Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
It's a spin bike, so yeah- there is a handle/knob/lever to adjust resistance.
Why is that something that seems odd? do you expect it to adjust for resistance through telepathy?
Shifting requires input- whether its pushing a shift lever, rotating a grip shift, or pushing a button. Same on spin bikes.
As for the expense- it depends on if it's used like most all exercise equipment. If it allows the owner to exercise on their schedule and the owner meets health goals they otherwise wouldnt realistically meet, then is it expensive or is it worth the cost? Only the owner knows since they place value on the product.
This is the same process for all exercise and health related cost based activities- health clubs, traditoonal gyms, in home equipment, cross training gyms, etc etc.
It's all expensive compared to doing pushups, situps, and jump rope at home alone. But will everyone do that?
Telepathy? Of course not. it is called Ergo or ERG mode on resistance trainers with power. It allows Zwift or similar app to control your resistance unit for you. Hence how Zwift can resistance-simulate mountain climbs without any uer intervention. Thing with Peloton, and why it gets crap....
It is $2,500USD for a dumb exercise bike with a 1080p LCD bolted to it. For that much money there should be a power meter with a resistance unit capable of doing ERG
for you. Seriously. For $2,500 you can buy a cheap beater roadbike and a $1,000 power/ERG resistance trainer, and still have money left over. No dumb idiot red knob to turn and self-adjust wrong.
And then you need to pay Peloton $50/month for classes to use the thing. Being a closed system--you can never get 3rd party software/classes.