Cycling Question.

[Sharla]

I forgot to mention that you have a third option.

You can set up a bike you own on one of these trainers and then do your own spin classes in your home whenever you want to.



If you buy them new they are kinda expensive so I'd go for a second hand one especially if you have somewhere sound proof to train in the mornings since the older ones can be quite noisy.

You should be able to design your own sprint routines based on time or distance on your speedo then. I think DVDs are available too if you wanna set it up in front of the TV. You might want to buy a pair of cycling pants if you are going to be doing cycling sprints since they'll be a bit more comfortable / safe.

I guess if you had a set up like this you could easily decide to cycle outside when you wanted an easy workout and the weather was good.

I sometimes run for transport and make it into training by including intervals etc but it's not so easy to do that effectively on a bicycle since you need to abide by the road rules and watch pretty carefully to make sure you don't get hit by cars - especially if drivers in your area are not likely to be used to cyclists. If that was what you were thinking though I understand how tempting it is - time can be so difficult to manage when you're juggling a full training load with other responsibilities! If you can go off road all the way to where you're going without much interruption you might still get something out of it.