This gym bus puts a new “spin” on biking to work.

May 20, 2016 Ashley 0 Comments

Busting your butt to fit in a pre-work workout?

Why not bus your butt instead?

Well, soon you might be able to do both. That is, if you live in London where a bus that’s basically a spin gym on wheels is in the works for approval. That’s right. You board, bike, and bodily transform while in transport for a good 45 minutes. And the price to ride (and ride) is surprisingly affordable, too. The cost for class – and gas, for that matter – is only $20. It hits about four pickup points in town and ultimately culminates in a drop off at their gym where you can clean up, grab a breakfast smoothie, and head to work (via a non bike-mobile, I assume). And it’s all thanks to this British boutique fitness company called 1Rebel. Granted, production of this moving studio hasn’t yet been green lit, but once it is – it could arrive as early as Autumn, like a premature gas guzzling Christmas gift for busy biker Brits.

But, really, the founder‘s simply surprised it hasn’t been dreamt up before now:

“It is an absolute no-brainer for us that we can create more efficiency in people’s routines by transforming their commute,” 1Rebel founder James Balfour told the Evening Standard. “For those who want the components of a class, but perhaps don’t have the time to commit during the day, this provides a great solution for them to maximize time they would otherwise be spending just traveling to work.”

The idea, while novel, brings to mind a lot of questions for me. Like: what if people can see inside and stare at you? Gross. And what happens if homie at the wheel brakes too quickly and I go flying into the biker before me? (Does tandem biking work for stationary cycles?) Oh – and do you get a better core workout with all those stops, starts, and turns? I bet you do – like you would riding some sort of equine mechanical bull. Wait – do you have to pay extra if you catch a case of double motion sickness and go Linda Blair all over the interior upholstery – and your sweaty seatmates? Do the people in there psych themselves out – and start inadvertently feeling like, if they just pedal faster, they’d get to the destination quicker?

Which makes me wonder: why don’t they just make a bus that actually relies on a heap of peeps pedaling fast?

It would:

A.) Save a shiz load on emissions.

B.) Force you to go H.A.M. when you’ve otherwise no legit inspiration to.

And

C.) Be a fab team building skill with which to head into the workplace where you loathe your coworkers.

Yes, this spinning single decker seems epic… but it could def be improved.