Comments on: What’s the difference between using an exercise bike and riding a real bike? http://www.spinning-bike.net/exercise-bike/whats-the-difference-between-using-an-exercise-bike-and-riding-a-real-bike How to find the best spinning bike for you Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:24:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Jim G http://www.spinning-bike.net/exercise-bike/whats-the-difference-between-using-an-exercise-bike-and-riding-a-real-bike/comment-page-1#comment-121 Jim G Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:32:59 +0000 http://www.spinning-bike.net/exercise-bike/whats-the-difference-between-using-an-exercise-bike-and-riding-a-real-bike#comment-121 On an exercise bike, you are working your legs ... only. On a real bike, you are also exercising your whole upper body to maintain your balance. Breathe fresh air, hear the birds, smell the flowers.<br><b>References : </b><br> On an exercise bike, you are working your legs … only. On a real bike, you are also exercising your whole upper body to maintain your balance. Breathe fresh air, hear the birds, smell the flowers.
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]]> By: reignofcheese http://www.spinning-bike.net/exercise-bike/whats-the-difference-between-using-an-exercise-bike-and-riding-a-real-bike/comment-page-1#comment-120 reignofcheese Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:02:59 +0000 http://www.spinning-bike.net/exercise-bike/whats-the-difference-between-using-an-exercise-bike-and-riding-a-real-bike#comment-120 In the end the idea is the same, get exercise, strengthen the heart, lungs, and leg muscles. The real difference is that on a stationary bike you set the tensity and pedal and pedal and pedal. On a real bike you get uneven terrain to mix things up, you can take corners, and, well, you can have fun going somewhere, there's nothing more monotonous and boring than a startionary bike. Besides, I love riding in the rain - it's refreshing and the paths aren't crowded with dog-walkers and other bikers. PS: to get good exercise out of it, pedal at a cadence of about 80-90 rpm (that is, the crank should do a full revolution 80-90 times every minute)<br><b>References : </b><br> In the end the idea is the same, get exercise, strengthen the heart, lungs, and leg muscles. The real difference is that on a stationary bike you set the tensity and pedal and pedal and pedal. On a real bike you get uneven terrain to mix things up, you can take corners, and, well, you can have fun going somewhere, there’s nothing more monotonous and boring than a startionary bike.

Besides, I love riding in the rain – it’s refreshing and the paths aren’t crowded with dog-walkers and other bikers.

PS: to get good exercise out of it, pedal at a cadence of about 80-90 rpm (that is, the crank should do a full revolution 80-90 times every minute)
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