late nights and building bikes

So I've been rather busy the past few days. I went and knocked out that ride up to sheboygan. There was a 10-15mph headwind the whole way up there, so I only averaged 19 mph over the 160 miles. Kept the average watts at about 230 though, so I'm calling it a good day in the saddle. I chose not to do the return trip, and opted instead for riding the road course from the UW-milwaukee collegiate road race. The one out in greenbush. It's one of my favorite courses, and there's plenty of spots to hit up some solid hill repeats that we can't do in chicago.

If you're wondering why I'm up at 4AM, well I went for a midnight training ride tonight, and was sorta pretty pumped up after the ride, and it just so happened that my rival shifters FINALLY came back from warrenty. So I went and rebuilt my bike. And another one. And before you know it... bam. 4am.

On a side note, while I was building bikes, I was watching infomercials. Specifically the one advirtising a Spinning Bike.


The ad was all about selling people a spinning bike for their very own home, where they could watch dvds featuring spinning classes, and even had some retired pro saying, "This is the closest thing you can do to riding outside!"
Now I'm just kind of curious, right now its summer. Pretty much anywhere in the US is going to be experiencing pretty nice weather. So why the hell would you want an exercise program that tries to simulate an outdoor experience?? Spend the $1000 bucks on a real bike!