http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: How much?! en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:15:40 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340&page=2#post-318939 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:21:25 +0000 chdot 318939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/04/peloton-backlash-sexist-dystopian-exercise-bike-christmas-advert" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/dec/04/peloton-backlash-sexist-dystopian-exercise-bike-christmas-advert</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340&page=2#post-313181 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:38:48 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 313181@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The company lost $196 million on sales of $915 million during the 12 months ended June 30"</p> <p><a href="https://fortune.com/2019/08/27/peloton-interactive-ipo-nasdaq/" rel="nofollow">https://fortune.com/2019/08/27/peloton-interactive-ipo-nasdaq/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340&page=2#post-300407 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:55:59 +0000 Greenroofer 300407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Frenchy - phew. That is reassuring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340&page=2#post-300400 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:06:13 +0000 HankChief 300400@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've never seen an advert from them at all...</p> <p>Maybe my bot master is too good or they can't pronounce my Russian name ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340&page=2#post-300397 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:53:33 +0000 Frenchy 300397@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Huh. That's somehow even stranger than them actually knowing my name.</p> <p>EDIT: Yeah, I found the advert again, when I wasn't logged in. It "knew" my name there too. I even checked in incognito mode, to be sure, and you seem to be right. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340&page=2#post-300396 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:48:12 +0000 Greenroofer 300396@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Frenchy - they know my name and where I live too. However I suspect that is because we both happen to share the name they used. I <em>hope</em> that's the case: perhaps @Hankchief (as resurrector of this thread) could confirm that they don't address him by name. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300318 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:02:45 +0000 Arellcat 300318@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>CCE may be a simulation of a world that's better than the real one.</p> <p><em>There is a Brompton shop round the corner from it as well which a mate visited 2 weeks ago and said the staff were "up themselves"</em></p> <p>Brompton Junction*. I was there in November, and managed to get them to give my bike a once-over for free. Perhaps it was because it was getting on for closing time or that they took a fancy to a 12-speed Brompton with carbon cranks.</p> <p>* Not in Brompton, and not strictly on a junction either. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300309 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:48:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 300309@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So is CCE just the private message function of the real world? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300308 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:38:46 +0000 wingpig 300308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Convincing, isn't it? Don't forget your objective, Veronica. At least you remembered to avoid grey this time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300304 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:06:57 +0000 I were right about that saddle 300304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig</p> <p>Which simulation? CCE or meatworld? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300292 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:06:34 +0000 wingpig 300292@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats Those are actually messages from the real world, trying to reach you inside this simulation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300242 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:13:26 +0000 I were right about that saddle 300242@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Channel 4 thinks my first name is Veronica so personalised adds there are dynamite. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300241 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:07:44 +0000 Frenchy 300241@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An advert for these the other day knew my name and where I lived.</p> <p>Like, in the middle of the advert it said "[First name], from Edinburgh".</p> <p>Does this really increase sales? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300225 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:10:35 +0000 I were right about that saddle 300225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I can spend time with my half gay husband while he reads Architectural Digest wearing combat boots</em></p> <p>You should have to say these exact words out loud in public before you can buy one of these things. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300221 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:37:31 +0000 unhurt 300221@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't, they are all glorious. Yacht one may edge it though? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-300220 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:15:58 +0000 HankChief 300220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/ClueHeywood/status/1089729805354856450?s=19">Pick your favorite</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-298263 Sun, 23 Dec 2018 00:13:41 +0000 HankChief 298263@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So it looks like it needs to be that expensive to hire a shed load of lawyers to stop other people using the word "peloton"...</p> <p>I don't hold out much hope for them...</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/gplama/status/1076244021029163008?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/gplama/status/1076244021029163008?s=19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297975 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:17:10 +0000 Nelly 297975@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw the Peleton shop in Covent Garden when in London a couple of days ago. It was empty on a very busy christmas shopping Sunday. </p> <p>There is a Brompton shop round the corner from it as well which a mate visited 2 weeks ago and said the staff were "up themselves" :-)</p> <p>Given the prime locations, I suspect both are targeting people with specific wallet dimensions. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297824 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:57:01 +0000 Cyclingmollie 297824@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It depends on what you want to achieve. I would have loved using Zwift instead of a turbo when I was training for club TTs and races. A winter augmenting hours on the road with hours on the turbo doing high intensity intervals only to reach a level of fitness that allowed me to keep up eventually palled. Now I have rollers for the days when the weather is bad and I feel the need to try to match some of the commuting miles (don't call it training!) that other Audaxers do. More of a psychological boost than anything I expect. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297806 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:58:19 +0000 ARobComp 297806@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In defence of Zwift. It serves a specific purpose. I get a lot from it (although my fancy trainer needs returning for a service :/ ) </p> <p>I get a LOT of adverts for Peloton. It looks awful to me, althjough I can understand why someone might want to use it. For the most part spinning is not good for real cycling apart from the weight loss aspect. Most spin classes can cost north of £9 and gym membership with spin classes included probably about £50+ (I was a member at fitness first on totenham court road for 2 months for £100 a month at one point) so if this is going to be your exercise, they've perhaps not pitched it at an aweful price point. </p> <p>I torture myself by Zwifting in my garage, where I can see all my bikes hanging up, looking at me and screaming "WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297791 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:28:15 +0000 Cyclingmollie 297791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I've been watching videos of bench vice restorations.</em></p> <p>I watched that video as well. Maybe we got that recommendation because we've all watched bike maintenence videos. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297770 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 12:10:55 +0000 fimm 297770@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you ride indoors then you don't have to worry about drivers, wind, rain, drivers, ice, snow, route finding, drivers, pedestrians, dogs, or drivers. You can concentrate on hurting yourself as much as you want. If that floats your boat, then it is a good thing (must set our turbo up again...)</p> <p>I admit that you don't <em>need</em> an expensive Zwift or whatever, but I understand why people use it.</p> <p>Incidentally, I mostly get car adverts on Twitter. I don't think the targeted advertising is working very well in my case... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297757 Sun, 16 Dec 2018 00:04:19 +0000 I were right about that saddle 297757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I've been watching videos of bench vice restorations.</em></p> <p>Oh man I watched that and then a mate passed me a link to it and I watched it again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297754 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 23:31:08 +0000 miak 297754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having done a 24 hour charity spinathon this year ... i realised how much i hated indoor training .... but having just upgraded my old indoor trainer (which i seldom used) for a new one that apparently links to Zwift I am looking forward to having a go in smaller doses and improving my race times...as cycling border roads in the dark just seems like suicide these days :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297751 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:50:30 +0000 steveo 297751@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah, if you must ride on a turbo trainer and some must then might as well make it more interesting than staring at a wall! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297750 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:44:29 +0000 Arellcat 297750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wilmington's Cow is a Zwift user, using it to good effect for training purposes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297748 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:35:43 +0000 wingpig 297748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was shown an advert for Zwift the other day. From the look of it it's an almost logical progression from people having pretend races over the same bits of real road against other people at different times through Strava to having them have live pretend races in different physical places in the same virtual place at the same time. With a pretend ptetend racing costume rather than a real pretend one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297747 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:24:41 +0000 gembo 297747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Zwift not real, strava not real. Moira who will chat to you in Apple Pie Bakery of Carnwath is real. She is there Saturday morning. Her children live in Manchester and Australia, before she retired the Carnwath Massive used to car share to work in Edinburgh. She has a mean technique on eating a strawberry tart. I vote Moira </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297746 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:59:01 +0000 Arellcat 297746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>You definitely know how to enjoy yourself.</em></p> <p>I've been watching videos of bench vice restorations. It was absolutely quite interesting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19340#post-297745 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:57:42 +0000 dessert rat 297745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>each to their own I guess. I am always annoyed that Zwift miles count the same as real miles on Strava - which I suspect is what IWRATS is alluding to. </p>