Quote Originally Posted by zoom-zoom View Post
I'm inclined to agree with her. Spin classes are hard, riding indoors is REALLY hard (mentally, which is sometimes a bigger deal than the physical component). I've always felt like 1 hour indoors = 3 hours outdoors in terms of perception of time. I have friends who do crazy stunts like indoor centuries. No flippin' way would I do that unless big money were involved.
I've been in that class for much of the last 2 years so I know the class she is talking about. It really is a great class with great music - and yeah, it is quite difficult. She says she won't ride outside because spinning class gives her what she needs - which is fine. We are all different and there are different solution to our goals. She thinks I ride far too much, but she doesn't say too much about it

I agree that there is a much larger mental component in riding indoors, and certainly can't imagine doing a century inside unless there is a lot of money behind it...