But, for some people, using an indoor bike is the only way that they can safely cycle. This includes people like me, who have multiple health conditions that make traditional cycling unsafe.
Also, there are some people who want to cycle while simultaneously working from home, which is totally possible. That is why a lot of people have such setups. A lot of people who are endurance athletes are from the socioeconomic bracket that allows them to work from home.
I find it really hard to operate a touchscreen with any dexterity whilst running on an elliptical. Sure the bike itself had really big buttons on the UI, but when I brought in my ipad to play some XCOM, one encounter (usually 10-15 minutes) would take nearly the entire hour I would ride due to butterfingering everything. I can't imagine trying to do anything productive on such a setup.
I use two methods for coding/typing/notes: voice and specialized keyboard. I generally use a specialized braille keyboard, that I can sweat on, however I do wear gloves (see: https://www.atguys.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_inf...).
I know multiple braille codes backwards and forwards, and I generally use a standard 8-key braille keyboard to type English language, computer code, and math. I have a print-related disability, that does not affect visual acuity, but does affect my ability to read (severe convergence insufficiency). So, when working and exercising, I use text to speech feedback when typing with braille code.
For coding with voice I use Dragon Naturally Speaking and VoiceCode (https://www.voicecode.io/). For math and voice I use Mathfly (https://mathfly.org/).
She was a bit over 20 years early with her prediction. But by god it is true and I fucking hate it.
Screens are everywhere they don't belong now.... gas station pumps, on the subway, in our cars, even on our fitness equipment.
Is this really "innovation", or is this just a bunch wantrepreneurs looking to cash out on a sweet exit in a few years time?
Like are people really so weak as to not be able to be alone with their thoughts for an hour while they ride a fitness bike? A pumped-up playlist on Spotify (gag) isn't enough?
At this rate society is going to be those fatasses on Wall-E, fitness bikes be damned
"But with a screen attached" is becoming the new "but do it on a computer!"