The pain cave might not be so bad if only it had a view like this one.

I don\’t see how anyone can disagree with the fact that indoor cycling means zero risk of being hit by a car, barring an extremely freakish accident. You hear now and then of a car leaving the roadway and bashing its way through the wall of someone\’s home. But for the sake of argument, let\’s say that it won\’t happen.

Yes, indoor cycling does away with traffic signals, stop signs, and having to dodge potholes. Want climbing? Use the trainer\’s climbing block! It can let you choose your \”grade\”, depending on how hard a workout you want.

It doesn\’t have to be raining for your bicycle to get quite mucky. If the ground is wet from recent rain, or even heavy fog, I get home with a mud-spattered bike, which I find quite annoying. \”Ride\” indoors and you\’ll at least avoid that.

I\’m completely ignorant of Zwift and other such applications, and I\’ll let them be. I\’m quite content with my Garmin.

As to the cons of indoor riding — yes, it\’s monotonous in the extreme. Time crawls. If I do hard efforts, the whole place shakes and rattles. But as the article says, it\’s better than no ride at all.