Just to add for anyone new to this topic, check out Zwift - the virtual cycling platform that cycling purists don't scoff at* because Zwift is much more rooted in the tradition and culture of the sport. They are a Silicon Valley cycling e-sports startup, 120 million in funding. Dcrainmaker.com and GPllama on YouTube will be your best 3rd party guides to the ins and outs.
*for some definitions of "purist"
I do not like Pelotom at all. Do not like Zwift either as their graphics sucks and view of bazillion animated cyclists around me does not add value either. I guess this is because I love cycling but do not really care about racing. For racing crowd I guess Zwift can make more sense.
I very much prefer software with so called Real Life Video (Tacx TDA, Veloreality, etc) for my indoor training in winter. The scenery is way more inspiring on big screen TV.
Comes summer, forget indoors. I love cycling and swimming in open water. No software would ever come even remotely close.
DCRainmaker was valuable source in the beginning (still somewhat is) but not so much now. His reviews and opinions at least in regards to cycling software lately are far from unbiased
Re:Peloton Is Spinning Faster Than Ever
by rurounijones on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:34AM
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I am not a bike enthusiast by any means but I went into this article thinking it was going to be about the increase in speed of the peleton in professional biking races like the Tour de France due to improvements in technology etc.
So I am very with you on the name hate.
I hate that people who know nothing of road cycling are now exclusively associating the word peloton with these indoor spinning bikes.
I really hate that this company is frivolously threatening to sue people for using the word peloton in the context of any kind of indoor virtual cycling.
This is a widely used phrase and they should leave it alone.
Calling a company echelon is just as bad for the same reason.