Spin Class -- Now With Training Wheels?

Spotted in the Slope on 6th Ave and 5th Street:

Feel the burn...

Seriously? 

Some poor kid lives just three blocks from one of the nicest parks in NYC and his/her parents decide that the best cycling option is a stationary bike?  No wonder this thing ended up on the street.

Note to unbelievably lame parents: buy your kiddo a real bike, yo.