A Good Bike Is Hard to Find

So I didn’t need my HMSA Healthpass appointment to tell me what my tight pants was already screaming, I can afford to lose a pound or two… or 15.  To help with this and boost up my good cholesterol levels, more cardio exercising is in order.

With space at a premium in my home gym aka the garage, I wanted a small footprint so decided to get an upright exercise bike.  Now finding one in Hawaii isn’t as easy as you’d think.  I started at Sports Authority which luckily had a sale on all exercise equipment.  But no luck, they’ve been out of stock of top-rated Schwinn uprights for some time.  Well, the huge Ward location has been out of stock as well as the Waikele location.

Sears didn’t carry the Schwinns either and while available online at sears.com, shipping to Hawaii was killer.  Same for Sports Authority online.  Amazon doesn’t even ship these items to Hawaii or Alaska.  Fortunately, the Kapolei Sports Authority did have a Schwinn upright in stock.  It wasn’t the 140 model as I hoped, but the similar 120.  Good enough since I don’t think you can even get the Schwinn 140 anywhere in Hawaii.  A good bike is hard to find.