Well, I've never been to spin class, but it's an obvious thing to try- The only group that can't drop me in the first hundred yards right now. 99.9% of people at this very cool gym are super nice and freindly, the first gym I've ever used that's so relaxed. Love it. Lots of well used bike racks on the cars in the lot. Not worried about this one insecure non-rider, just motivated. I was wearing a t shirt from a century at the time, so she just knows nothing whatsoever about cycling. And really, it's just a fancy exercise bike with a cheapo seat.
I got really fat while I was laid up, and I think it was more about the size of my butt than my human potential. I think Goddess has already covered this attitude in a diffent thread.
I fenced for 16 years- a super competitive sport where you try to just rip peoples throats out in a certain arena, then all go out for a beer together afterwards. Wish more women understood freindly competitiveness and sportsmanship. I don't get these women who are so super fit from aerobics but never take it outside and play- they miss so much. I show up with occasional black eyes, bruises, or road rash, and they're just horrified by it. They don't get me. I think a skinned knee or two is totally worth the day I rode with a ten point buck on the Racourci Island jeep road. Now a deer, it can really humiliate you. Damn they're fast.
But this woman doesn't bother me. I just need to show this lost soul how it's done, that'd be fun...

missliz

Hey Meg- matte black? How elegant! Welcome, Susan.