– Added Apple Watch GymKit integration: This allows integration with Apple Watch including heart rate to Peloton bike – Changed positioning knobs from longer to circular style for seatpost/handlebars, and changed to quick-lever for saddle position – Upgraded front-facing camera from 5MP to 8MP – Screen can now swivel/rotate to just about any orientation: This is for doing core/yoga/etc workouts on the floor/space nearby – Increased from 2 rear speakers (2x10w each), to 2 front and 2 rear speakers (2x3w tweets & 2x10w woofers) – Increased screen size from 21.5” to 23.8” (touchscreen on both) – Added Auto-Follow Resistance (aka ERG mode): Uses new digital resistance system that allows both manual and automated control of resistance I’m sure I’ll add a few others over time as I find some other nuances. So this is an attempt to catalog all of those things in one spot. However, there are numerous smaller things that have changed. In any case, more on all that sometime later.) What’s New/Changed:Īs I noted in the intro paragraph, there are two major features that have (rightly) garnered most of the attention of the Peloton Bike+, the new bigger/swiveling screen as well as the Auto-Follow digital resistance system. Ultimately, it’s different things for different folks. But there’s structured workouts just as painful or strict as anything you’ll find on TrainerRoad. But no, I don’t do every ride on a Peloton bike – I mix and match depending on how I feel. And again, those are all people that paid $2,250+ for a bike, then $40/month. That’s roughly a little less than double the size of Zwift’s paying membership right now. Their earnings call last week put them at about 1.1 million paying members with Peloton bikes. (Oh, and since undoubtedly some cyclist readers here will poo-poo a Peloton Bike for reasons that rarely make sense because they’ve never actually tried one, I’d simply point out that given Peloton is *BY FAR* the largest indoor cycling platform. Your call.Īlso – some people will ask, down the road I’ll write a full in-depth review on the Peloton Bike+, and probably also get around to hitting publish on my already-written in-depth review of the standard non-plus bike I’ve had for a long while now (seriously, it’s basically done and written – I was hoping to put together a full video review to go with it.) Which, you can do by just hitting the play button below, or continue reading. With that, let’s dive into all the details on my first impressions after a single ride on it. Here it is before I removed a pile of plastic wrap. Then from there it was up the Dutch staircase into the DCR Cave and we were soon ready to roll: Anyway, I zipped over this morning and got the unit via a rental van from some cheap car rental place nobody has ever heard of.Īnd after meeting up with the DCR Reader (in a socially distanced way), I threw it in my kidnapper van and drove back across international borders. Though, I have transported my other Peloton bike via cargo bike just fine. While normally I’d pick it up via cargo bike, a 10-hour pedal (each direction) wasn’t exactly in the cards for this morning. I picked someone just a few minutes from the border, making it only a two hour trip from Amsterdam. I tweeted out last week asking if someone had an address for delivery in Germany, and a bunch of you responded back. Of course, said delivery slots were in another country. So, I ordered one and somewhat surprisingly they actually had almost immediate delivery slots available. Don’t worry, we’ll put that to the test here. Also, for those geeks in the crowd, they added what is effectively a power meter to the internals, to more accurately measure your wattage. Additionally, they added native Apple Watch integration via GymKit, and a slew of slightly more minor things. This new unit includes a slightly larger (and now movable) screen, as well as an auto-follow resistance mode (what smart trainer/bike companies would call ERG mode). Last week Peloton announced their newest bike – the Peloton Bike+. Heads up! My full in-depth and long-term review of the Peloton Bike+ is now available here.
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