What age are people doing the higher miles.

[Venod]

True, but it's still not cycling. Like boxers training using a punchbag instead of a proper opponent.

It is cycling but not outdoors, if I ride a 25 mile course on the turbo I have covered the same terrain including hills as I would if I cycled the course outdoors, of course there is no head wind, pot holes or traffic to contend with, but there is also no tailwind and no freewheeling.

 

[Vantage]

How can it be a sun tan if there's no sun involved?

I also have a turbo trainer. I've not used it for months as its so bloody boooooring. I don't class it as cycling at all. It's training.

 

[Venod]

I have also done a lot of running both outdoors and on a treadmill, should I have called the treadmill running something else ?

 

[derrick]

I dont have a problem with turbos. Just the people who think they are d

Next you'll both be saying that a sun tan from a sunbed isn't a proper tan.

A sun tan is a change in skin colour. A spin bike changes nothing. You are not moving. Please explain how you are riding miles without moving.

 

[jefmcg]

I drove 100 miles today

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I drove 100 miles today

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Get out on that bike

 

[Accy cyclist]

I dont have a problem with turbos. Just the people who think they are d

A sun tan is a change in skin colour. A spin bike changes nothing. You are not moving. Please explain how you are riding miles without moving.

Recorded miles on a static bike are an indication of how many miles your effort would have produced had you been riding an actual bike on the road.. Your argument is similar to saying that i'm not communicating with you now,as we aren't actually talking to each other.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It does the same damage to your skin, and gives you the same risk of cancer, so I say "go for it!"

Funnily enough i went for a 'sun shower' today. As for the old cancer risk stuff (the other day it was bacon ) if you don't overdo it then it's safe and beneficial to get some UV rays.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Did you hear about the stationary cupboard that moved?

 

[derrick]

Recorded miles on a static bike are an indication of how many miles your effort would have produced had you been riding an actual bike on the road.. Your argument is similar to saying that i'm not communicating with you now,as we aren't actually talking to each other.

Did you actually read that before you posted it?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Did you actually read that before you posted it?

Yes i did. Let's leave it at i think static bike miles,whether exercise bike,turbo trainer, or rollers (can you record miles on rollers,i don't know?) count and some don't. It saves further not getting anywhere disagreement.

 

[jefmcg]

Funnily enough i went for a 'sun shower' today. As for the old cancer risk stuff (the other day it was bacon ) if you don't overdo it then it's safe and beneficial to get some UV rays.

Tan means you have damaged your skin. Using a sunbed is overdoing it.

Skin cancer is not a joke.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I only count miles covered whilst cycling. Indoor miles are virtual. But if it gets or keeps you fit and healthy, then good for you. Don't underestimate the mental benefits of outdoor riding though. Not sure indoor can do the same.