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New Exersize Bike

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It was 2yrs ago when I got my bike. Been on tonight & done a couple of miles. Honest I feel better 🙂
 
Almost got down to the treadmill in the spare room, been my wife's clotheshorse for a while
 
You need to find imaginative ways to deal with the boredom of the stationary bicycle. Fortunately modern technology has provided many ways of dealing with the problem of slo-time. i pod docks, flat screen tellies with built in DVD players etc.

I've done a weights session and twenty imaginary miles on the turbo trainer today. Digital radio playing Planet Rock by my side.
 
My bike is in front of the Tv. I get on when an advert comes on. A little bit mad 😉
 
It was 2yrs ago when I got my bike. Been on tonight & done a couple of miles. Honest I feel better 🙂

Well done Hobie. Keep active.
 
I've got one too and do a bit over 4km per 10 minute session once or twice a day. I've got it parked in front of a window in our spare bedroom with a super view across the Tay valley so have plenty to look at and usually turn the radio on and listen to the radio. When I first started using it I found 5 minutes was about enough for me but have been building up steadily. I don't really want to spend much more time on it per session so I guess I'll have to increase the magnetic tension if I want to get a bit more pain and gain 🙄
 
I bought one once but had to send it back because I just could not get on to it, could not pedal it when I did get on a box to climb up, and then had difficulty getting off because I had to kick the box away to try and pedal. That is what happens when you are only five foot one inch short. I had it on the lowest level as well. I have been looking for one for a short person ever since, which is a reasonable price.
 
I bought one once but had to send it back because I just could not get on to it, could not pedal it when I did get on a box to climb up, and then had difficulty getting off because I had to kick the box away to try and pedal. That is what happens when you are only five foot one inch short. I had it on the lowest level as well. I have been looking for one for a short person ever since, which is a reasonable price.
Well done for trying Lilian !. Keep looking 🙂
 
I've got one too and do a bit over 4km per 10 minute session once or twice a day. I've got it parked in front of a window in our spare bedroom with a super view across the Tay valley so have plenty to look at and usually turn the radio on and listen to the radio. When I first started using it I found 5 minutes was about enough for me but have been building up steadily. I don't really want to spend much more time on it per session so I guess I'll have to increase the magnetic tension if I want to get a bit more pain and gain 🙄
Hi Dave , a couple of years ago my Dad & me peddled around Loch Tay. Early start & on the quiet side there were deer running in front of us. Very impressed !
 
Hi Dave , a couple of years ago my Dad & me peddled around Loch Tay. Early start & on the quiet side there were deer running in front of us. Very impressed !
Hobie, We used to live in Aberfeldy and I often cycled around the area. It was a great place to live (and fish!). We now live further down the Tay about 10 miles from the estuary but have lovely views across the river to the Fife hills.
 
We went around the Aberfeldy whiskey distillery & enjoyed. Am not a whiskey drinker but good day. 🙂
 
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