On Nov 29, 3:59 pm, Never Enough Money
wrote:
I am on a job assignment in Stockholm Sweden for a few years (can't
wait to get back to Colorado). The weather has gotten so bad and
daylight in such short supply that I've started going to spinners
classes at a local gym. However, the classes are at odd times and only
30 minutes!

So I just went into the room with the spinners bikes, put on my iPod
at 115 decibles and made my own workout.... till...they came in and
asked me to get out. They said it had to do with insurance.

Any of you know the real skinny on this? Why would these machines have
a different insurance than the weight machines or the other aerobics
machines? Any ideas?

It is indeed comical that any 130lb guy can come in and start throwing
weights around, but spin bikes are a perceived threat.

My gym is the same way, and often lock the room when classes aren't in
session. However, as with most things, enforcement largely depends on
who's working. They've put an older spin bike outside the room, so now
I can listen to my ipod while either checking out aerobics classes to
my left, espn clips on the tv to my right, or myself looking intense
in a mirror front and center. FAR better situation than being forced
to bear disco remixes, motivational "challenges" from meth'd-out
instructors (who make me grind my teeth a la Hamilton), locked in a
room sealing in the pungeance of unwashed sweaty lycra.

Ugh. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

/s