Burning smell during spin class?
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matt414 posted 2 years ago.
Hmmmm, I teach spin at my local gym. And I've taugh/taken tons of class. Never had that one. Maybe someone had spilled some gatorade or something with sugar on it at the end of a class and it dried to the wheel and burned off. I am not sure. Thats about the only thing I can think of.
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Star posted 2 years ago.
so, Fitty, not only do you produce smokin' records, but you're smokin' the spin class? heehee spin on, brother:D
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ht001 posted 2 years ago.
I have not smelled a burning smell, but have definitely smelled something strange. I'm talking a smell that is different than some of the BO smells that emit from my classmates, which is just flat gross. It is definitely a smell that is not there at the beginning of class, but develops throughout the class. So...I don't know that it is a smoke smell, but it is something that I have always surmised is related to the wheels...either that or someone in class REALLY stinks....
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vmarwin posted 2 years ago.
Does the burning smell like bacon? Maybe its the smell of people getting into better shape.
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Anyone ever smelled smoke during spin class? I was in a class a while back, and began to smell something burning. I thought nothing of it at first, but it became stronger, and I started to wonder if my flywheel was "smoking." I thought "Please! Don't flatter yourself bro, you're not that fast!" I couldn't see any smoke, and nobody else seemed to notice, but the odor persisted for the remainder of the class. When it was over I bent down and smelled my flywheel and sure enough it smelled smoky!
I asked the teacher afterward if her flywheel ever emitted a smoky smell. She laughed and said no.
Unfortunately, I've not smelled anything burning during a spin class ever since, which leads me to believe I was either feeling pretty good that day, or some kind of anomaly in the flywheel/friction assembly of that particular bike was causing the smell.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has ever observed this phenomenon?