Have to agree-but with a proviso. The weather. All of my chores are outside and that is Garden and house maintenance and of course the enjoyment of cycling. Can't do much of that when the it is raining . Rain would not be a problem but enough rain to flood the garden is. The number of days last year when I could do those chores far outweighed the number when I couldn't. So the idea of the Gym is that I CAN do something useful without 4 changes of clothing a day.

But spinning classes--They are hard work and I do know I have had a workout by the end. There is no way I would put that much effort into cycling for 30 minutes let alone an hour and If I wanted to work that hard- I would be doing the 25 mile TT's with the local club. Not my favourite form of masochism. Give me a Metric on the road in 4 hours and I would be happier.