| Re: spin bikes (aka spinning cycle or group cycle)
Chris Neary <diabloridr@comcast.net > wrote:
>Blair wrote:
>>>Diablo Scott <N0SPAMdiabloscott@terra.es> wrote:
>
>>>7. No place to put your walkman if you're riding outside of class.
>>
>>What? You don't wear a three-pocket jersey in the gym?
>>
>>(Just let me be there when you do; I want to watch the
>>stares.)
>
>10 - 20% of our class wears cycling jerseys in class. No stares.
I don't see many jerseys. One guy wears a spandex shirt,
but no pockets, and no sponsor logos. Some of the girls
wear tight tops; more like track suits than jerseys.
>>And it still breaks more often than a real bike would.
>
>Most clubs pretty much ignore the bikes until they break. Our LBS has a
>contract with our club and periodically performs preventative maintenance on
>the bikes. Result: Never seen a broken bike at our club.
My gym has a guy who's in there at least twice a week PMing
the bikes. Most things only need to be fixed when they
break (cranks, e.g.) but sometimes he'll scrub all the
resistance bands and burnish the races. Given that the
gym doesn't charge any extra for spin classes it's probably
one of their bigger loss centers.
--Blair
"But they get all the free steam heat
they can pump out."
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