Are you sure you don't pop into Halfords - on the pretense of using your forum card - just to have a look, and sniff, of all of those bikes on display?
I actually think it's a great idea. A good temporary solution, until the country has made the necessary changes to facilitate safe cycling on the UK's crowded roads.
wfh = work from home. cycle training is laps around a nearby industrial estate interspersed with running (10km bike, 1km run, 10km bike, 1km run). although i do the odd 2hr spin session, I tend to not like it as much as it plays hell with the auld biffon.