True story (unfortunately): Two weeks ago, when I got on a bike for the first time after a six- or seven-year hiatus, two teenage girls in my neighborhood laughed at me from their porch. Wait ...

Eric Hites has lost at least 60 pounds in two months. Eric Hites decided on the cross country bike ride to reaffirm his committment to his wife and to lose weight off his 563 pound frame. Eric ...

When Indiana-native Eric Hites hopped on his bike, he weighed 563 lbs. About 40 days later and 50 pounds lost, he's still riding. Inspired by the Proclaimers' 1988 hit "500 Miles," Hites embarked ...

TIVERTON, R.I. -- A 560-pound man biking across the United States to lose weight and save his marriage has hit a snag in Rhode Island. A bent rim on Eric Hites' bicycle has kept him in Tiverton ...