How much do you think a Peloton bike costs?
Big saddles aren’t necessarily more comfortable.
My boyfriend’s sister has one and loves it.
Well at least you caught the monthly subscription… I was just curious what your expectation was here…
My wife wants a stationary bike. She goes to spin classes and brags about her “watts”. I want to get her a spin bike and because power motivates her, I would like it to display power metrics. We decided on the Peloton bike. I went to order it, credit card in hand, and for the first year it came out to about $3,000 which was $1,000 more than I was expecting.
I think that if on the main page of the website, it said $3,000, we would have done it but we were so turned off by all the extra stuff you had to buy and sign up for to start we are now looking elsewhere. We felt deceived. That said, clearly you caught the $40 per month subscription… I did not so maybe that was my fault. Regardless, Peloton left a bad taste in our mouths.
From what I have read, my impression is that without the monthly subscription, it is just an overpriced spin bike. With the ability to join spin classes anytime, it makes the cost worth it for some people.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying the cost is not worth it for you or you shouldn’t do it. I was just curious if you got a good understanding of the price when doing your research. I did not and felt deceived. I really like the concept of it. I think my wife would enjoy it and I like the idea of her spinning away next to me as I do my trainer workouts.
Right now we are looking for a non-overpriced spin bike which we plan to use with the $10 per month app peloton bike offers to join the classes. All you loose in that is your power doesn;t appear in the app or on the leader-boards.
Don’t have a Peleton but did look into it awhile back for my wife (she’s since decided to stick with her gym) but didn’t in anyway feel deceived by the monthly subscription. It’s very clear on the Buy Now page that it’s necessary.
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Well at least you caught the monthly subscription… I was just curious what your expectation was here…
My wife wants a stationary bike. She goes to spin classes and brags about her “watts”. I want to get her a spin bike and because power motivates her, I would like it to display power metrics. We decided on the Peloton bike. I went to order it, credit card in hand, and for the first year it came out to about $3,000 which was $1,000 more than I was expecting.
I think that if on the main page of the website, it said $3,000, we would have done it but we were so turned off by all the extra stuff you had to buy and sign up for to start we are now looking elsewhere. We felt deceived. That said, clearly you caught the $40 per month subscription… I did not so maybe that was my fault. Regardless, Peloton left a bad taste in our mouths.
really? It is so obvious that it requires a subscription - we live in NYC and each class at the home studio is $35 so $39 / month is a steal.
Peloton is an amazing idea - my wife wants one badly!
I have one. My Stac Zero trainer was to loud and kept waking my daughter up when I did high watt intervals. Wife wanted to give Peloton a whirl so we did the 2 week free subscription and she loved it. Used a spin bike at the gym during the trial period. Purchased one shortly after. She rides 4 days a week and typically does Yoga 3 times a week. I typically do 2 rides a week and use their app for running occasionally. It is a big purchase but has def helped to get the workouts in.
Just an FYI. Ironman was sold for 650 million usd. Peloton recently had a 2018 funding, that values the company at 4 billion usd. They have raised just shy of 1 billion from investors, so there’s a lot of money behind this business idea. I haven’t used it, but a friend of mine loves it.
Well at least you caught the monthly subscription… I was just curious what your expectation was here…
My wife wants a stationary bike. She goes to spin classes and brags about her “watts”. I want to get her a spin bike and because power motivates her, I would like it to display power metrics. We decided on the Peloton bike. I went to order it, credit card in hand, and for the first year it came out to about $3,000 which was $1,000 more than I was expecting.
I think that if on the main page of the website, it said $3,000, we would have done it but we were so turned off by all the extra stuff you had to buy and sign up for to start we are now looking elsewhere. We felt deceived. That said, clearly you caught the $40 per month subscription… I did not so maybe that was my fault. Regardless, Peloton left a bad taste in our mouths.
really? It is so obvious that it requires a subscription - we live in NYC and each class at the home studio is $35 so $39 / month is a steal.
Peloton is an amazing idea - my wife wants one badly!
It is definitely obvious when you go to checkout, but in all of the price quotes I saw for $1,995, it was NOT obvious. When I went to “buy bike” it was clear it was $1995 + ~$250 for install + the monthly fee. I probably missed the fine print on the monthly fee, but I would not describe it as glaringly obvious, at least not when I was shopping for one months ago. When I would see the price, I would see “financing options” with a monthly financing payment amount, then the text, “monthly subscription included”, but upon checkout I learned it was only “included” when you financed the bike with a monthly payment, not a straight purchase.
Even with that, the OP is under the impression the bike is $1,999 + the monthly fee. It is not. Be prepared for an extra ~$250 install fee that they require. That is like 10 active checkout fees 
Well at least you caught the monthly subscription… I was just curious what your expectation was here…
My wife wants a stationary bike. She goes to spin classes and brags about her “watts”. I want to get her a spin bike and because power motivates her, I would like it to display power metrics. We decided on the Peloton bike. I went to order it, credit card in hand, and for the first year it came out to about $3,000 which was $1,000 more than I was expecting.
I think that if on the main page of the website, it said $3,000, we would have done it but we were so turned off by all the extra stuff you had to buy and sign up for to start we are now looking elsewhere. We felt deceived. That said, clearly you caught the $40 per month subscription… I did not so maybe that was my fault. Regardless, Peloton left a bad taste in our mouths.
really? It is so obvious that it requires a subscription - we live in NYC and each class at the home studio is $35 so $39 / month is a steal.
Peloton is an amazing idea - my wife wants one badly!
It is definitely obvious when you go to checkout, but in all of the price quotes I saw for $1,995, it was NOT obvious. When I went to “buy bike” it was clear it was $1995 + ~$250 for install + the monthly fee. I probably missed the fine print on the monthly fee, but I would not describe it as glaringly obvious, at least not when I was shopping for one months ago. When I would see the price, I would see “financing options” with a monthly financing payment amount, then the text, “monthly subscription included”, but upon checkout I learned it was only “included” when you financed the bike with a monthly payment, not a straight purchase.
Even with that, the OP is under the impression the bike is $1,999 + the monthly fee. It is not. Be prepared for an extra ~$250 install fee that they require. That is like 10 active checkout fees
I hear you - they go for sale on Craigslist for $1500 as well.
We got one last year and it has been great. Surprisingly my wife loves it and uses it more than I do. The up front price hurt a bit but the ongoing cost is comparatively economical. It’s a really nice change of pace and the leaderboard plus tracking your own personal bests are motivational. A few considerations:
The monthly fee covers the bike and all users, so no additional cost for my wife. Our kids occasionally hop on and that’s free. Also, can use the app on the treadmill or on a hotel bike when traveling and they have a big collection of off bike workouts also included. All the content is really good quality. Two in studio spin classes per month is the equivalent cost. My two big gripes are that they don’t have an Android app yet which I’d like for my phone to try some outdoor runs just for something new and the app doesn’t allow you to download workouts for offline use which is annoying when traveling as most hotel WiFi sucks.
In response to the OP, the saddle bracket is standard so you can put on any saddle you’d like, though the stock one is fine.
A used 11spd bike with a power meter and fluid trainer with Zwift is probably about the same price and allows her to also have an actual bike.
You can always do Zwift group workouts or Sufferfest or whatever, watch the GCN spin class videos, etc…
It might be a tougher sell for someone not into “cycling” versus a gym with “spin class”, but my wife hates “cycling” but gladly pops her fitness bike onto my Cycleops fluid trainer and follows some workouts over her phone.
In our family budget, it’s just hard to justify having a separate stationary bike from a real bike for exercise. So we do the real-bike on a trainer thing instead.
If only Peloton was like Zwift and others having you bring your own equipment to the game. You’re essentially after the “live group” participation of the spin class atmosphere. No reason they couldn’t offer that someday like that.
It’s not a 2-way interface, but the GCN library on youtube is essentially a spin class.
at the end of the day its just another spin bike with a marketing campaign.
pick the bike that you want, download a free app to your device and enjoy
A used 11spd bike with a power meter and fluid trainer with Zwift is probably about the same price and allows her to also have an actual bike.
You can always do Zwift group workouts or Sufferfest or whatever, watch the GCN spin class videos, etc…
It might be a tougher sell for someone not into “cycling” versus a gym with “spin class”, but my wife hates “cycling” but gladly pops her fitness bike onto my Cycleops fluid trainer and follows some workouts over her phone.
In our family budget, it’s just hard to justify having a separate stationary bike from a real bike for exercise. So we do the real-bike on a trainer thing instead.
If only Peloton was like Zwift and others having you bring your own equipment to the game. You’re essentially after the “live group” participation of the spin class atmosphere. No reason they couldn’t offer that someday like that.
It’s not a 2-way interface, but the GCN library on youtube is essentially a spin class.
Bike + trainer is not a bad idea for some people and if your wife likes doing workouts on a trainer that is perfect for you and your family, but for the same reason a cyclist doesn’t like a spin bike in the hotel gym, a spinner doesn’t like a road bike on a trainer. I tried this with my wife and she absolutely hated it. I was quickly educated on all the fitness moves they do during those classes that are not possible on a bike + trainer set up haha.
FWIW, Peloton does offer an app where you can view the classes with any bike.
at the end of the day its just another spin bike with a marketing campaign.
pick the bike that you want, download a free app to your device and enjoy
I (partially) disagree. While they market heavily and successfully, the part you omit is that it’s a cohesive and well done integrated package. All they needed was our WiFi password and they did the rest. My wife just isn’t going to screw with swapping bikes on a trainer or trying to get some separate app running. Plus, the classes are just good. I’ve spent a lot of time with zwift, trainerroad, fulgaz, etc and I am simply able to push myself more in a spin class, even though they are less specific and tuned into training goals than say a trainerroad set. That all has some value, though different people will weigh it differently.
I still prefer to bike and run outside but when weather or schedule forces me indoors it’s nice to have it ready to go.
yes, but my point is you don’t even need wifi if you don’t want to pay the $40 a month for live classes. just download the free app. there have been new players come into the market with new apps since pleton launched a few years ago
Ebay has a few Peloton bikes for sale in the $1900-2300 range, classified as new or slightly used or under 20 rides. That may be an option.
Havent swapped the seat but it did get me thru IMLOU, IMNooga 70.3, and IMAug 70.3. Rode 90% on the Peleton. Live in Fl so it helped me with hill work.
Hi. I know your question was only about swapping out a seat on the Peloton (which I haven’t done), but I wanted to share the Peloton experiences in my house. In case you decide that this is too long to read – don’t wait until Christmas – get your wife the Peloton NOW!!!
My husband has always struggled to stay consistent with his exercise (he’d do something for a few weeks, and then months until he motivated again). We got the Peloton at the end of February, and since then he has only missed a handful of days. Things that he loves/motivate him: variety in length of classes, playlists (which you can view for all on demand classes), some very attractive female instructors, fun and engaging personalities of all instructors, and the numbers (on the leaderboard and output). In addition to seeing where you are with your effort in each ride, you can also easily view your cumulative efforts. You can ride live or choose an on demand class… when you reach a milestone (100 rides, 150 rides, etc) and you ride live, you ride while hoping for a “shout out” from the instructor. Yes - Peloton does a great job with marketing - they really make you feel like a part of something.
Until about six weeks ago, I was so sick of listening to him talk about his bike…he PR’d, what the instructors said, how intense the ride was… And he kept trying to get me to give it a try. I hated the two spin classes I had tried years ago, AND there was no way I was getting off of the trainer to get on the Peloton. Anyway, I came back from IMLP so injured (that was my fifth full), and was told by my PT that I could only ride the Peloton (angle was better for my hip than being aero on the tri bike). I started there with very little resistance, riding on “just ride,” which just tracks time and wattage, but no class. At the beginning of September, when my hip was well enough to really ride with resistance and high cadence, I tried a class… then another… then I tried some different instructors… For at least a week I would not admit to my husband that I was enjoying it. And then I had to because I had to brag that I PR’d. And here I am a month and a half in, and I am so excited for my 100th ride this week!
While I am totally drinking the Kool Aid, I am also working harder on the bike than I ever have. I’m actually having a rash issue on my torso because I have never sweat like I am sweating now. I know I am in great shape right now, but I have no idea how this will translate to my Speed Concept in the spring… but right now I don’t care! Having so much fun!