I like to ride my bicycle

Its just to dark in the evenings to go cycling. And whilst I am working away I don’t get my daily stroll to the office. So, to combat the ever expanding waist I invested in an exercise cycle. On the plus side it was very cheap. On the minus side its designed for dwarves & I smack my knees repeatedly on the handlebars whenever I use it. You can set the friction to 0 or 100%. Unfortunately, there’s nothing in between. This means that either your legs whiz round at a frantic pace getting ever more scabby, or its rather like trying to cycle up the side of a mountain, but without the option of getting off & pushing. I suspect this evil device will shortly make a one way trip to the garage & never be seen again. Still, I sweated quite a lot putting it together, so its done me some good.