pelton ever go on sale?

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Anonymous wrote:This past weekend is a great advertisement for Pelaton. If you tried to do a 20 mile ride on Saturday, you'd probably have a heart attack.

The Pelaton is popular because of CONVENIENCE. Parents of small kids, busy working professionals - these are the key Pelaton demographics.

I rode 23 miles on Saturday. In the evening, and with plenty of water.


I bike commute so it fits in my work schedule. And I know parents of small kids who take their kids out in the Burley.

Look its fine you prefer your peleton - but the refrain that parents of small kids can't bike, that busy people can't bike, is harmful (and gets in the way when we try to make it SAFER to bike)

LOL, the smugness of Trump pretty much sums up the 23miler

Except Trump lies about easily checked things.

I was correcting a falsehood.

BTW, I was not the only rider out on Saturday. I rode with a group, and in the morning, when I did not ride, I saw some people out riding (I do not know how far).

We constantly hear "you can't ride in the snow or cold" "you can't ride in the rain" "you can't ride in the heat" "you can't ride with young kids"

All are false. There are undoubtedly good reasons to choose indoor exercise (you do not have to LIKE riding in cold, heat, etc, you may not want to invest in a Burley, etc) but falsehoods are still falsehoods.

You really have to stop. Something can be true and not be feasible. I say this as someone who ran through the streets of Arlington post-Snowmageddon.

statements are true or false.

Actions are feasible or not.

My statements were true, and the claim that one cannot ride in heat or in cold are false.

It is feasible for me, and many people I know, and many people I see, to ride in heat and cold. Obviously not feasible for everyone. And some for whom it is feasible prefer not to, which is their right. If you want to buy a peloton (tm) apparatus, be my guest.

But if you want to ride outdoors in greater DC, don't be deterred because someone else tells you its not "feasible" in any particular weather. Or that it cannot be done with kids.

JFC, are you this pedantic in real life? Good grief.

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Can we please get back to ogling Denis?

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Anonymous wrote:This past weekend is a great advertisement for Pelaton. If you tried to do a 20 mile ride on Saturday, you'd probably have a heart attack.

The Pelaton is popular because of CONVENIENCE. Parents of small kids, busy working professionals - these are the key Pelaton demographics.

I rode 23 miles on Saturday. In the evening, and with plenty of water.


I bike commute so it fits in my work schedule. And I know parents of small kids who take their kids out in the Burley.

Look its fine you prefer your peleton - but the refrain that parents of small kids can't bike, that busy people can't bike, is harmful (and gets in the way when we try to make it SAFER to bike)

Sure, happy to support, and I assume you are all for getting bikers to actually follow road rules instead of being jerks on the roads around NoVA. The gangs of cyclists that ignore lights, stop signs, and get pissed when cars are on roads aren't doing your push to make things safer any favors.

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Sure, happy to support, and I assume you are all for getting bikers to actually follow road rules instead of being jerks on the roads around NoVA. The gangs of cyclists that ignore lights, stop signs, and get pissed when cars are on roads aren't doing your push to make things safer any favors.

When biking is safer, cyclists are more law abiding. This has been shown in Europe, IIUC.

Part of that is that when biking is unsafe, the more cautious people won't bike - making biking safer changes the mix of who rides.

But it's also because a lot of times when cyclists commit a technical infraction, its actually for their own safety.

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20028922/cyclists-break-the-law-to-stay-safe-study-finds/

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Anonymous wrote:Don't understand the Peleton fad. Why bike in place when you can really sweat riding outside?

Don't mess with these peleton fans. They are nuts.

A colleague of mine was talking about how good he is on peleton. He knows I bike outside a lot (about 70 - 100 miles a week) and was talking trash one day about how much he rides. I challenged him to a 20 mile ride I do a few times a week and actually gave him my better bike to ride along. He finished 20 minutes behind me and breathing heavy. Its a fad and will go away just like the others.

I hope not!! I’m not a cyclist and have no desire to be but the Peloton has been amazing for me! I was always a big runner and needed to lessen. Anyway, it’s made a huge difference in that I now really enjoy cycling around with my kids and the hills don’t bother me hardly at all!

However, I would never pretend that I’m the same as the outdoor cyclist ( in their gear) all over the place on weekends.

It’s fun, effective, safe and I can do at 4:30 or 5 before work. Really a life changer for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't understand the Peleton fad. Why bike in place when you can really sweat riding outside?

Don't mess with these peleton fans. They are nuts.

A colleague of mine was talking about how good he is on peleton. He knows I bike outside a lot (about 70 - 100 miles a week) and was talking trash one day about how much he rides. I challenged him to a 20 mile ride I do a few times a week and actually gave him my better bike to ride along. He finished 20 minutes behind me and breathing heavy. Its a fad and will go away just like the others.

Are you in DC? If so, where do you ride? It's very hard in DC to find a place to ride outside where you can ride at speed for an extended period of time. I personally find riding outside to be easier than the Peloton because there are usually downhills and coasting. There's also a good chance that your friend didn't know how to change gears correctly, which makes riding outside harder than it needs to be. And if your friend is a big guy, there's a chance he's relying a lot on his size to dominate on the Peloton (leaderboard is based on total power, not power ratio), but size is not his friend on a real bike.

Peloton is the toughest cardio I've ever done. I ran the fastest 10-miler of my career while training almost exclusively on the Peloton. (I ran once a week.)

LOL

Why did you “LOL” at this poster. Sounds like she/he used Peloton to get fit/stay fit/ or prepare for a race and it worked. Why would that be funny? I believe them. I already posted it has gotten me in great shape, I still run but no longer every day, I more often than not now jump on my bike for a quick run to store, hills hardly register, I bug my kids to go with them occasionally, stairs at work are so easy now. I was already Someone who ran 5 miles 4-5x a week and 8-10 on weekends. There is something to Peloton. I’m happy for that poster.