BikeWhen is a stationary bike not a stationary bike? When it turns sharp corners and climbs up hills – or feels like it, anyway.

I am not a real rider. I do not own a bicycle (or a car, for that matter); my primary mode of transportation is my own two feet. Years ago, I took up spinning which, as my cycling friends are quick to point out, is not the same as tackling 50 kilometres of hilly terrain. But I appreciated spinning as a workout – the drills, the music, the profuse sweating – and attended three times weekly until deciding I wanted a break a couple of years ago.

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