Dad's Blunt Email Discouraging Daughter To Buy 'Ridiculous' Peloton Bike Goes Viral
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Father tries to talk his daughter down from buying a Peleton bike, hits a home run in the process.
According to the company’s website, a “basics package,” which includes the bike, a one-year warranty and a delivery/set up fee costs $2,245 — plus a subscription fee of $39 for per month if one wants access to the company’s classes.
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“I have heard of the Peloton, and have concluded that, like the use of cocaine, it’s another way of God saying people have too much money.
It is a ridiculous amount of money for such a basic concept as riding a stationary bike. You can ride a bike you own for as long as you want and cut the inevitable boredom factor by listening to podcasts or watching TV or clips of waves on sand.
The idea of looking at a screen while some cycling pro broadcasts encouragement is preposterous.
I would implore you not to waste precious after-tax income on this latest attempt to encourage social strivers to show that they live at a more rarified level than the proletariat.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dads-blunt-email-discouraging-daughter-to-buy-ridiculous-peloton-bike-goes-viral_n_5cb0b16ae4b082aab085233b
The article also links to how Peleton is getting sued by a lot of labels to the tune of $150M for copyright infringement of over 1,000 works. Music is a big part of their class appeal, to immerse people in song and coaching. But don't worry, they'll pull those infringing classes from their system and your membership price will stay the same. That's so nice of them. It's 2019, they don't know you need to license music for distribution or commercial use?
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So what's your max wattage Jberry? 
Actually, I know (at least I think I do) that you are more into touring than racing.
I'm old and slow on my mountain bike, and I'm fine with that. I just wish they didn't have Strava for mountain bike trails. 
Good quality equipment is not cheap.
I clean and oil it once a year and it’s never given me problems. These things run pretty much nonstop with hundreds of users in gyms. So I figure mine has a lot of use left in it.
I throw a Grateful Dead bootleg in my iPod and climb for 45 minutes.
I’ve used cheap stationary bikes and steppers in hotels and they suck. I was never a fan of running or riding in the city. Plus I can work out year round rain or shine.
