Spin Bike or Cross Trainer?

[broopelub]

So heres the deal,

I am getting shoulder surgery a Bankart repair for a labrum tear. The only exercise I will be able to do is pretty much stationary biking... After 3 months I will be able to run, so that will switch things up a bit.

I searched for the topic, and couldnt find much there was a topic about spin bikes vs regular exercise bikes that fit.

In everyones experience, what is better? To get a decent spin bike or a decent trainer. I would probably be looking for a used spin bike around 200 bucks, or a trainer which would amount to a bit less than that.

There are some considerations though. For a trainer it would seem like I would be wearing out my road bike a good bit and im not sure if its worth it, since i am gonna be putting a ton of "miles" on whatever bike a choose. On the other hand, a spin bike is a bit more expensive potentially a lot more expensive and i guess takes up some extra space, which doesnt really matter to me.

Also, as far as a workout, I was wondering which one in general has the potential to get higher resistance. From what i have read it seems like spin bikes take the cake, but I have no idea in reality.


Any help would be much appreciated. And I apologize in advance if the topic has been raised before, I couldnt find anything though.

TRF

[Trek420]

Sorry about the surgery but getting a spin bike or trainer is a good idea.

I think we've covered this before and I may be able to find and bump this but let's start anew. In my view you're not wearing out the bike per se with a trainer but ... since you'll be putting in a lot of miles on it, you are wearing out your rear wheel. I keep a spare QR for the purpose and many go so far as to use a different rear wheel or spare QR and different tires. You don't want to take a tumble on your brand new shoulder because the tire wore out.

I personally like having the trainer vs just another piece of equipment. I have a Cyclops fluid trainer, works well. It's solid enough (with the optional stand for the front wheel) to stand and climb.

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