Average experience — good sport, mediocre gym

I want to separate the sport from my specific experience. Cycling as a discipline is genuinely compelling — the cadence over gear, the depth of FTP, the freedom of long endurance rides. All of that is real and valuable.

My gym, however, has been mediocre. Coaching quality varies session to session and expensive initial gear investment has been handled poorly. I've seen people get hurt because progression was rushed. If I were starting over I'd research gym culture more carefully before committing. The sport gets four stars; my current gym gets two. This review averages to three.