kileyay wrote:
Yeah, looks like a classic Ray Maker opinion piece dressed up with a few pseudo facts. Contrast his piece with
this: "The Peloton tread has dozens of ball bearings underneath its belt, which a product manager told me was for smoothness. Layered on top are rubberized slats, which give the treadmill belt a nice, springy feel."
But this also sounds like absolute bullshit, coming from the mouth of the Peloton CEO: "Foley said that the company is selling the treadmill at cost, something that sources have told me is the case with the Peloton bike as well. The company makes money off its $39-per-month subscription service, then, and not the equipment, but I’m not sure knowing that makes it any easier to swallow the price."
I have a hard time believing this company is running the hardware side at cost. And if they are, maybe it's not such a bad deal.
Yup, it's opinion - I actually ran on it and it felt pretty wonky. Just to clarify, when you ran on it, what'd it feel like?
Not sure why you're all hung up. It is what it is. They weren't allowing much anyone at CES to run on them, but I managed to convince them to briefly let me try increasing the speed. Everyone else was told to stay at a walking pace (where it felt just fine).
There's plenty of facts in there, but as noted in the post it was rather short due to their constraints. It's not a review. Still, can you clarify which ones are pseudo facts here? I'd like to get them corrected if so.
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