Anyone got a Peleton Bike?

[d000hg]

Just curious really, people here are probably in the target earnings bracket so anyone use it and care to comment? It seems extortionately expensive compared to what you can get for 25% the price but if you use it every day that's not an unwise investment in your health.

[vetran]

get a treadmill and you can feed it small children sadly

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...dmill%2C%20too.

Safety regulators warned people with kids and pets on Saturday to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and nearly 40 others were injured.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said it received reports of children and a pet being pulled, pinned and entrapped under the rear roller of the Tread+ treadmill, leading to fractures, scrapes and the death of one child.

How did such a device get released?

[minestrone]

I have a schwinn spin bike which is almost as expensive, it does not have the screen thing.

The peloton is steel so I'm going to guess it will rust. Spin bikes always do and I wouldn't pay good money for a steel one that will eventually look crap. The schwinn is aluminium. The watts score on these things is not that accurate, maybe 10% away.

You can get garmin peddles that give you accurate scores and I would get them if I was really into spinning, which I'm not.

[Andy2]

I wonder who buy these £2k+ peleton bikes.
Just buy a normal bike and stick an ipad on it, much cheaper.

[minestrone]

Husbands get them for trophy wives.

Keeps them in the house and lessens the chance they will get rodgered at the gym.

[mallisarealperson]

get a treadmill and you can feed it small children sadly

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...dmill%2C%20too.



How did such a device get released?

I guess it was not designed for small children. Just like power tools, cars, kitchen knives, lawnmowers etc

[minestrone]

Isaac Hayes was found dead next to a still moving treadmill.

[vetran]

I guess it was not designed for small children. Just like power tools, cars, kitchen knives, lawnmowers etc

They fit interlocks on power tools and lawnmowers. Knives should be beyond their reach.

Seems sensible that treadmills should have guards at the front.

[d000hg]

I wonder who buy these £2k+ peleton bikes.
Just buy a normal bike and stick an ipad on it, much cheaper.

As Minny points out, you can buy 'normal' bikes for well over a grand. Although I wonder if those are more commercial-grade bikes so not necessarily better but designed to be used 12 hours a day every day?

If money was no object they look great - remember the subscription is on top of the bike you don't get it included - so are they bought by people who have enough money they don't want to bother doing research and just buy the brand leader?

[mallisarealperson]

They fit interlocks on power tools and lawnmowers. Knives should be beyond their reach.

Seems sensible that treadmills should have guards at the front.

In the original video the toddlers were filmed on a security cam unsupervised. And it was at the back of the treadmill. Cannot see how you could safely have a treadmill with Children running around. Same reason you cannot have them loose in a gymnasium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi0FLtu82Ng