Well, it may not have been a recumbent bike, as I think there are different style exercise bikes that are used for spinning classes in gyms (I’ve never been to a spinning class personally, can you tell?), but a man claims that he was assaulted while he was on his spinning bike in a spinning class in a gym in Manhattan by another gym patron.

He claims that the other patron, another male, picked him up on his bike, and threw him against a wall, injuring his back and causing a minor concussion. He also claims that no one, including gym personnel called 911 for the man, nor did they come to his assistance when the other customer allegedly assailed him. These kinds of stories do make you wonder, did this person do something that horrendous that no one would help them, or were people just not privy to the situation?

I would think that with a spinning class, there would have been several onlookers to the incident, so the fact that no one called an ambulance or came to this man’s aid is disturbing, at best. I just read another story today in the paper about how a woman in Minnesota was assaulted (sexually) in a hallway of an apartment complex, with security footage clearly showing several witnesses who did nothing.

No one called the police or an ambulance. This is really humanity at it’s worst, or a terrible, terrible misunderstanding. I don’t know how you could not do something or come to someone’s aid who was so clearly being hurt, but it happens a lot more than we care to acknowledge I guess. This is also another good reason to invest in some home exercise equipment, so you can exercise in the safety and comfort of your own home. Plus, if you’re a private person like me, you can enjoy working out in the privacy of your own home.

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