Peloton Out of Business?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t criticize peloton or all the wackos will come out and bite you PP

I am totally in the peloton cult, full disclosure, but in my opinion on this thread you have people actively poking the peloton community (i mean seriously stationary bike workouts are not new and its ridiculous to call it 'trash' unless you're trying to provoke a response).

I also think a lot of 'fit' people like to call peloton crap (and I think someone in this thread said it was for 'overweight female heffers' which like, super classy right there!) because they think it isn't like, 'real exercise'. Because they have devoted their life to a definition of fitness and exercise that involves a lot of lifting, a lot of hours at the gym, a lot of work. And they resent a bunch of normal people claiming they have achieved 'fitness' when what those people have achieved is not the fitness that they would consider successful.

It is very like, gym elitism IMO. Which is funny, because they think peloton riders are elitist, but they are the ones gatekeeping what 'effective exercise' means.

IMO, the peloton is just the scapegoat for this overall feeling. Lame loser people who are riding a bike (or running on a treadmill, or taking tae bo classes on a VHS tape) don't REALLY care about fitness until they are in the gym, lifting heavy and tracking their macros. And honestly I think those are garbage people who are doing nothing but limiting the number of people who will try to achieve C level or B level fitness while accepting that they will never be at A or A+ level fitness and they're FINE with it.

Well said!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Apple is going to buy them

Apple will not buy this trash. Give me a break

You should tell us all about how beach body, apple fitness, and iFit are comparable when they are not. Have you even attempted to watch their content?

It’s like Wish - garbage knock offs. That’s the garbage.

Different strokes for different folks. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's a "garbage knock off". iFit has been around forever, it's just changed. I had iFit on my treadmill 15 years ago - it was not live or even remotely similar to what they do now, but I could buy little cards and it would automatically adjust the speed and incline of my treadmill and had a "coach" that would talk through the run. I actually used that a lot, I loved that it adjusted. Similarly, my husband almost bought a Peloton 10+ years ago when it was targeting real cyclists, they would advertise during the Tour de France, Vuelta, and similar races, and then when the spinning trend got popular, they hopped on that bandwagon and the rest is history!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Apple is going to buy them

Apple will not buy this trash. Give me a break

You should tell us all about how beach body, apple fitness, and iFit are comparable when they are not. Have you even attempted to watch their content?

It’s like Wish - garbage knock offs. That’s the garbage.

Different strokes for different folks. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's a "garbage knock off". iFit has been around forever, it's just changed. I had iFit on my treadmill 15 years ago - it was not live or even remotely similar to what they do now, but I could buy little cards and it would automatically adjust the speed and incline of my treadmill and had a "coach" that would talk through the run. I actually used that a lot, I loved that it adjusted. Similarly, my husband almost bought a Peloton 10+ years ago when it was targeting real cyclists, they would advertise during the Tour de France, Vuelta, and similar races, and then when the spinning trend got popular, they hopped on that bandwagon and the rest is history!

To clarify, I am NOT the person who said Peloton is trash. I disagree with them. Everyone I know that has one LOVES it, I just don't like spinning and really, really don't like the whole leaderboard, calling out names during class, etc... part of it. That's just my own personal hangup though, LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Apple is going to buy them

Apple will not buy this trash. Give me a break

You should tell us all about how beach body, apple fitness, and iFit are comparable when they are not. Have you even attempted to watch their content?

It’s like Wish - garbage knock offs. That’s the garbage.

Different strokes for different folks. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's a "garbage knock off". iFit has been around forever, it's just changed. I had iFit on my treadmill 15 years ago - it was not live or even remotely similar to what they do now, but I could buy little cards and it would automatically adjust the speed and incline of my treadmill and had a "coach" that would talk through the run. I actually used that a lot, I loved that it adjusted. Similarly, my husband almost bought a Peloton 10+ years ago when it was targeting real cyclists, they would advertise during the Tour de France, Vuelta, and similar races, and then when the spinning trend got popular, they hopped on that bandwagon and the rest is history!

He can't have done, the first peloton wasn't sold until 2013 on Kickstarter or 2014 outside of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think Apple is going to buy them

Apple will not buy this trash. Give me a break

You should tell us all about how beach body, apple fitness, and iFit are comparable when they are not. Have you even attempted to watch their content?

It’s like Wish - garbage knock offs. That’s the garbage.

Different strokes for different folks. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's a "garbage knock off". iFit has been around forever, it's just changed. I had iFit on my treadmill 15 years ago - it was not live or even remotely similar to what they do now, but I could buy little cards and it would automatically adjust the speed and incline of my treadmill and had a "coach" that would talk through the run. I actually used that a lot, I loved that it adjusted. Similarly, my husband almost bought a Peloton 10+ years ago when it was targeting real cyclists, they would advertise during the Tour de France, Vuelta, and similar races, and then when the spinning trend got popular, they hopped on that bandwagon and the rest is history!

He can't have done, the first peloton wasn't sold until 2013 on Kickstarter or 2014 outside of that.

Hm, I could have sworn it was 2012 or earlier - the Peloton was branded for Tour de France at the time and advertised during the races.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t criticize peloton or all the wackos will come out and bite you PP

I am totally in the peloton cult, full disclosure, but in my opinion on this thread you have people actively poking the peloton community (i mean seriously stationary bike workouts are not new and its ridiculous to call it 'trash' unless you're trying to provoke a response).

I also think a lot of 'fit' people like to call peloton crap (and I think someone in this thread said it was for 'overweight female heffers' which like, super classy right there!) because they think it isn't like, 'real exercise'. Because they have devoted their life to a definition of fitness and exercise that involves a lot of lifting, a lot of hours at the gym, a lot of work. And they resent a bunch of normal people claiming they have achieved 'fitness' when what those people have achieved is not the fitness that they would consider successful.

It is very like, gym elitism IMO. Which is funny, because they think peloton riders are elitist, but they are the ones gatekeeping what 'effective exercise' means.

IMO, the peloton is just the scapegoat for this overall feeling. Lame loser people who are riding a bike (or running on a treadmill, or taking tae bo classes on a VHS tape) don't REALLY care about fitness until they are in the gym, lifting heavy and tracking their macros. And honestly I think those are garbage people who are doing nothing but limiting the number of people who will try to achieve C level or B level fitness while accepting that they will never be at A or A+ level fitness and they're FINE with it.

Yes! This is absolutely the case.

[Anonymous]

The trash poster is a rage-filled middle-aged male outdoor cyclist. He has been posting his misogyny-laden rants against Peloton for years on DCUM. He gets deleted for misogyny frequently. Just ignore. His issues go far beyond Peloton.

Signed,
Outdoor bicyclist

[Anonymous]

Our bikes aren't selling but let's hike prices by $250 sounds like a way to go out of business FAST.

Peloton considers closing 20% of its showrooms after slashing its full-year outlook by $1BN as it sees pandemic demand plunge: Firm hikes bike price by $250 to keep up with inflation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our bikes aren't selling but let's hike prices by $250 sounds like a way to go out of business FAST.

Peloton considers closing 20% of its showrooms after slashing its full-year outlook by $1BN as it sees pandemic demand plunge: Firm hikes bike price by $250 to keep up with inflation

Haha. This company is going down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our bikes aren't selling but let's hike prices by $250 sounds like a way to go out of business FAST.

Peloton considers closing 20% of its showrooms after slashing its full-year outlook by $1BN as it sees pandemic demand plunge: Firm hikes bike price by $250 to keep up with inflation

I mean, I have been kind of confused by the headlines TBH. They had a holiday sale where they waived the delivery fee and now they will be charging it. But these were always the fees for delivery?

I think people just love doom and gloom peloton headlines, for reasons I can't really figure out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our bikes aren't selling but let's hike prices by $250 sounds like a way to go out of business FAST.

Peloton considers closing 20% of its showrooms after slashing its full-year outlook by $1BN as it sees pandemic demand plunge: Firm hikes bike price by $250 to keep up with inflation

Haha. This company is going down

You weirdo. Why would you be "haha" happy about 6K+ people losing their jobs?

[Anonymous]

Gullible people desperate to lose weight buy them. They love them for a while! They live for the leaderboards, stats, and shout outs. It’s no different than likes on social media. Instant feel good hormones. Peloton knows this. Then, they become expensive clothes holders. Just like every other piece of fad exercise equipment. As a CPT it makes me sad. They could do exactly the same thing by riding an actual bike or just buying a cheap stationary. A fool and his money……

[Anonymous]

They are ripe for buying by Apple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gullible people desperate to lose weight buy them. They love them for a while! They live for the leaderboards, stats, and shout outs. It’s no different than likes on social media. Instant feel good hormones. Peloton knows this. Then, they become expensive clothes holders. Just like every other piece of fad exercise equipment. As a CPT it makes me sad. They could do exactly the same thing by riding an actual bike or just buying a cheap stationary. A fool and his money……

The on demand and live classes and leaderboard make it better than just a regular stationary bike for the casual exerciser like me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gullible people desperate to lose weight buy them. They love them for a while! They live for the leaderboards, stats, and shout outs. It’s no different than likes on social media. Instant feel good hormones. Peloton knows this. Then, they become expensive clothes holders. Just like every other piece of fad exercise equipment. As a CPT it makes me sad. They could do exactly the same thing by riding an actual bike or just buying a cheap stationary. A fool and his money……

Snort. As a CPT, people who go gangbusters on a fitness kick and then fall off are LITERALLY your bread and butter. You're just pissed because Peloton is taking their $40/month indefinitely so they're not as likely to hire you.