I just stumbled on TE forum from a comment on Bike Forums---YEEHA! A REAL place for women! And spinning too!!! Now I'll never get any work done!

I just wanted to comment on the benefits of spinning. I've been spinning for 3 years now. The first season I bought a hybrid and rode for 2 summers. This year my husband and I treated ourselves to road bikes.

When we started riding this spring I was the strongest rider in our group, coming off a long winter of spinning. I drop spinning in the summer for the joys of being outside, but I'm realizing that I lose A LOT when I'm not spinning. Now that I'm again spinning I can see that my outdoor riding is improving too----I'm feeling much stronger on the hills and my cardio is feeling better---this despite riding 1800 miles this season.

We have a great spin program, do a lot of training work that I just don't get when I'm out riding and I'm so happy to be back! Just sad that our outdoor biking season is slowly drawing to a close...