The altercation occurred at an Equinox fitness club on the Upper East Side in August. Mr. Sugarman, a 49-year-old senior partner at an investment firm, was yelling things like “You go, girl!” and “Good burn!” in spin class, and Mr. Carter could not take it anymore. He twice asked the instructors to get Mr. Sugarman to quiet down, according to trial testimony. But after Mr. Sugarman continued, harsh words were exchanged.
Mr. Carter, 45, a stockbroker, stormed over to Mr. Sugarman’s bike and lifted it, crashing the back of it into a wall, witnesses said. Mr. Sugarman said the force of the bike dropping to the ground caused a herniated disc in his neck.
Of course, there’s only ONE real way to settle this:
Spinout at high noon. Two men, two bikes, in the middle of Fifth Avenue.
this is why i don’t go to the gym.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pmthis is why i DO go to the gym! theres no better workout than throwing people who attend spinning classes around.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:01 pmIt couldn’t be a sillier name, though. Fer gosh sakes’, grown men talking about “spinning.”
June 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pmCandy, I just can’t stop giggling:
“Spinout at high noon. Two men, two bikes, in the middle of Fifth Avenue.”
How about a best of three tourney: one on Wall Street, one on Park Avenue in Midtown - most of the investment banks are in that area and then a finale in Harlem judged by Mo’nique?
June 5th, 2008 at 6:32 pmI agree with Brit Bit… the story was funny enough, but then you just had to go and make me burst out laughing with that “spinout at high noon” idea, Candy. You’re freaking hilarious.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:11 pm