I hate spin classes and I hate spin bikes.........................

But, reluctantly, I started riding a spin bike a couple of times a week recently, as part of a rehab program to build up my leg strength, to make up for my lack of outdoor riding due the excess rainy weather we've been having recently. I ride my own version of a 35 minute HIIT program and I have found it does help on the occasions I get outside for a ride. 35 minutes is about as much as I can stand without going loopy.

It does seem to work, but I can't say that I like it!

P.S.

Like the previous writer I cannot ride standing in a low gear - just doesn't seem right. But standing in a high gear has helped me tackle some local hills on my road bike standing, when I previously would have stayed sitting.
Could it be that other spin class members are not regular cyclists so they do it without any "learned" behaviours that they have to overcome?