Why is it? [cycling/fitness related]

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That it is becoming a trend for guys to buy indoor cycling trainer setups complete with video, only to spend hours in the basement watching clips of men's behinds?

I was watching TV this morning at the gym, and saw an advertisement for this trainer. Two grand. That would buy a decent entry level carbon bike.

I get it. You can't ride year around in cold places. But I have an answer for that. Spin cycle sessions at the gym. Heck, I'm instructor certified myself. The scenery is a WHOLE lot nicer, I tell you.
 
I ride my indoor bike while watching whatever on the TV. Might be Food Network, might be ESPN, might be Jeopardy.
 
I belong to a club where you train on your own bike on a tacx trainer, best indoor training I have ever done. Up to twenty or twenty five in the room. these people don't screw around. Hoping to hit the road in pretty good shape around March when the serious snow is gone.....

I have a simple trainer in my cellar, have used it twice so far, just can't do it.
 
Sac Arrow said:
That it is becoming a trend for guys to buy indoor cycling trainer setups complete with video, only to spend hours in the basement watching clips of men's behinds?

I was watching TV this morning at the gym, and saw an advertisement for this trainer. Two grand. That would buy a decent entry level carbon bike.

I get it. You can't ride year around in cold places. But I have an answer for that. Spin cycle sessions at the gym. Heck, I'm instructor certified myself. The scenery is a WHOLE lot nicer, I tell you.
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Why did this post not include a graphic description of a gal in spandex?
 
Maybe because no one has ever been nailed by a dump truck in the gym?
Or blown off the gym bike by wind, gotten soaked and hypothermic there? :D
Who knows, I don't do either!
 
EdFred said:
I ride my indoor bike while watching whatever on the TV. Might be Food Network, might be ESPN, might be Jeopardy.
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That makes sense though. My cardio time at the gym is also my opportunity to catch up on the news, or ESPN, or whatever is playing at the time.
 
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you just had to do that, didn't you? sick bastard!
 
She would be unbeatable down hill, but uphill....... not so much.
 
I spend many hours on a Comp u Trainer; but I'm not looking at guys butts.
 
This gal has been a fan of every school!
 

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Prefer the bikes at the gym,better sights. Can catch up on the sorts and news.
 
Sac Arrow said:
That it is becoming a trend for guys to buy indoor cycling trainer setups complete with video, only to spend hours in the basement watching clips of men's behinds?
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Possibly it gives people a valid excuse for looking at video clips of men's behinds. Otherwise, they are just gey.


And here, fixed this thread for you.

Wanted you to see proper stretching technique
It will make you safer

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As bad as the rear view gets, the front view can always be worse.

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PaulS said:
I have a simple trainer in my cellar, have used it twice so far, just can't do it.
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I could use a cheap,basement trainer to start getting back into shape. I lived in a neighborhood under construction, then moved into the country out a dirt road. But I've bought my "return" bike, but don't have any cold weather gear.
 
Cold weather cycling gear is actually not much different than warm weather gear. Your body will make so much heat, the challenge isn't actually staying warm, it is staying cool.

When I was biking to work 15 miles each way in the winter (I was mildly nuts), I got familiar with this challenge. I refuse to participate in the spandex parade. I wore Underarmour cold gear compression bottoms and tops (long, not short). I had a wind breaking cycling pants. They're loose fitting, like jeans. And on top I had a light pull over. That's it. Any more than that, and I would boil.

I had a thin breathable hat that fit under my helmet. Mittens for my hands. Below 30, I'd put a cover on my helmet to close the vents and a face mask so my face didn't ice over. I wore ski goggles if it was really cold or precipitating. Cycling in precip is torture if you don't have goggles on.

I also had snow tires so I could pedal to work in the snow and ice. And they worked, really good. I could stop faster on solid ice than my normal road tires on dry pavement.
 
Pedals2Paddles said:
Cold weather cycling gear is actually not much different than warm weather gear. Your body will make so much heat, the challenge isn't actually staying warm, it is staying cool.

When I was biking to work 15 miles each way in the winter (I was mildly nuts), I got familiar with this challenge. I refuse to participate in the spandex parade. I wore Underarmour cold gear compression bottoms and tops (long, not short). I had a wind breaking cycling pants. They're loose fitting, like jeans. And on top I had a light pull over. That's it. Any more than that, and I would boil.

I had a thin breathable hat that fit under my helmet. Mittens for my hands. Below 30, I'd put a cover on my helmet to close the vents and a face mask so my face didn't ice over. I wore ski goggles if it was really cold or precipitating. Cycling in precip is torture if you don't have goggles on.

I also had snow tires so I could pedal to work in the snow and ice. And they worked, really good. I could stop faster on solid ice than my normal road tires on dry pavement.
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The challenge is to control sweating. Below 60, I wear long spandex pants and a poly long sleeve thermal shirt under my jersey. Below 50, I wear a heavier fleece thermal. Under 40, I wear a windbreaker and some shoe booties, and a skull cap under the helmet. That's good down to the high twenties. Below that, F riding.
 
Sac Arrow said:
The challenge is to control sweating. Below 60, I wear long spandex pants and a poly long sleeve thermal shirt under my jersey. Below 50, I wear a heavier fleece thermal. Under 40, I wear a windbreaker and some shoe booties, and a skull cap under the helmet. That's good down to the high twenties. Below that, F riding.
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I used to go out down to about 25, but not in the past few years. May change this year as I want to get out the beginning of March to train for the B2VT ride......
 
Well this thread was inspiring, I stopped being a ***** and went for a ride today. Temps in mid 30's.
 
Sac Arrow said:
The challenge is to control sweating. Below 60, I wear long spandex pants and a poly long sleeve thermal shirt under my jersey. Below 50, I wear a heavier fleece thermal. Under 40, I wear a windbreaker and some shoe booties, and a skull cap under the helmet. That's good down to the high twenties. Below that, F riding.
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If dressed with that much, I would die. But then again, I sleep with a window cracked and a fan on in the winter. I'm the type that drives around with the heat blasting and window down.
 
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