I tried a Spinning class yesterday evening

...and I survived to tell the tale.

It was actually pretty fun. I had to disassociate what I was doing from actual cycling. My cleats did not work with the bikes they had there. Mine are either the wrong style or (more likely) they are mated to my own bike's pedals. I used to toe straps instead.

Because of my personal geometry vs the bike, I did not do any of the standing on the pedals parts.. I just stayed in the saddle.

One.. it feels unnatural to me to stand on a bike (even my own) unless I am actually climbing a hill.. two, kept slipping out of those stupid straps.. and three, there's this object in my way.. below my chest and above my waist. ;)

But it was fun nonetheless. I had a good sweat and it was more engaging an activity in a room full of people than alone on my bike trainer in my house.  On my bike trainer, it is a real struggle to get past 30 min. without getting bored to death.

So.. I'll go back and do it again and maybe some more. ...and to think, when I was in shape and on the trail every day; I used to mock people in spin classes because they were only "play-cycling" and not getting the fulfillment of being out on the open road.

Some Cycling Comedy...

The fellows at work turned me on to this french gent. I must have been living under a rock.

Fellow cyclists, I'm sure you'll appreciate this:




http://brewingandbiking.blogspot.com/

On the subject of Diversions...

I ran across my old youtube channel. I lost the original for this and a lot of my other things when my computer was stolen, so this survives there.

...a reminder that just a few short years ago, I cruised along at 20mpg on the bike and I had a crappy camera that was not fit for the application.