Benefits of indoor cycling - eight reasons to ride inside this fall and winter

Time efficiency, training specificity and more control over external factors are just a few, here are some others...

Female cyclist riding indoors
(Image credit: Future)

Although some places have experienced a pretty mild end to the summer, the nights are closing for us all (at least in the northern hemisphere!) and there’s no doubt that colder winter weather is just around the corner - and with that, the indoor cycling season.

Of course, there are some benefits of cycling which you’ll only reap from the outdoors. To really hone your balance and coordination, you need real corners - and the health and wellbeing benefits of bright, natural light aren’t possible to replicate indoors.

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