Checked to me on the flop. Do you bet?

[Hawkeye27]

$30 Party first round. I bet planning to take it down and fold to any bet on later rounds (barring a 7). I play very tight early and wonder if others just check this flop and not even mess around.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

MP3 (t815)
CO (t755)
Button (t775)
SB (t665)
BB (t895)
UTG (t845)
UTG+1 (t790)
UTG+2 (t745)
Hero (t775)
MP2 (t940)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP3 calls t15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t60) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t60</font>, MP3 calls t60, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: (t180) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

River: (t180) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Final Pot: t180

[curtains]

I check the flop. The chips in pot don't mean as much as the chips you will lose, and I don't think everyone will fold the majority of the time.
Basically I like to avoid situations like this. Also if I did bet I think 40-45 would do the trick just as well as 60.