I am going to be looking for a boys bike soon. My son has out grown his, any one have any tips for a decent single speed for a 5'1 8 year old???Thank you guys so much you have all been very helpful!