Sore ass

"Tom Crispin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Peter Clinch said:

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What on earth is a spinning class?

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_cycling

Interesting. Do these places capture the energy with generators and
flog the electricity generated to the National Grid?

No, they have air-con units pumping the excess heat out into the atmosphere.

Nice idea though - a giant hamster wheel..........full of gym
junkies...........reducing CO2 emissions.

Biggles

Biggles said:

Quoted message said:

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> What on earth is a spinning class?

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_cycling

Interesting. Do these places capture the energy with generators and
flog the electricity generated to the National Grid?

No, they have air-con units pumping the excess heat out into the atmosphere.

What!!!???

At least we can be comfoted by the fact that, being fitness freaks,
these *spinners* will have walked, run or cycled to their spinning
lessons.

Tom Crispin said:

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:23:04 -0000, "Biggles"

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>> What on earth is a spinning class?

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>seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_cycling

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Interesting.  Do these places capture the energy with generators and
flog the electricity generated to the National Grid?

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No, they have air-con units pumping the excess heat out into the atmosphere.

What!!!???

At least we can be comfoted by the fact that, being fitness freaks,
these *spinners* will have walked, run or cycled to their spinning
lessons.

🙂 Funny.

I can ride for hours on the road or trail... 20 mins max on a bike in the gym or on a trainer.

Tom Crispin said the following on 29/02/2008 17:37:

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At least we can be comfoted by the fact that, being fitness freaks,
these *spinners* will have walked, run or cycled to their spinning
lessons.

Oh yes, of course they will...

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Baal said:

I am a regular runner - 10k 3 times a week. But as my wife has signed up
for a sponsored cycle across Cuba, to help her with her fitness, I have
joined her in spinning classes.

I am at Level 3 and attend 3 classes each week. I have a gel pad on my seat
and invested in relatively expensive (and thickly padded) cycle shorts. But
with little recovery time between classes my ass hurt soooo much!

I would appreciate any advice that may help reduce the pain!

Get a hard saddle.

I know it sounds counter intuitive, but with a hard saddle your weight
is taken on your ischeal tuberosities, i.e. the bony lumps on the back
of your pelvis. They can handle it. With a soft saddle your weight gets
spread around onto the, uhhmmm, 'soft tissue' between your legs, and
that's when it hurts.

Paul Boyd said:

Rob Morley said the following on 29/02/2008 12:58:

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How much do spinning classes cost?

What on earth is a spinning class?

Driving to a sweaty gym to be bored senseless on a stationary bike.

Thank you Simon and the others.

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Baal

I smile and go off waving
(Amiably) - for that's my way

http://www.helden.org.uk
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Baal said:

I am a regular runner - 10k 3 times a week. But as my wife has signed up
for a sponsored cycle across Cuba, to help her with her fitness, I have
joined her in spinning classes.

I am at Level 3 and attend 3 classes each week. I have a gel pad on my
seat and invested in relatively expensive (and thickly padded) cycle
shorts. But with little recovery time between classes my ass hurt soooo
much!

I would appreciate any advice that may help reduce the pain!

Get a hard saddle.

I know it sounds counter intuitive, but with a hard saddle your weight is
taken on your ischeal tuberosities, i.e. the bony lumps on the back of
your pelvis. They can handle it. With a soft saddle your weight gets
spread around onto the, uhhmmm, 'soft tissue' between your legs, and
that's when it hurts.

--
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Tom Crispin said:

Biggles said:

Quoted message said:

>> What on earth is a spinning class?
> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_cycling
Interesting. Do these places capture the energy with generators and
flog the electricity generated to the National Grid?

No, they have air-con units pumping the excess heat out into the atmosphere.

What!!!???

At least we can be comfoted by the fact that, being fitness freaks,
these *spinners* will have walked, run or cycled to their spinning
lessons.

Very true. Most of the people I have seen heading that way were walking
from the parking lot. They did have to cross the street.

--
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

I live 10 miles from my gym and it is across a motorway, so access is
difficult. So whereas I do use the car, it is not purely to save me walking
200 yards.

I do cycle on the open road but we are hemmed in by 2 exceptionally busy and
dangerous roads. So when we do cycle, it is safer to transport the bikes a
few miles so that we can cycle on quieter roads and access off-road trails.

This week I have run 10 km 3 times as well as attended 3 hour long spinning
classes. So I do not fit the character traits that you suggest.

--

Baal

I smile and go off waving
(Amiably) - for that's my way

http://www.helden.org.uk
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Tom Crispin said:

Biggles said:

>>> What on earth is a spinning class?
>> see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_cycling
> Interesting. Do these places capture the energy with generators and
> flog the electricity generated to the National Grid?
No, they have air-con units pumping the excess heat out into the
atmosphere.

What!!!???

At least we can be comfoted by the fact that, being fitness freaks,
these *spinners* will have walked, run or cycled to their spinning
lessons.

Very true. Most of the people I have seen heading that way were walking
from the parking lot. They did have to cross the street.

--
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

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Baal said:

I live 10 miles from my gym and it is across a motorway, so access is
difficult. So whereas I do use the car, it is not purely to save me walking
200 yards.

I do cycle on the open road but we are hemmed in by 2 exceptionally busy and
dangerous roads. So when we do cycle, it is safer to transport the bikes a
few miles so that we can cycle on quieter roads and access off-road trails.

I am certainly not attempting here to deny what you say but I wonder how
exceptionally busy and dangerous those roads are and whether good
quality training would be enough for you to see those roads as cyclable.
Where are these roads? (It may be that someone on here has experience of
riding them.) How do pedestrians get across those roads? Could you just
dismount and walk your bikes across?

In my experience, dealing with busy roads is often a case of having
enough confidence to accept that you will be safe if you position
yourself prominently and ride predictably.

I regularly ride across a couple of busy motorway junctions and find
they are less bothersome than city centre traffic.

Cheers,
Luke

--
Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:27:32 GMT,

(Ekul Namsob) said:

Baal said:

I live 10 miles from my gym and it is across a motorway, so access is
difficult. So whereas I do use the car, it is not purely to save me walking
200 yards.

I do cycle on the open road but we are hemmed in by 2 exceptionally busy and
dangerous roads. So when we do cycle, it is safer to transport the bikes a
few miles so that we can cycle on quieter roads and access off-road trails.

I am certainly not attempting here to deny what you say but I wonder how
exceptionally busy and dangerous those roads are and whether good
quality training would be enough for you to see those roads as cyclable.
Where are these roads? (It may be that someone on here has experience of
riding them.) How do pedestrians get across those roads? Could you just
dismount and walk your bikes across?

In my experience, dealing with busy roads is often a case of having
enough confidence to accept that you will be safe if you position
yourself prominently and ride predictably.

Agreed. I am hemmed in by three busy roads forming a triangle around
me: the A20, A205 (South Circular Road) and the A21. Crossing 'em
ain't a problem once you know how.

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I regularly ride across a couple of busy motorway junctions and find
they are less bothersome than city centre traffic.