If you’re someone who likes numbers, charting your progress and working towards a quantitative goal - you’re better suited for Peloton. It’s far more self-paced and internal than Peloton, and is more about the lesson/ mantra of each class. The classes are difficult on this bike, and the lack of concrete metrics to work off of is noticeable. You ride to the beat of the music always, and add or takeaway “turns” of the resistance knob beneath you to make your ride smoother or more difficult. There’s a progress bar that shows you how far along you are in the class, a stats bar and a camera view of a “form rider” who models exactly what your body should be doing at any given moment.Ī few things to note - there’s no leaderboard, so you’re not competing with any other riders, and there are no metrics related to speed or resistance, everything is off of feeling. Immediately, I noticed the high production quality of the session I was about to experience.Įvery SoulCycle class on the bike is beautifully shot, with the instructor front and center, and three other riders in the room. After navigating through the extensive library of classes with soulful titles and varying levels of difficulty, I recognized his face and went for it. Ross Ramone was always one of my favorite instructors when I lived in LA, so I know exactly what his classes are like in person. Yup, the whole soulful thing? Definitely works on me. I have, embarrassingly enough, cried in a few. I’ve been to about 10 SoulCycle classes in my life, and I have to admit I do love them. The bike weights are also conveniently racked on the back, making them easy to reach but completely out of the way while you’re in class.įor my first class, I picked an instructor I’m familiar with. The seat is comfortable to sit on, and the handlebars are ergonomically angled to be supportive whether you’re sitting or riding out of the saddle. It’s not necessarily a con, since it’s satisfying to hear the whistling when you hit a high enough cadence. The pedaling experience on the SoulCycle bike feels just as smooth as the Peloton, but in a different way, and you can audibly hear the pedaling in a way you can’t with other bikes. The clips functioned perfectly during the ride, and felt very secure at a wide range of resistance levels. Clipping into the SoulCycle bike was a little harder at first than the Peloton, but that could’ve been because I wasn’t used to the machine.
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