I have wanted a bike stand for my bike for a long time. Because of my spine issues I am limited to how I can work out. And honestly I think walking on a treadmill is the MOST boring exercise. Even if I'm watching TV I still find it boring.
But riding my bike. Oh I love riding my bike and as long as I don't fall off, it's a perfectly fine exercise. But it's winter so that is just not going to happen. So I hit the "complete order" button and bought myself a bike stand.
This is what it looks like.
Not my bike. My bike is a girls bike & it's purple of course.
Ok I get it and days later, I start putting it together. The manual says to take off the bikes rear axle and replace it with the one they give you so that it's easier to take on and off.
Yeah, it wasn't that easy & finally realized I don't have the right bike tool to do it.
Crap.
Ok back to the internet for more reading.
Long story short, I didn't need to take off the axle, it works just fine with the one that comes with the bike.
Grumble grumble stupid instructions grumble grumble.
So I put my tire back together and put everything back the way it was, including the brakes which you have to basically almost remove to get the tire off... and I put it on the stand.
Well would you look at that... it fits.
Few adjustments later, a good show on the iPad and I'm riding my bike! Yeah me!
I wish I had just tried that in the first place. But I was trying to be good and RTFM! So much for that! LOL
Ok putting it on the stand makes it slightly too tall for me so I'm going to need step stool LOL but otherwise it's AWESOME!!
Makes about as much noise as an exercise bike but once the warm weather is here I can take it apart & store it until the weather gets cold again. In the meantime I don't have this huge ass clothes hanger sitting in my living room!
Now let's just hope I don't fall of it.
LOL
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