Why all the hating on spinning?!!! I know that as a resident of MN (and the same goes for many other places) the weather does not cooperate with cycling for 7 months out of the year (unless you are hardcore!!) So, for many people who are interested on being on the bike, keeping up fitness, and enjoying themselves, they turn to spinning...Heck, to me it sure beats the riding the trainer by myself in the dark, cold basement !! In my spinning class most, if not almost all, of the participants are also avid cyclists! So, as my 5th graders say--Don't be a hater, be a celebrater Be glad that cycling has an indoor counterpart that can offer an outlet on the cold, snowy, rainy, windy days that would otherwise keep many people off a bike altogether!! And don't be so fast to dismiss the good cycling buddies you can find there...ride on my friends!!