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Hey Pete (and how to survive a spin class)

Penny S · 2003-01-23T10:04:46+00:00

Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been enjoying the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close your eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of course. I got a real good laugh over someone pointing out all the dry mud chunks that had fallen out of my cleats and were under my bike. all the roadies are saying it's too icy to ride... I tell them hmm... trails stay tacky, ice is the least of the problems on dirt. Penny

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Penny S
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23 January 2003, 10:04 UTC #1

Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been enjoying the videos.( you too
Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close your eyes and visualize
where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run bike video during
class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of course.
I got a real good laugh over someone pointing out all the dry mud chunks that had fallen out of my
cleats and were under my bike.
all the roadies are saying it's too icy to ride... I tell them hmm... trails stay tacky, ice is the
least of the problems on dirt.
Penny

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P E T E F A G E
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23 January 2003, 10:05 UTC #2

"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been
enjoying
| the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close
your
| eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run
| bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of
course.
I would pay to see the reactions of the "spinettes" and the other club patrons to some of the
music choices.
For instance:
216.40.212.28porcsingletrack.mpg
216.40.212.28sedona.mpg
216.71.24.60tuesday ride.mpeg
216.40.212.28tahoe.mpg

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Clydesdalemtb
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23 January 2003, 10:05 UTC #3

penny s said:
Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been enjoying the videos.( you too
Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close your eyes and
visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run bike video
during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of course.
save them on your hard-drive of your laptop and play them back at your leisure
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all the roadies are saying it's too icy to ride... I tell them hmm... trails stay tacky,
untill it thaws and re-freezes
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ice is the least of the problems on dirt.
just wait till you hit an unexpected patch in the middle of a turn.

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Watimena
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23 January 2003, 10:05 UTC #4

Move some where warm?

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Flyingcoyote
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23 January 2003, 10:05 UTC #5

"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been
enjoying
| the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close
| your eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and
| run bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of
course.
|
| I got a real good laugh over someone pointing out all the dry mud chunks that had fallen out of my
| cleats and were under my bike.
|
| all the roadies are saying it's too icy to ride... I tell them hmm...
trails
| stay tacky, ice is the least of the problems on dirt.
|
| Penny
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How are you liking the spinning classes so far?
Last winter I joined a gym and used those cycling machines on days too wet to ride but never took
the spinning classes. I'm thinking of doing the same this winter... need to stay in shape for next
seasons early races.
Alternately, my riding buddies are all trying to get me on a road bike. When I argued that I have to
have dirt under my tires [if I'm on an actual bike] they then suggested Cyclocross... even the LBS's
are nagging at me to get on their Cyclocross team. Heh. Funk that.
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Bill Porter
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23 January 2003, 10:05 UTC #6

penny s said:
Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been enjoying the videos.( you too
Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close your eyes and visualize
where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run bike video during
class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of course.
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Penny
You are far too kind Penny, He He Now here is something to think about. Royalties off of videos
featuring music downloaded via Napster(and all its cousins). Hmmm Think I'll use some Metallica in
the next video :->
Bill Porter www.mountainbikebill.com

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Bill Wheeler
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23 January 2003, 10:05 UTC #7

P e t e F a g e r l i n said:
"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been
enjoying
| the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close
your
| eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run
| bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of
course.
I would pay to see the reactions of the "spinettes" and the other club patrons to some of the
music choices.
For instance:
216.40.212.28porcsingletrack.mpg
216.40.212.28sedona.mpg
216.71.24.60tuesday ride.mpeg
216.40.212.28tahoe.mpg

Mountain Biking comes in so many different flavors. Very nice stuff out west.
Have fun spinning Penny.
Peace, Bill The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind
should give an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]

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Penny S
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23 January 2003, 10:06 UTC #8

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Move some where warm?
not a chance: spinning is just the filler between bike and ski season.
(remember to quote...)
Penny

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Penny S
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23 January 2003, 10:06 UTC #9

"FlyingCoyote" <[email hidden]> wrote >
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"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
| Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been
enjoying
| the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close

your
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| eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run
| bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of
course.
|> How are you liking the spinning classes so far?
Last winter I joined a gym and used those cycling machines on days too wet to ride but never took
the spinning classes. I'm thinking of doing the

same
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this winter... need to stay in shape for next seasons early races.
considering that I"d rather be outside, and that being a reformed gym rat I like to not spend any
more time in there than I have to...
I think spinning is a much better workout than plopping down on the life cycle, setting it to
"Hillclimb 10" or what ever, opening a book ( guilty) and then just doing it. When you do that, or
an elliptical trainer the mind's not connected and you are just going through the motions. At least
with spinning I feel more connected to what I am doing. I really do use the power of visualizations
... whether it's a favorite long steady climb, or which rider I am trying to either keep up with or
not let by. For me it's either visualize or go nuts.
You have to be careful.... some of the "instructors" are pretty lame, and don't understand how
grinding can really trash the knees. Or, their idea of a training rate (heart rate) may be really
different that what you want/need. So it's a good idea to be aware of what *you* want to accomplish
if anything, in that dept, and wear your own watch. And let's not talk about some of their taste in
music, or some of the cheery voices. I check out the different instructors, and just go back to the
ones that I can stand for an hour. I use it mainly for endurance training.
Penny Say, Is Cinder Girl your SO? (just trying to put 2 and 2 together....)
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Alternately, my riding buddies are all trying to get me on a road bike.

When
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I argued that I have to have dirt under my tires [if I'm on an actual

bike]
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they then suggested Cyclocross... even the LBS's are nagging at me to get

on
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their Cyclocross team. Heh. Funk that.
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Penny S
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23 January 2003, 10:06 UTC #10

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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:55:10 -0800, "penny s" <[email hidden]>

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Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been

enjoying
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the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just close

your
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eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and run
bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of

course.
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Penny
You are far too kind Penny, He He Now here is something to think about.

Royalties off
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of videos featuring music downloaded via Napster(and all its cousins).

Hmmm Think I'll
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use some Metallica in the next video :->
I DO think along those lines, can't help it. Juat want to make sure you get credit for your hard
work. I'd just hate to see the gym make anything off of
it... I"m sure they would charge extra to attend such classes. I did, on anaother forum hear about a
gym where they set the bike up in a "pack" aand were showing TDF footage... close but no cigar.
penny
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Penny S
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23 January 2003, 10:07 UTC #11

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P e t e F a g e r l i n said:
"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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| Now that I have a crappy DSL instead of dial up... I"ve really been
enjoying
| the videos.( you too Bill) What you do is you watch one before spin class... then you just
| close
your
| eyes and visualize where you'd like to be. I'm thinking they need to put in a big screen and

run
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Quoted message said:
| bike video during class... royalties paid out to PF and MTB Bill of
course.
I would pay to see the reactions of the "spinettes" and the other club patrons to some of the
music choices.
For instance:
216.40.212.28porcsingletrack.mpg
216.40.212.28sedona.mpg
216.71.24.60tuesday ride.mpeg
216.40.212.28tahoe.mpg

Mountain Biking comes in so many different flavors. Very nice stuff out west.
Have fun spinning Penny.
Right.
It'd be way more fun with a wall size screen and Pet's video being shown.
penny

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Flyingcoyote
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23 January 2003, 10:07 UTC #12

"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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considering that I"d rather be outside, and that being a reformed gym rat

I
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like to not spend any more time in there than I have to...
Hah! I hear that!
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I think spinning is a much better workout than plopping down on the life cycle, setting it to
"Hillclimb 10" or what ever, opening a book ( guilty) and then just doing it.
Yep, that's what I did last winter when I couldn't ride the real thing.
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You have to be careful.... some of the "instructors" are pretty lame, and don't understand how
grinding can really trash the knees. Or, their idea of a training rate (heart rate) may be really
different that what you

want/need.
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So it's a good idea to be aware of what *you* want to accomplish if anything, in that dept, and
wear your own watch. And let's not talk about some of their taste in music, or some of the cheery
voices. I check out

the
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different instructors, and just go back to the ones that I can stand for

an
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hour. I use it mainly for endurance training.
Thanks for the input! If I decide to rejoin a gym, this will save me some time, I think.
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Penny Say, Is Cinder Girl your SO? (just trying to put 2 and 2 together....)
Nope. Erin (or sometimes Eve or Evelyn) is her /nic. She's either emailed or posted to you before
(about fabrics, I think). She lurks here more than she posts. Mostly she hangs out in other ng's. 🙂
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Cinder Girl
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23 January 2003, 10:07 UTC #13

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Say, Is Cinder Girl your SO? (just trying to put 2 and 2 together....)

Hmmmmmm ... where did that come from? My SO is a road biker with about 100 excuses for not getting
on a mountain bike. I gave up on that a long time ago and just play in the dirt all by myself 😉

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Paladin
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23 January 2003, 10:07 UTC #14

"penny s" wrote with Richard Simmons:
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It'd be way more fun with a wall size screen and Pet's video being shown.
penny
I did a spin-class one winter, they kept the room nearly black, to free the imagination. But the
music, which is a matter of taste, was always lousy and blaring. guess it got me angry enough to
work hard.
groups.google.comgroups
88364DB.FA7B6BD4%40nospamuswest.net#link1
That's a humungo URL to a "ride report" I posted a couple years back. You might get a chuckle
out of it.
Paladin No longer spinning

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Penny S
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23 January 2003, 10:07 UTC #15

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"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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Say, Is Cinder Girl your SO? (just trying to put 2 and 2 together....)

Hmmmmmm ... where did that come from? My SO is a road biker with about 100 excuses for not getting
on a mountain bike. I gave up on that a long time ago and just play in the dirt all by myself 😉

flying coyote is a East Bay biker with a SO who is a novice mtb-gal too.
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Mark Hickey
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23 January 2003, 10:07 UTC #16

Cinder Girl said:
My SO is a road biker with about 100 excuses for not getting on a mountain bike. I gave up on that
a long time ago and just play in the dirt all by myself 😉
See, I been TELLIN' you guys that chicks dig roadies. Here's one o' your own who's gone over to the
dark side. I suspect it's his rock-hard shaven legs that does it for her, but I'd never suggest that
in public... ;-)
Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

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Cinder Girl
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23 January 2003, 10:08 UTC #17

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"penny s" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Say, Is Cinder Girl your SO? (just trying to put 2 and 2

together....)
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Hmmmmmm ... where did that come from? My SO is a road biker with about 100 excuses for not
getting on a

mountain
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bike. I gave up on that a long time ago and just play in the dirt all

by
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myself 😉

flying coyote is a East Bay biker with a SO who is a novice mtb-gal too.

Ahhhh. That makes sense. Good to know there are more east bay people in here 😉

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Cinder Girl
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23 January 2003, 10:08 UTC #18

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Cinder Girl said:
My SO is a road biker with about 100 excuses for not getting on a

mountain
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bike. I gave up on that a long time ago and just play in the dirt all by myself 😉
See, I been TELLIN' you guys that chicks dig roadies. Here's one o' your own who's gone over to
the dark side. I suspect it's his rock-hard shaven legs that does it for her, but I'd never
suggest that in public... ;-)
Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
Nah. I used to make fun of roadies and if you would have told me I would end up married to one I
would have died laughing. I though they were just too cute with their shades and nice clean sporty
clothes clicking around in their clippy clip shoes. Too cute to take seriously that is.
Now those guys I see out on the trails on the other hand .... oooooooooooo ... but I would never
post that in public.

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Mark Hickey
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23 January 2003, 10:08 UTC #19

Cinder Girl said:
"Mark Hickey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Cinder Girl" <[email hidden]> wrote:
See, I been TELLIN' you guys that chicks dig roadies. Here's one o' your own who's gone over to
the dark side. I suspect it's his rock-hard shaven legs that does it for her, but I'd never
suggest that in public... ;-)
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Nah. I used to make fun of roadies and if you would have told me I would end up married to one I
would have died laughing. I though they were just too cute with their shades and nice clean sporty
clothes clicking around in their clippy clip shoes. Too cute to take seriously that is.
Now those guys I see out on the trails on the other hand .... oooooooooooo ... but I would never
post that in public.
I guess that proves the OTHER popular theory. Chicks DO dig scars. ;-)
Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles habcycles.comhabcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame

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Cinder Girl
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23 January 2003, 10:09 UTC #20

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Cinder Girl said:
"Mark Hickey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Cinder Girl" <[email hidden]> wrote:
See, I been TELLIN' you guys that chicks dig roadies. Here's one o' your own who's gone over to
the dark side. I suspect it's his rock-hard shaven legs that does it for her, but I'd never
suggest that in public... ;-)
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Nah. I used to make fun of roadies and if you would have told me I would end up married to one I
would have died laughing. I though they were

just
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too cute with their shades and nice clean sporty clothes clicking around

in
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their clippy clip shoes. Too cute to take seriously that is.
Now those guys I see out on the trails on the other hand ....

oooooooooooo
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... but I would never post that in public.
I guess that proves the OTHER popular theory. Chicks DO dig scars. ;-)

Oh yeah!!! And don't forget the mud, you guys are not the only ones who like the mud covered babes!

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