

If you have a Peloton bike, though, your membership will work across two devices. Tread+ costs $4,295, and that doesn’t include the cost of a Peloton membership ($39 a month). Like Peloton’s bikes, there are trainer-led classes (both streamed live and archived in a library) where you can test your best against other runners. Runners are particularly impressed by the tread itself, a shock-absorbing slat belt which is easier on the knees and keeps the whole unit from shaking when you really start cooking. Instead of a plastic dashboard with more knobs than a spaceship, the speed is controlled via suave dials mounted on the side rails. It’s a massive piece of equipment - over six feet long and six feet tall - with, true to form for Peloton, a massive screen. Tread+ was released in the spring of 2019. But Peloton’s Tread+, which garnered a glowing review from Runner’s World‘s “Runner-in-Chief,” Jeff Dengate, could change that by disrupting the sport’s long-tired treadmill industry. Many members of the running community despise treadmills and would rather train alone or join clubs that don’t mind running outside year-round. In New York, the city’s most popular running gym (Mile High Run Club), also claims to be its first. The Chatter: Before the pandemic, guided running classes weren’t nearly as ubiquitous as spin classes. Oh, and, Peloton also sells treadmills: the Tread and Tread+.

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In order to fully unlock the powers of your bike - or perform a Peloton workout through your phone, tablet or TV - you’ll need the All Access Membership. If you don’t have cycling shoes, that’ll be another $125 per pair. The Original Peloton Bike is $1,445 (a price drop, as a result of Bike+’s release). The Cost: Bike+ sells for $2,495 (but you can currently grab it at Dick’s for $2,245). Peloton recently signed a partnership with Beyoncé (it’s no surprise Bike+ has more speakers than the previous stationary bike), while the word is out that Peloton wants to build an apparel brand to rival Lululemon. The next frontier? Music and activewear apparel. For instance, users can video-chat with friends during classes. It goes well beyond biking - there are classes for yoga, meditation and barre, to name a few - and there’s a massive (3.1 million members strong) social element to the platform, too. With September’s release of the Bike+, which has an 23.8-inch HD swivel screen, Peloton hopes to make the leap from a cool-yet-unnecessary home feature to all-encompassing lifestyle brand. But it was only recently - coincidentally, just before the onset of COVID-19 - that clever “fitness tech” companies decided they might as well go ahead and refresh the entire industry. It’s strange to consider that even before the pandemic, the overwhelming majority of Americans were already exercising at home. This sharp rise in specialized fitness and the scale of the at-home market points to this generation’s need for variety and personalization without sacrifice for convenience.” The brief reads: “Meanwhile, 70% of exercisers still work out at home. The lines are somewhat amusing to look back on and read now, after the pandemic changed everything. The release included a few choice quotes from Brynn Putnam - the erstwhile New York ballet dancer who invented the sleek fitness system - before concluding, optimistically, that the brand was well-positioned for a successful future. Toward the end of 2018, a company called MIRROR released a business wire to announce it had secured $13 million in financing.

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