Better workout on spin bike or road bike?

05-24-2004, 05:44 PM

I have a Schwinn Spin Bike and several regular bikes. My typical
routine is to do 20 minutes on the stationary bike 4-5 days a week. I
increase the resistance at intervals and by the time I am done I am
sweating profusely. I was wondering if anyone has any dependable info
on the caloric burn differences between a spin bike and a regular
bike. If I rode the regular bike for 35-40 minutes would I get as
good a work out as doing the spin bike for 20 minutes? This is FL so
there are no hills but I would be going over several long high
bridges.

Of course after I ride the regular bike I am not sweating nearly as
much as after the spin bike but I think that may have to do with the
air that is blowing over me and evaporating the sweat...

I am 53 and in very good shape, if that makes a difference