Indoor Exercise Bikes or Adaptions ?

[clamdigger]

Winter is here. I would like to continue my exercise indoors for the season. Does anyone have personal experience with using an adapter for the cruiser bike ? Or in your opinion would it be better to buy a complete recumbent exercise bike. I imagine it would be rough on the knees to get one of those heavy flywheel contraptions rpm up to cruising speed. http://cnj.craigslist.org/bik/5935719928.html

 

[horsefarmer]

I had a semi recumbent bike for a few years. found out it used "different" muscles and got sick of swapping back to a regular bike so after a while I did not like it and sold it. You may want an upright bike.

 

[idiotboy]

I use rollers, you can use any bike you want

 

[rusty flyer]

I agree with horsefarmer, use an upright stationary if you are used to a cruiser, or get rollers. I got an old DG upright stationary at a flea market for $30. I'll post a photo and how I use it next week when I get home.

 

[clamdigger]

I was reading about rollers a while ago. The advice for first time users was to set -up in a doorway so that you have something to grab hold of, if needed.

 

[thunderbeard]

Haha. Ive run thru this at one point. But i let it go...

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[rusty flyer]

Here's my indoor bike, you can get these for cheap with a little looking around. Mine is pretty old but works fine.

I'm in west Texas so cold weather is not so much a problem to ride but there is not enough daylight after work in winter so I ride this two to three times per week. I squeak in an outdoor weekend ride or two as I can. Indoor sessions are like this; Three minute warm up at low resistance then start alternating intervals of; high resistance-low rpm for 50 sec, 70 sec low resistance-med rpm (catch your breath), 50 sec med high resistance-high rpm, 70 sec low resistance-med rpm (catch your breath), repeat for at least thirty minutes, then five minute or so slow cool down. This is good training to push the single speed coasters I ride.