I Have the Peloton Bike and absolutely
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.
Worth every penny. I have probably already gotten my money's worth out of it. I still do other exercise. I participate in the Power Zone Challenges (so it's perfect for me). More on the lines of Spinervals or endurance training. I used the app for awhile, but I love the metrics ON screen for me. I like seeing measurable changes in my fitness. I like seeing when I'm in the right zone and what I have to reach for. I'm a numbers person, so the on screen metrics are my friend!! I know people who pay much, much more for their road bikes. Is it overpriced? Maybe, but I went spin bike shopping before I bought the Peloton. I'm a Clydesdale, I wanted to test them all out, have dh watch me. Since I was already using the app, I knew what the classes were like. Dh watched to see how the different spin bikes handled beneath my weight. He also knows how I can wear out exercise equipment. (I DESTROYED 2 treadmills. . .really destroyed). I wanted to save my road bike (I used that on the trainer with a heart rate monitor with the app.)
Yes ... the app is only $12.99 (reduced - for now) and I was paying $19.99. There are sooooooooooooo many classes. NOT JUST spin bike. They have meditation, yoga, weight, treadmill, spin, cardio, kickboxing, outdoor audio. All available for the monthly fee. Yes. the monthly fee on the bike is $39.99. That's because you can have as many people on the account as you want (they may have changed that ... but that's what it was). So if you have a household of 5 people using the bike/ you each have sign ons. AND it saves all your stuff. So, then it's economical. Sadly, those who only have 1 or 2 people using the account, the app is cheaper. It is something I had to get over. I did. Gladly. Sort of. But I just don't think about it!
I was pricing out Landice treadmills last year (and got one straight from the factory, end of year clearance sale, built for me so it was 1/2 price) ... But they want $4k and up for their treadmills ... so it's all relative.
If one enjoys it (and I do) and they are willing to pay to use it (I do ...) and love cycling (I do ...) The won't go wrong with this. The community (when you find your niche) is
unbelievably supportive and wonderful. I belong to several groups. I have traveled to PA to meet with one of my instructors and I adore her (think of meeting video instructors ...just star struck). Maybe it is cult like. People could/do say the same of VFers. I don't care. I TOTALLY and thoroughly enjoy it.
My Powerzone challenges are 8 weeks long, 5 rides plus an extra credit ride per week. So that's 6 rides (minimum) per week. I often double up and do extra for fun rides. I've done a Pelofondo (which was 121 miles on the Peloton). Yep ... Call me crazy. Told ya I drank the Kool aid.
And high 5s during the workout? I know it sounds tacky, but sometimes, when I'm near death? Those high 5s are the things that get me through. And to the finish line. I have laughed on the bike, I have cried (yes! seriously) ... I have improved. I've had good days and bad days, but I am on my 49th week streak of using it ... so I can't complain.
As for the commercial? I don't get it - maybe cuz I am a peloton owner. I loved it. There's a truncated version and the long version. But as I am the one who rolls over at 3 a.m. and debates whether to get up and ride or if I should wait till 4 or 5 a.m. ... I get where she's coming from. I never thought it was condescending or fat shaming or anything. I thought it was all about the bike. But ... people will read into it with their own thoughts. And the blogging about it? You know how many riders do that on Instagram ??? It's just how it is .... and yeah .. i've been known to post a pic or two in my group as well (along with my graphs) Cuz I"M DANG proud of it ....
So there you have it. I have one, I love it. and as a long distance cyclist, I do think it helps with training. I don't have time to get outside to ride, not the distances and time I would like to. I don't have access to a gym (That's convenient and fits into my life/budget/ time, etc.) ... and I would have to find an instructor I LIKE with a time slot I LIKE. Probably not going to happen. 30 minutes to the gym, a class, 30 minutes home. Yeah ... No. I'll get up at 3 a.m. and hop on my bike and ride for a class or 2 or 3 or 4 ... and high 5 with all my friends. or at 10 pm. or the middle of the day ... or whenever I feel like it, cuz it's just in the other room!
Life is good ....
I'm babbling.
Cleda