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Peloton Bike. I bought it for my wife and thought, I've never been an indoor spinner person. I thoughth I would hate it, and now I ride it 240 minutes/week. I've lost 25 lbs in 4 months, I sleep like a baby and I have more energy and focus when I'm awake. The threshold energy needed to hop on the bike is much lower than the threshold energy needed to go to the gym so I just do it way more frequently. Strong endorse.

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Agree. We got ours in Jan 2020 because we had a new baby and it was hard to make it to the gym regularly.

I played college sports and work out regularly over the past 15 years since then. I'm pretty self-motivated to stay fit. I didn't expect to really enjoy the "class" part of Peloton, but I really find it moderately more motivating than just doing things myself. I end up working out harder, longer and more frequently. Recommend.

Be careful. I think Peleton recalled ALL of their bikes due to them being dangerous. Maybe you are eligible for recall. One child died. There's a video on youtube of a child getting trapped under a peloton and it keeps on running. He escapes due to luck. Google 'peloton recall, 'peloton dangerous etc.

Just FYI.

Peloton treadmills, not bikes. As discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26846641

That's for the treadmill, not the bike

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