Pre surgery I use to ride my bike 7 miles each way to work.

I had surgery on 9/17 I had a lot of pain in the Incision where they took my stomach out of but that finally went away.

I really hate my doctors office after my last visit and for the safety of others I will not go back to them.

Thanks. That's how I've felt the past couple of years. In mountain biking anyone over 200 pounds is considered to be a clyde, short for clydesdale as in the horse. Not a lot of bikes that are clyde friendly given the abuse that mountain bikes take.

Tell me about it...the bike in my avitar is a Surly Ogre. Great clyde-friendly bike, as long as you build or invest in some good wheels. Do you ever venture over to bikeforums.net? They have a pretty good clydesdale/athena forum.

I usually go to MTBR.com. I'll check out bikeforums.net though. I love the Ogre. It's a great bike. I ride a Jamis Dragon and a Santa Cruz Heckler on the trails for the exact same reasons.

I rode my bike to work yesterday and again today. I gained 2 lbs over night. I have a scale at work and weight myself in the morning I know it's horrible to weigh in everyday but its my only current addiction