Quote Originally Posted by surgtech1956 View Post
Thanks for the advice and info everyone. Why the ear plugs? I plan on getting some cycling shorts or liner shorts. I plan on riding as long as possible outside, either my road bike or mtn bike.
THe quality of instructor varies widely, as does the quality of sound systems. Some places think louder=better, and it can be painful!

I have lucked out in that I have an awesome instructor who does a lot of outdoor riding and regularly competes in and trains others for triathlons, so she doesn't do a lot of the stupid things I have heard about some other spin classes. There is another instructor at our Y that I avoid like the plague -- she spends more than half of the class out of the saddle and really yells annoyingly. The instructor makes a big difference, so my last advice would be that if you don't like the first class, try it with a different instructor before writing it off completely.