OT: burning with hatred….

[scaredyclassic]

i do love bicycles. and it was actually spin classes back in the late 90’s that got me into it. once i was aerobically back in shape after a few years of complete inertia,. i had the confidence and wherewithal to get going ona regular bike. it’s just not the same as an epic real ride though. for one, you’re not going to spend a whole day out and about on a spin bike, unless you’re mental. the bicycle is just different.

that said, you can definitely get your heart rate up on a spin bike. i used to wear a heart rate monitor and watch it climb climb climb! scary!

but not quite like a farmer’s walk could get it. that’s a more intense overall effort….

i’m not sure high heart rate is the whole story.

then there’s the problem of just frail bird like bones from excess cycling.

we were meant to be yoked to the earth, to heavy items. man was not meant to fly on wheels.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=spdrun]

Yeah, it was pretty generous,,but I can do mid 20’s in a hour on the regular stationary training bike (lifecycle) with no class to help (though I usually do a half hour). Then I go lift girly weights and chat it up.

I have ridden on the road but won’t do it since my kids came along.

Seriously, are you that afraid? I used to go biking with my parents and sister along the coast road that goes through all the beach towns in central NJ. (Pretty similar to the stretch of 101 that goes from O’side to La Jolla, a bit narrower in places.)

Quite a bit of fun for a 8 year old, though I remember being terrified that they’d open the drawbridge while we were riding across it!

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/7Yw3YxY4UH8/maxresdefault.jpg%5B/quote%5D

took kids a few years back from portland oregon up tow ashington on rental bikes. there was kind of a path. fun.

[scaredyclassic]

coasting not necessarily bad. intervals. high effort. recovery. go rest go harder . rest.

[scaredyclassic]

wouldn’t it be irritating if some knucklehead was chatting on their phone next to you in spin class and pedalling the bare minimum? wouldnt it kind of violate the entire spirit of spin?

OK. we’re coming up to n incline and youre coming up hard ona pack of 5 riders…., let’s get out of our seats and try to move up alongside this pack of riders.

“SO I sez to nancy, i sez, that dress is gawjus, but it’s just not gonna work for that mermelstein’s affair…the color is wrong….”

“and now you’re powering up the hill and your right on the tail of…

“No! She did not! She did? She did NOT!. She did! GAwd…can you believe it? I can’t beleive it…”

The entire class would come and push over that nimrod’s exerbike.

[NotCranky]

Yes I am that afraid to rid a bike far a wide on san diego streets and rural roads.
Though it seems more like being responsible and using common sense when children are dependent on me.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=Blogstar]Yes I am that afraid to rid a bike far a wide on san diego streets and rural roads.
Though it seem more like being responsible and using common sense when children are dependent on me.[/quote]

Risk averse but not unreasonable. there’s gotta be a dirt road somewhere you can take for super low risk.

[scaredyclassic]

one thing i hate about bikes now is the illusion of speediness they give us. even if we are out of shape, we feel so swift. that is part of their beauty. everyone feels liek they could almost be the fastest cyclist int he world. but theya re like drugs, delusion inducing, a dream of flight.

weights on the other hand are sober, horrible reality. sisyphus. the sheer horrible effort of rearranging the earth for survival. there is nothing delusional about a giant stone, a steel bar, a bar you grab and pull yourself up.

[NotCranky]

I live in the hills and can ride 20 miles or more in dirt on “out and backs” from home, maybe way more . I just run though. I had a soft-tail mountain bike and never liked it . My kids have a BMX track.

[scaredyclassic]

running is not delusional. treadmills are.

bikes are like marijuana and spin bikes are like peyote.

weights are like water.

[NotCranky]

Weights are nice, but that “trying too hard” look does go everywhere you go. We really should be looking at what is best for our 80’s. I know too much running isn’t it, heavy weights probably aren’t. Long live sport, or vanity, or testosterone, or freedom or whatever makes you tick though.

[scaredyclassic]

is life all about longevity? maybe it’s liek saving money for a time that will never come.

maybe the time is now.

the body must move this much is clear.

[scaredyclassic]

I’m going to get into therapy, discuss this anger…

[meadandale]

[quote=Blogstar][quote=spdrun]Spin class … bleeeeeech. I’d rather do the real thing, meaning an actually bike on roads or trails.[/quote]

Sure on the road where you can coast. No coasting on these spin bikes.
I agree that it is boring….and not at all necessary….I have taken the one hour class exactly once. I went 30 miles.[/quote]

No way you did 30 miles in an hour…

You can coast, you just let the flywheel pull your legs around.

As a roadie who logs about 200 miles/week and has done spin classes I can tell you that the classes are hard but they are not like riding a real bike and the class does little to get you in shape for real riding. But they are a nice diversion in the winter when the weather is bad and the days are short and it is hard to get out on a real bike.

[NotCranky]

[quote=6packscaredy]is life all about longevity? maybe it’s liek saving money for a time that will never come.

maybe the time is now.

the body must move this much is clear.[/quote]

I understand, scaredy.

[NotCranky]

[quote=meadandale][quote=Blogstar][quote=spdrun]Spin class … bleeeeeech. I’d rather do the real thing, meaning an actually bike on roads or trails.[/quote]

Sure on the road where you can coast. No coasting on these spin bikes.
I agree that it is boring….and not at all necessary….I have taken the one hour class exactly once. I went 30 miles.[/quote]

No way you did 30 miles in an hour…

You can coast, you just let the flywheel pull your legs around.

As a roadie who logs about 200 miles/week and has done spin classes I can tell you that the classes are hard but they are not like riding a real bike and the class does little to get you in shape for real riding. But they are a nice diversion in the winter when the weather is bad and the days are short and it is hard to get out on a real bike.[/quote]

There’s no way you do 200 miles a week.

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