Any Peloton bike users here?
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On a more practical level I have a question for Peloton bike users. The Peloton website states their bike needs to be placed in a room with a minimum headroom of 2500mm. Sounds quite high. Most houses are barely that large - many don’t get anywhere near it. Is 2500mm minimum about right?
scenario8 said:
On a more practical level I have a question for Peloton bike users. The Peloton website states their bike needs to be placed in a room with a minimum headroom of 2500mm. Sounds quite high. Most houses are barely that large - many don’t get anywhere near it. Is 2500mm minimum about right?
170mm cranks X 2 if you balance on the top one with them vertical, 10cm floor clearance, 180cm tall person standing bang upright = 224 cmI think if you tried really hard you could just about brush your head on the celling but would probably fall off and kill yourself in the process!
My 10 year old house has 230cm high ceiling downstairs, I've never been worried about hitting them when using a turbotrainer.
Apple, Disney and Sony are leading buyers apparently
The article goes on to say:
“Setting out its plans to cut costs on Tuesday, Peloton said along with worker cuts, around 20% of its corporate staff would made redundant.
The company also said it was "winding down" the development of the Peloton Output Park - a factory in Ohio where it had hoped to make its exercise equipment and create 2,000 jobs. Shelving the plant will cost $60m.”
“Peloton reported its "connected fitness" subscriptions in the second quarter of its financial year grew by 66% from a year earlier, while its paid digital members rose 38%. Total revenue in the quarter grew 6% to $1.1bn.
The company, which previously expected sales of $4.4bn to $4.8bn this financial year, has revised down its forecast to $3.7bn to $3.8bn.“
Peloton CEO and Co-Founder 'steps down' and 2,800 job losses announced.
New CEO is an ex-CFO so the accountants are now in charge!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60301936
New CEO is an ex-CFO so the accountants are now in charge!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60301936
bbc said:
one of Peloton's biggest investors doubled down on its calls for the company to be sold.
Amazon, Nike and Apple are rumoured to be interested in bidding for the firm.
Apple seems a good fit to take it over.Amazon, Nike and Apple are rumoured to be interested in bidding for the firm.
Edited by hyphen on Tuesday 8th February 17:22
z4RRSchris said:
it’s not an apple product, it’s terrible tech and a pretty embarrassing product when compared to competitors hardware from wahoo and zwift.
apple arnt going to buy a company just for the users
They would be buying a brand (same as Beats by Dre) rather than users. The Peloton brand is with wealthy consumers, as is the Apple brand. Most Pelotons users probably have an iPhone.apple arnt going to buy a company just for the users
There is synergy between the products. They could link Apple Watch to Pelotons, and merge Apple Fitness+ with Pelotons vids. Apple OS on Peloton screen and you can video call as you pedal.
Edited by hyphen on Saturday 12th February 13:18
Does anyone actually video call whilst exercising?
Beats is a good analogy as it's the same type demographic but Peloton only have 3 million core subscribers of which most will be already ivested in the apple ecosystem.
Looking at the quarterly results the monthly exercises per user has dropped from a peak of 26 last year to 15.5 now which is a massive drop and may be pointing towards Peloton being a fad.
Quite a few people who gelled with the system will also be moving over to Zwift and a turbo trainer/Watt Bike Atom rather than upgrading their Peloton hardware from Gen 1/2 to 3.
Beats is a good analogy as it's the same type demographic but Peloton only have 3 million core subscribers of which most will be already ivested in the apple ecosystem.
Looking at the quarterly results the monthly exercises per user has dropped from a peak of 26 last year to 15.5 now which is a massive drop and may be pointing towards Peloton being a fad.
Quite a few people who gelled with the system will also be moving over to Zwift and a turbo trainer/Watt Bike Atom rather than upgrading their Peloton hardware from Gen 1/2 to 3.
z4RRSchris said:
zero chance of apple buying it.
it’s going to zero, will be taught in business classes as a great example of the tech boom fad alongside wework.
hype and marketing, no real product, massively loss making, going to zero.
Do you have one?it’s going to zero, will be taught in business classes as a great example of the tech boom fad alongside wework.
hype and marketing, no real product, massively loss making, going to zero.
I got mine last year…. It’s perfect for what i need and is cheaper and more convenient than a gym membership. The classes are perfect for my needs and I do 15-25 rides a month.
Zwift? I dont have a road bike so would need to buy one. The i’d need the turbo bit to go with it… so i’m looking at £1k for all that.
If i already have a road bike, i’m never going to be a peleton subscriber…
For Apple, they would have an immediate subscriber base to a new product, the brand and the ability to cross sell more stuff and put iOS on the platform…
Dont forget Peleton is not just a bike, it’s running, weights, yoga, pilates, mindfulness, meditation… and lots of variations of each. It’s on Sky, on your phone, on the web, not just on a bike screen!
z4RRSchris said:
zero chance of apple buying it.
it’s going to zero, will be taught in business classes as a great example of the tech boom fad alongside wework.
hype and marketing, no real product, massively loss making, going to zero.
Do you have one?it’s going to zero, will be taught in business classes as a great example of the tech boom fad alongside wework.
hype and marketing, no real product, massively loss making, going to zero.
I got mine last year…. It’s perfect for what i need and is cheaper and more convenient than a gym membership. The classes are perfect for my needs and I do 15-25 rides a month.
Zwift? I dont have a road bike so would need to buy one. The i’d need the turbo bit to go with it… so i’m looking at £1k for all that.
If i already have a road bike, i’m never going to be a peleton subscriber… if i’m a peleton subscriber i probably have no desire to ride a bike outside.
For Apple, they would have an immediate subscriber base to a new product, the brand and the ability to cross sell more stuff and put iOS on the platform…
Dont forget Peleton is not just a bike, it’s running, weights, yoga, pilates, mindfulness, meditation… and lots of variations of each. It’s on Sky, on your phone, on the web, not just on a bike screen!
Edited by super7 on Saturday 12th February 14:26
Edited by super7 on Saturday 12th February 14:27
super7 said:
Dont forget Peleton is not just a bike, it’s running, weights, yoga, pilates, mindfulness, meditation… and lots of variations of each. It’s on Sky, on your phone, on the web, not just on a bike screen!
Apple Fitness already has all this covered and I reckon they’d have done it already if they were interested in introducing cycling, rowing, treadmills etc. It just doesn’t feel like an Apple product and The Peloton bike appears to be a million miles from the cutting edge tech image that Apple likes to project. I think it’s more likely that Apple will expand integration with third party equipment manufacturers. Kind of like CarPlay for fitness machines.
Edited by benny.c on Saturday 12th February 20:05
z4RRSchris said:
zero chance of apple buying it.
it’s going to zero, will be taught in business classes as a great example of the tech boom fad alongside wework.
hype and marketing, no real product, massively loss making, going to zero.
You are joking aren't you. Sticking your road bike on random branded turbos and than faffing with variable hardware is about as far away from the Apple user experience as you can get.it’s going to zero, will be taught in business classes as a great example of the tech boom fad alongside wework.
hype and marketing, no real product, massively loss making, going to zero.
Peloton is as close to the Apple 'experience' as you can get with exercise products. We were just chatting about this, if Apple bought Peloton and forced Apple hardware integration we would almost certainly ditch our Samsung smart phones and go back to the iPhone.
If anything Peloton has been a master class is attracting people with money to waste and than building brand loyalty. The company clearly hasn't been run well, but the product they offer is fantastic.
I've recently started to do all their none bike stuff as well, and to say am 'addicted' to their exercise programs wouldn't be far off.
benny.c said:
It just doesn’t feel like an Apple product and The Peloton bike appears to be a million miles from the cutting edge tech image that Apple likes to project.
Have you guys actually used/owned Apple products, if you want 'cutting edge' tech Apple is the last brand you would buy. Android and PC offers far more advanced hardware and customisation.Apple's success is user interface and tight integration. There are really clear things you can and cannot do with any Apple product, its a beautiful walled garden but its still a garden compared to the rest of tech world. I eventually had enough of it and left, but now essentially replicating the same experience with Samsung. It turns out Apples approach wasn't that bad at all
.Pelotons user experience replicates what Apple had done, that's not an accident. Zwift and co is the PC/Android in this comparison.
a peloton bike is an 80’s spin bike with a screen. manual adjust! if apple were to build a health bike i would expect it to have the features of a wahoo kickr bike / wattbike , but be beautifully packaged. but they are not really in the health hardware game at all.
the app is good, but why pay £9bn to buy out an app which is just online fitness classes? they can replicate that very easily and push it to every apple health user. apple have sold 100m apple watches…
the app is good, but why pay £9bn to buy out an app which is just online fitness classes? they can replicate that very easily and push it to every apple health user. apple have sold 100m apple watches…
gangzoom said:
Have you guys actually used/owned Apple products, if you want 'cutting edge' tech Apple is the last brand you would buy. Android and PC offers far more advanced hardware and customisation.
Yeah, loads of Apple gear in our house and that’s why I said “like to project”. Apple doesn’t tend to innovate but rather concentrate on making tech useable for anybody whilst looking pretty. And that’s why a Peloton bike wouldn’t interest them. Can you imagine a row of crapy looking Peloton bikes lined up in an Apple store? Never going to happen. I can imagine the Wattbike or Kickr above hooked up to an ipad with Apple Fitness+ spin classes though. I’m not saying Peloton is a bad product because it clearly works for many people, but I just don’t see Apple doing the equipment side of things. They don’t stray far from their core products and a spin bike would be a massive departure for them.
Edited by benny.c on Saturday 12th February 22:48
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