The transmission currently went out in my truck i didnt have enough money to buy a new one, so i decided to take up my friends idea of buying a road bike. I bought a MASI ALARE! my job is about 4 miles away from my house, and my other job is about 10 miles away from my house. I plan on biking every day to the first job, and maybe once a week to my second job (until i build up stamina to go the whole distance). Im 5' 9" and i weigh 263 pounds. I hace completly changed my diet from eating fast food evey meal of the day, to only eating it once a week. Soon i will cut it completly from my diet, i didnt want my diet to be so strict that i ended up quiting it after a week.