Anyone got a peloton bike?

[Aberforthsgoat]

DH considering one. Eye wateringly expensive. I do not get the hype.
Are they worth it? I can't comprehend how they can be?! Are they magic bikes that will make me immediately morph into some kind of glossy slim athlete the moment I plonk myself down on the seat?

I absolutely love mine. We have an exercise room at home and I use the bike and/or take other classes on the app every day. It’s like lots of things in life - a big investment, but if you make good use of it it is worth every single penny.

If you’re not convinced, you can get a really decent spin bike for about £500, subscribe to the Peleton app and still get about 90% of the benefits (minus some of the bells and whistles) without the painful initial outlay of the Peleton bike.

We got a Peloton off the back of this thread after considering a while before. Arrived mid June and DH has used it every day since. You get rewarded for things like having a streak of X days, so he is determined to keep his streak going as long as possible. He is quite competitive, so really enjoys seeing how his performance is comparing to everyone who's ever done that ride before (prerecorded). Seems to be a few features along the lines of making getting fit in to a game, so if that sounds appealing to you I imagine Peloton will be great.

He seems to burn about 700 calories on an hours ride- he goes quite hard on it. He's put on a lot of muscle, surprisingly around his shoulders as well.

Personally, I was a bit of a wuss and found the seat extremely painful, even with padded pants. Added to the fact that your feet are clipped to the pedals, it just made me feel a bit panicky. It's a shame because it would have been much better value for money if we were both using it!

I'm sure you get a 30 day return policy to try it out, but I guess the shoes (very pricey) would not be refundable.

I love mine. I used to always dread exercise, but now I absolutely look forward to it. I've got into competitive power zone training with it.

DD20 really wanted one, but she's a student and that price is way off! She bought a 2nd hand spin bike off gumtree, which had been used twice, for £130 and subscribes to the Peleton app. Think it's around £13 a month. Much cheaper way of doing it!

I have one. Got it in July. I absolutely love it. I’m now over 80 rides in and close to joining the century club. I wouldn’t say I was particularly fit at the start, I just followed the beginners program and went from there. I’ve posted elsewhere about it but here’s a few points I would make to anyone considering it, or thinking about different set ups:

It’s a lot of money, but it feels like a really high quality totally oven-ready set up -just slick and smooth. The thing is about 9 stone in weight so it’s solid and you feel safe on it -in case you’ve ever felt a bit concerned in a rickety gym peloton.

The sense of community is amazing -join the fb groups (UK Ladies Peloton and the weight loss spin off are really friendly) and meet up with group members on rides.

There are thousands of rides on the app so you can choose serious training to improve performance (power zone training), rides that are more dance/choreography, rides that are music genre based, or just stick to you favourite instructor. 80 rides in and I’m still at the excited by new things stage. Still haven’t tried a scenic ride, where you can just choose to ride through places like Paris or Vegas...

There is far more than spinning to the app -yoga, strength, bootcamp etc.

It is the best thing I have spent money on in a long time and I’m so glad I have it incase of another lockdown.

I wouldn’t recommend buying second hand -they keep their value but you don’t get the warranty. For some thing that expensive I’d pay the few hundred pounds more for new and have the warranty.

There are discounts out there. The obvious one is £100 accessories with a referral code, mine is MGJJ63. Obviously no use to you if you wouldn’t buy accessories. There is also a Blue Light Card discount for nhs staff. You get your whole accessories package (shoes, weights, mat) free, although that might change. Annoyingly Blue Light Card will give you a code which doesn’t work, but don’t check out! Enter the chat and they’ll sort it out.

Oh, and there are two bikes now. Bike+ is more expensive and the key differences are being able to turn the screen for off bike activities, better sound system, and auto resistance change. For various reasons I don’t need those things -I do my off bike stuff in another room via the app (same subscription) on my smart tv, I wear blue tooth in ear headphones not the speakers, and I like to fine tune my resistance a lot. But I can see for people who imagine they’ll do a lot of bootcamp stuff (on and off the bike with strength intervals etc) it might be better.

*rickety gym spin bike I meant!

@andadietcoke

Hi,

I just DM’d you, but figured I’d post here in case you don’t see it.

Peloton have said I can apply a referral code retrospectively. Might I have your referral code?

@PaddyF0dder

Some referral codes here in case you still need one:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/exercise/4011270-Peloton-referral-code

@Ramblingwords

Thanks. All sorted.

I have the app and a different bike and I love it. I can't use it a huge amount so can't justify the bike and I use the yoga and stuff too, so at £12.99 a month the app is a much better option for me.

@KenAdams

I can’t advise on an echelon.

I’ve got a peloton. I can give a referral code that gives you (and me) £100 off.

We've been contemplating one for a while now and we've opted to get the Echolon and use the Peloton app. Our bike will be here within 5 days and I've already got the app on a free trial at the moment.

I've already done a few non cycle classes and I think it's excellent so far. Very motivating and user friendly. I can't wait for my first ride and have been looking at the facebook groups so thank you to an OP for the recommendations.

Sharing my referral code - I’m hooked on Peleton, love it! QEFGHN for £100 off (for you AND me - I get to spend it on some new leggings!)