Biking your way to health is far easier said than done. If you’re doing your biking outside—it is weather dependent. If you’re doing it inside, well—it can be mood dependent. No matter how much you agonize about how to build muscle and lose fat at home, there are simply days when getting out of bed seems like all the exercise you’re up for.
It’s not that you can’t find old school stationary bikes or even new school stationary bikes; it’s just that I don’t know why anyone would want to use one when they could actually be using a recumbent stationary bike. These things are like exercising in bed. You basically sit down, put your hands on some extremely comfortably located side handles, turn on your iPad/ iPod or prop your book/Kindle on the stand that is included (in front of you); and peddle your way healthy.
This is not to say that peddling a real bike, when weather permits, is a bad idea. If you want to enjoy the weather but don’t want to be seen out and about until you slim down a bit, you can always set up your exercise bike on a screened porch where it is out of the elements so you can lose weight at home.
What’s that old joke about some guy’s wife peddling her ass all over town? Whatever.