Yup indeed on treadmill variances. But in general, most don’t have a fence at the back.
As for the faulty touchscreen, yup, I wrote a whole piece on it here*, but it’s mind-boggling the entire assembly used to be held together by just two bolts. Like, WTF?
So somewhat random question related to Peloton:
I normally use a Wahoo Kickr to do my workouts but I typically spend some nights during the week at my girlfriend’s home. And while she does not have a bike/trainer she does have a Peloton.
What would be the easiest way to do a TR workout on a Peloton? Just use their ‘Just Ride’ feature and try to match my output to whatever the outdoor instructions are for the TR workout?
Bonus points if you have power meter pedals.
Next “expensive” bike related purchase I have lined up. I know the OG Bikes don’t have power meters which kind of blow my mind.
If you’re curious and decide to take a class, take a Matt Wilpers Power Zone Max class.
That and also adjust by PE…if you think it isn’t hard enough, adjust as necessary (or vice versa).
Have you used a Peloton bike at a hotel? I’m traveling soon and will have access to one. Is there a resistance knob or electronic control for resistance? It has been years since I tried a Peloton bike in the mall.
Yeah…there is a resistance knob similar to a regular spin bike. There have been times when I felt like the wattage displayed was roughly where it should be and times when I have had to rely more on RPE.
So I usually start with trying to match the wattage and then adjust as necessary. Most hotels have SPD-compatible pedals, too so if you ride Shimano for gravel / MTB, you can just pack your shoes and a pair of shorts.
I am blanking: PE?
Perceived Exertion…shoulda used RPE, I guess. 
Thanks!
I’m hoping this is true. My friend trains on a peloton and according to his Peloton and my H3 he has a 150 watts on me. But somehow I drop him on rides.
Seconding this. I don’t think I would have gotten into cycling if I hadn’t gotten an introduction to training with power through Matt Wilpers’s classes.
thanks, IIRC the bike ships with Look Delta pedals. I’ll call and ask as I have shoes for both SPD and SPD-SL.
Should be just fine no matter what the display shows for power, I’ve got reliable HR zones, know how to use them, and my perceived exertion is dialed in.
Yeah, but all the ones I have ever seen in hotels have been SPD’s…dunno if that is a leftover from the days of spin bikes or if Peloton eventually changed over to a more traditional road 3-bolt design.
First, the power on my Bike + is very similar to what I get out of Garmin vectors.
Second, I can dial in Bike geometry very close to my Trek Madone. Remember that you can get down on your forearms to emulate a TT bike. I am six feet and get a tad too close to the screen for comfortable viewing but nowhere close to actually hitting it. A lot of range for up and down adjustment. A lot of room on the handle bars to move forward and aft.
Saw a lot of comments about these two aspects. My experience disagrees based on the last two seasons using this monster that wife brought into our home. I have a basic dumb cyclone 2 and much prefer the peloton.
I use a Peloton Bike+ with Garmin Rally pedals. I’ve owned the Kickr Bike and the Tacx Neo 2t - sold both and went back to the Peloton. I know it’s borderline sacrilegious in the cycling community, but I just prefer the Peloton.
This would dissuade me from ever getting a Peloton, i.e. the new bikes are “fixed”. I like the competitive aspect of it but don’t like the idea of competing against people with 100W+ inflated FTPs from older bikes.
If I’m going to get one of these things, then I want my damn 475w FTP.
Something tells me that if I’m spending 2k+ USD, the minimal requirement would be the ability to program the resistance instead of twisting a knob.
The new Bike+ has an “erg” mode for some rides which will automatically adjusts the resistance. It isn’t every ride and i think it puts you in the middle of the specified range… so still may need some adjustments up/down as needed… but there is that.
“Added Auto-Follow Resistance (aka ERG mode): Uses new digital resistance system that allows both manual and automated control of resistance”-- with way more details here: