Hi everyone.

This is my second post. I just decided after about 20 years to go back into cycling like when I was a teen. I purchased this steel Schwinn Traveler 10 speed for now...to get back into it. I have been practicing for the last week and a half or so...not too much but really impressed with myself after so many years.
Well ...I live and Indiana and the weather started getting cold..I think I can handle it for a few more days but I wont be riding unless the weather is above 45 degrees without winds. So I was wondering aside from a stationary bike at the gym where I have been going for the past 3 months...what else can I do to practice?...I need to get use to the bike the different pisitions and shifting..I really want to get in shape by the end of spring beginning of the Summer when I am thinking on purchasing a brand new real Road Bike... I have been searching and was thinking on getting one of those indoors bike tainers to use for the whole winter...never used one of those before and don't even know how it works or if its going to work with the bike I have.

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated....

PS: I regret not buying the Bike a few months earlier in the beginning of the Summer.