Peloton

[TaylorMomsen]

It's a catch 22 situation, recalling all the equipment (I think it's the large us treadmill that's the model affected) and admitting a flaw would be so costly. But saying the equipment is fine and blaming parents who's children have been hurt (and in one case killed) seems callus.

I couldn't work in PR I'd be like WHY ON EARTH HAVE YOU GOT YOUR WORKOUT EQUIPMENT THAT SAYS KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN IN A ROOM THAT LOOKS LIKE A PLAYROOM?! They won't be able to win either way with how they approach this!

Why would you let your children play on something that specifically says don't let children near it? I know kids can be uncontrollable, but take extra precautions, from a Peloton group I'm in people even put playpens around their bike / tread to keep kids away.

People need to take responsibility for their actions, they've been given all of the warning, told the guidelines it's on them if something happens. They can't go blaming a company because they couldn't be arsed using something how the guidelines say, especially something that can cause injury.

I wanted the tread but my cat has run of the house and it says not to let pets near it so I'm not getting it.

Editing to add - just been reading up on the Peloton tread and it's safety features to stop things like this happening. It has a safety key that has to be inserted for the tread to start, and you are told when it isn't in use to unplug it fully from the mains, and remove the safety key and keep out of reach of children.

 

[Caw1982]

Have you seen the video giving Leanne presents? Rick Astley tickets. It’s so weird. I like Leanne. but it’s odd, so, so odd the people thinking she’s their friend. Or desperate to be her friend. Hate to upset you huns, she probably could get VIP for free if her management made a call. Peloton really does have an strange inner cult. Are we odd just doing a class and moving on?

 

[Stringyone]

Highly recommend Sam’s New Years Day recovery ride

 

[muffinheeler]

What an awful year she was dealt last year. I can't even imagine how tough it was at times. I'm really glad she seems to have a good prognosis, and it's always a timely reminder to check ones boobs!

 

[Notheretocomment25]

Anyone else think it’s a bit pathetic and quite sad that fully grown ass adults think they own the instructor and are their best friend if they’re a fan page group admin? Some of these people are absolutely embarrassing, don’t get me started on that woman Milly who tags every instructor in every thing she does. Make a coffee, tag an instructor. Go shopping, tag an instructor… like get a grip! Heard a few people say she’s weird and she goes from group to group because she gets excluded from things with her annoying behaviour.

My husband and I love the bike and have both visited the studio once but those with this obsession are really embarrassing themselves on the internet and clearly don’t have anything in their lives

The Roses Rebel's group are getting Bradley and his wife an afternoon tea at the Ritz for his birthday

 

[queenamber]

Hit me with your best spin instructors.

I'm a diehard Ben fan. No nonsense, still encouraging, and his dance and EDM playlists are my favourite!

 

[queenamber]

This language about people "beating" cancer needs to fucking end. As if the people who died weren't strong enough or worthy of being proud of. Sorry Ben rant over

 

[Caw1982]

Yes and the 'I'm having my kitchen done out should I get grooves next to the sink' alongside a photo of their ridiculously huge house.

Hi guys the estate agent has taken these pictures of my 10 million pound house. I don't think they look great. Thoughts...
Waits for incoming 'oh my god that's amazing' comments

 

[LittleMissOnions]

I started doing more of the strength classes combined with Lane Break just to get away from all the fan hysteria, the London studio is going to be closed for 6 weeks this summer, god knows what all those groupies are going to do then, may be go on holiday….somewhere without a bike tho, don’t get me started on those posts about finding out your hotel/cruise ship has a bike!

 

[Caw1982]

You know what.
Please tell me it's not just me.
Joined some of the FB sites.
Christ on a bike (there's a pun in there somewhere)
1000 output a class brag. 100 classes a day brag I've done a zillion classes this week dick swinging.
It stressed me and ruined my mindset for a month. I've always exercised all my life. I've always enjoyed the good and probably some down right naughty of life. For me it balance.
But the competition. Even on Pelaton ladies who had the most expensive bag, is my 1.2 million house priced right etc. It's drained me.
I like the motivation of badges and shit but it gets a bit too much and I think I need to go back to me, myself and I.
God I've bored myself abit there

 

[Vixen88]

Also, isn’t he a cancer survivor too? Not that that makes someone ‘nice’ but it increases my respect level for them and their journey x

He’s had a stroke.

He’s probably my favourite and I find him easier that most others. I like a lot of his music, particularly anything indie rock. He can maybe try a bit hard, and sometimes you can tell he doesn’t know the words to songs he’s trying to sing along to. But I do like him.

I joined his FB fan page for a couple of days and they all seemed like right nutters, proper obsessed. I left pretty quick. There’s one woman on there and that he’s shared in stories, that posts exactly the same post ride selfie all the time, crazed expression hand on hip and waist band of leggings rolled down dubiously low. Like her whole IG grid is the same.

Curious what the drama in Hannah’s group was. I really enjoy my bike and the app, but some people are completely obsessed.

 

[TaylorMomsen]

I've got a feeling Daniel was let go due to his injuries / sickness record
He'd only been there just over a year and had only done classes for six months out of 12
There was some creepy obsessive fans on reddit posting his every move, who he was out with, judging his dates
I loved his classes for the pure fun

Reddit is also speculating on it being due to his right wing, anti vax, transphobic likes on his twitter account

 

[jaymie]

Went to soul cycle a few days ago, I hated it. It is so overhyped and cringe.
Instructor doesn’t really cue resistance, so newbie might be up the saddle on a very low resistance therefore injuring themselves. I find it so cringy with all the chest press and hand press. There is no form, so you get people who do it on a very bad form. No cue from the instructor either.
Instructor jumped down from the bike and Dane. Nah, I will stick with Peloton. love ya peloton

 

[TaylorMomsen]

Update to my last post - Tread got delivered last Thursday and I'm already addicted - may have done 14.9km over the weekend...

 

[Sw4]

This. We have one ordered during lock down came9 weeks later worth waiting for-told absolutely no one except my parents-do a class most days at nap time -or bed time -the quality of classes music instructors community has really surprised and impressed me. I understand what people say about status showing off that's probably definitely been the reason I've not told anyone but it enriches my days and I feel I'm getting quality equipment even down to delivery and set up customer care etc and I am right now beyond grateful to have it x

Glad there's some fellow Peletoners on here! My biggest regret is not ordering it earlier as by the time it came, peak lockdown was over.

I don't have kids yet but can definitely see how great it would be for nap time etc, doesn't matter how much of a state you look and no need to go anywhere just a quick 20 min blast and you're done.

 

[LittleMissOnions]

I feel a bit sorry for the instructors that don't receive the grand gestures - I'm in a group for one of the German instructors and for their birthday the group just organised a video and printed book full of messages from their regular riders! But actually I think they probably appreciated it more, I don't think the instructors do too badly salary-wise so suspect some of them would feel uncomfortable with a big spend and anyway it's pretty obvious that some of the group admins are trying to buy their "friendship". I wonder if the instructors have a private chat group to bitch about all the weird fans?

When that Irish bloke sued Peloton it was confirmed that he was on a $260k salary and he wasn’t one of their main instructors so I think we can safely assume all the UK ones earn six figure salaries and that’s before all their personal deals, so a gift of some theatre tickets and tea at the Ritz is just a drop in the ocean to someone like Bradley I would guess.

I would like to think they have a sense of humour and can laugh at all the nutters!

 

[Vixen88]

Same, with that UK Ladies group. A lot of showing off with their ‘how do I better sell my million pound house’, legal advice for their rental properties, ‘I’m about to go on my third skiing trip this year...’. And then a load of ‘where is Holly Willoughby’s dress from?’ And should I buy an air fryer or chocolate velvetiser?
Honestly don’t know why I’m still on there.

 

[Roisin Dubh]

I have a Peloton and absolutely love it. I agree it is expensive compared to others, but you can do interest free payments of 50 quid for 39 months for the bike (total 1950) plus the 39 quid for the app. Comes to just under 90 quid a month but split between me and my husband that's 45 each which is a reasonable gym membership price IMO. Also this isn't just for a spin class... More on this later.

Now I am never the type to go for luxury brands or status symbols. I don't even own a designer bag or watch, can't understand why people would spend hundreds on shoes. Hate those who measure their own worth and others by how much designer shit they own.

But the Peloton really does seem to be a cut above the rest. We did SO much research-believe me my husband spent ages watching YouTube videos and reviews etc as did I. We almost went for the wattbike or nordic track instead and were going to just use the Peloton app (which is only 12.99 without the bike).

However I have never ever treated myself to anything premium or 'top of the range' before and after speaking to a couple of people who have the Peloton we just went for it. Initially its a 30 day trial anyway so if you decide its not worth it you can send the bike back.

I don't regret it at all. Firstly the bike looks amazing, it's so sleek and streamlined. Stream quality is amazing. The bike just feels good, much better than any spin bike I have been on, and I've been on a lot! But also the class quality is amazing, there's so many different instructors and class types to suit everyone. Plus if you used this app on another bike you wouldn't get the metrics show up on screen which is personally what pushes me to go further and improve upon every time I ride. It also shows you on a leader board against every other person in the world who has done that particular ride so its good for friendly competition etc.

Also the app isn't just spin classes. There's yoga, strength, cardio, running, bootcamp, stretching and they've just introduced barre (I'm hoping pilates is next!) Also bike bootcamp which is where you spend part of a class on the bike and part of the class in the floor with weights. Again all really good quality classes with decent music. If you have a few weights and a mat at home you're all set. Les Mills pales in comparison, I found this app horrendously cheesy, outdated and most of the music is awful cover songs.

Finally there's also a massive 'Peloton community' which isn't really my thing but there's Facebook groups and forums you can join where you all decide to ride together at a certain time etc. Plus lots of support, people have made friendships etc.

I must just sound like I work for Peloton but I genuinely love it and it's been worth it for me.

You sound super happy with your purchase and I think nowadays it’s a matter of whatever gets you through this bizarre year I’m in Ireland so we can’t get the peloton bike here yet!

I mentioned this already but just to elaborate a bit more, I use an app called Studio Sweat which has everything you listed as part of the Peloton app but it also has Pilates, kickboxing, Bosu classes and a few more things; they even have kids and teenager classes on there now. Music is decent and trainers are good. ‘Boy band and spin’ is my guilty pleasure My renewal for the year was $60. I bought a Wahoo cadence sensor for my spin bike for £30 which appears on my iPad screen. The only thing I don’t have vs a peloton bike is the resistance on screen, I have to guess this, but there are numerous threads on reddit Etc where people have worked it out. But I don’t really mind that. I think I have a good(and affordable) alternative set up, so I’m just posting this info in case it is of interest to anybody else(or of interest to somebody based in Ireland like me). Looking forward to getting some early morning sessions in now that the mornings are getting too dark to get outside

 

[LittleMissOnions]

Are we odd just doing a class and moving on?

For me it’s more like ignore the bike for days, feel guilty, spend even more time searching for a class without members in the studio whooping, eventually settle on one with a instructor who won’t call me darling and then get my arse on it. usually I end up on a lane break!

Feel great after tho, I do really rate the system but not so great I want to buy the instructor some personalised dog biscuits (looking at all you Roses Rebels weirdos)

 

[TaylorMomsen]

Hit me with your best spin instructors.

Kendall if you want to die
Olivia if you want to die harder
Cody for laughs and slightly less hard
Bradley for deceivingly hard
Jess King for steady, hard, sustained efforts
Denis if you want barely any talking and to just enjoy the music
Camila for death!

Edit - I forgot Matt Wilpers! He's my little fave on both tread and bike, just a good little attitude and an amazing coach, I love him. Plus his playlists are wild, anything from like classical to death metal can be on the same one! He just loves life