Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Poloton - the minty version with the hole in the middle
Peleton indoor riding advert
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Poloton - the minty version with the hole in the middle
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Polarton. The cold climate version.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I suppose Peleton is the Brazilian football version, and I was wrong to be correcting people.
And Peliton in Finnish would mean "gameless" (ie without a game). Just saying.
And Peliton in Finnish would mean "gameless" (ie without a game). Just saying.
AuroraSaab
Veteran
Am I the only one for whom some of these replies seem weirdly out of sync? I am not enjoying the new forum update, I'm afraid. I'm finding the forum much harder to read and harder to post to. I am using an android phone, so maybe it is better on other systems or a on a pc.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Pylontron for the fully electric version
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
Polishton in Warsaw.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Their new USA advert is much worse, it seems: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/p...journey-to-becoming-a-112-lb-woman-2019-12-02
Peloton - just say no.
Peloton - just say no.
Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
Poor Grace in Boston! Her husband gives her an exercise bike ($2,250.00 msrp.) for Christmas,(the romantic devil) when all she really wanted was his attention. So much so, she had to blog about it. If I would give Mrs. GA an exercise bike for Christmas, I'd be ready to dodge that frying pan...
Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShKu2icEYw-
Marketwatch seems to have lost the ad, so here it is.
Globalti
Legendary Member
An error occurred.
I would hate it. Mrs Gti did spinning for a while and persuaded me to go along. It was even worse than I expected; they had a dozen bikes set up in a semi-circle, loud music and a woman who shouted at you. I quickly decided to stick to my usual turbo routine, which rather spoiled the symmetry of the session. At one point the shouting woman worked her way down the line shouting into people's faces and when she got to me she looked, read my expression that said "leave me alone" shook her head and moved on to the next poor sap. Mrs Gti never tried to get me to go after that.
I would hate it. Mrs Gti did spinning for a while and persuaded me to go along. It was even worse than I expected; they had a dozen bikes set up in a semi-circle, loud music and a woman who shouted at you. I quickly decided to stick to my usual turbo routine, which rather spoiled the symmetry of the session. At one point the shouting woman worked her way down the line shouting into people's faces and when she got to me she looked, read my expression that said "leave me alone" shook her head and moved on to the next poor sap. Mrs Gti never tried to get me to go after that.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
I don't know what the shouting is all about, certainly the old style spinning classes were a bit more mellow.
- Location
- London
Lots of stuff is unfortunately shouty these days.
Invaded cooking years ago.
It's all folk demanding performance from their toothpaste etc etc.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I see in today's news that Peloton's stock is down now by 9% as a result of a wave of negative responses to the ad. Oops.
Gravity Aided
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- Land of Lincoln
I think yesterday was a bad day on The Street for everyone.
Although I think their ad agency, Mekanism, should rethink the approach, as i believe they all said they would do a couple years ago.
They may just wish to be unabashedly elitist.
That's a marketing ploy, although I doubt its success rate.
I'd buy a used one for cheap.
But at a couple grand, and $40 a month for subscription, I'm skeptical about reaching target markets effectively with anything but small, well targeted campaigns. I think TV and broad campaigns are a waste of money with this product.. Statistical research is there to help.
