somewhat OT, exercise bike advice please

Laurence wrote

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A temporary (I hope) severe attack of sciatica has rendered any walking
impossible and as I'm keen to retain my fitness Ive decided to try an
exercise bike.

Hmmm. Would you consider swimming instead ? You may find it much
more beneficial and kinder on your body.

Chris

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Laurence wrote

Quoted message said:

A temporary (I hope) severe attack of sciatica has rendered any walking
impossible and as I'm keen to retain my fitness Ive decided to try an
exercise bike.

Hmmm. Would you consider swimming instead ? You may find it much
more beneficial and kinder on your body.

Chris

Yes , I agree that in principle swimming would be better but it means having
to to the pool each which ATM I find difficult because of time constraints.
I just really want to maintain CV fitness.

Laurence said:

A temporary (I hope) severe attack of sciatica has rendered any walking
impossible and as I'm keen to retain my fitness Ive decided to try an
exercise bike.
Im looking for advice on types ,also if anybody knows of any good retail
outlets in W.London/Middlesex/Surrey.

thanks for looking

Laurence

I'll second what others said about a pool - if you have a bike
already, a trainer might work?

(http://www.evanscycles.com/dept.jsp?dept_id=1027&subdept_id=4025)

They do the same as an excercise bike, using the one you already have.

HTH

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Laurence said:

A temporary (I hope) severe attack of sciatica has rendered any walking
impossible and as I'm keen to retain my fitness Ive decided to try an
exercise bike.
Im looking for advice on types ,also if anybody knows of any good retail
outlets in W.London/Middlesex/Surrey.

thanks for looking

Laurence

I'll second what others said about a pool - if you have a bike
already, a trainer might work?

(http://www.evanscycles.com/dept.jsp?dept_id=1027&subdept_id=4025)

They do the same as an excercise bike, using the one you already have.

HTH

cheers for that info, unfortunately I dont have a bike.

Laurence said:

cheers for that info, unfortunately I dont have a bike.

Why not get one, and then you'll have a useful vehicle for local trips
as well as an excellent cardiovascular exercise machine, rather than
something which is always stationary?

Pete.
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http://www.evanscycles.com/dept.jsp?dept_id=1027&subdept_id=4025

If anyone's interested, I have a Cycleops Fluid - although I don't recall
paying anywhere near that much for it - and I find it excellent. You just
clamp your usual bike into it and off you go (or not, to be precise).

The only down side is that most people put their computer sensors on their
front wheels so you'd need to move it to the back for it work with the
Cycleops.

Just my 2d worth!

R.