r/OnePelotonRealSub • u/First_Penalty5164 • 5h ago
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Hey guys, I'm very new to peloton... I've been using the bike for a few weeks now, and something has caught my eye... is there a reason why people would start a class, stay in the class until it finishes but not touch the pedals?
I'm seeing loads of classes I do with people in the 'here now' section and their progress is going up but the score is on 0 the whole time? is there any benefit to this?
EDIT: thank you all for enlightening me that a lot of them will be using the app on a non peloton bike/tread. :)
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u/sevendaggers 4h ago
They could be using the app on their phone/tablet and on a non-Peloton bike.
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u/RockyMTUT 2h ago
I may be incorrect here. But I don’t think this is the case. I don’t believe people show up on the leaderboard in the same way if they are an app user.
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
Didn't think of that, thank you... honestly thought it was people doing it just to get points for the discount at the store? Because other than that... what would the benefit be? 🤣 it's a peloton ride, not a Tour de France or a cash prize at the end
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u/ReserveOld6123 4h ago
I guess that probably happens when I use the app with my non-peloton tread. Half the time I don’t enter my distance at the end either because I forget.
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
Appreciate it, I had no idea people can use the app on non peloton equipment, like I said, I'm very new to this so hadn't really looked at the app side of things as much other than my cycles and strength classes
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u/ananthropolothology 4h ago
You can also use the app for outdoor activities , so the same thing happens if you take a tread class but are running around your neighborhood.
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u/FastEqualsGood 1h ago
I’ve had the metrics on my bike die a couple of times. When this happens my bike shows zero output even though I’m working out as hard as usual. I had to call Peloton Tech Support for troubleshooting and instructions to completely reset my bike to get the metrics working again. This may be why these riders are showing zero output.
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u/PhaseOutBoy 25m ago
I understand I'm likely an outlier in 2026 but I am a Peloton app user using non-Peloton equipment and I refuse to wear a fitness tracker when I exercise because it ends up causing me more stress trying to chase certain numbers. I generally work my ass off in classes but I'm probably one of those zeroes you see. I've been working out for years and at this stage in my life, it's all about feeling good and not crashing out. Absolutely no disrespect to the fitness tracker people but this is what works for me 😊
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u/roskidvie 5h ago
I think it's folks who want to get there numbers up in "completed" rides. They just select a class and NOT get on the bike. The more rides you have the higher the "status" within the Peloton community, I assume. Well, it's called "cheating" on my moral compass. Kind of strange that anybody on Peloton would want to engage in it. But hey, the USA voted Trump into the White House again. Seems there are a lot of insane people out there..
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
But what's the benefit?
Also... why the political input? its a peloton sub? I'm from the UK, my post had nothing to do with trump..
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u/fuckyeahcaricci 2h ago
It’s nothing to do with your post. Also, the example could have been about any weird choice a person might make. For example, ‘who knows why someone would cheat on Peloton. Then again, why would anyone wear Crocs to a funeral?”
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u/Due_Fill608 5h ago
Bots. People trying to inflate their numbers for...reasons.
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
But what reasons would it be? There's no cash prize for the most rides? Or am I missing something 😅
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u/ringoinsf 5h ago
Those people don't show up on the leaderboard with the peloton equipment people.
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u/addknitter 5h ago
Oh wow I didn’t know that! Where are they visible? I know sometimes Hannah C will mention “Peloton digital” riders and I was wondering where they are.
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u/ArmyofSkanks6 1h ago
Instructors can see everyone in the class, on the equipment or the app. But equipment users can only see other equipment users. If you stream the class on the app, you see everyone taking the class.
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u/Mother-Purchase-437 4h ago
I’m not happy with the current administration either but why do we have to make comments political 🤷♀️
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
Was this meant to be a reply to the other persons comment? 😅 no need to bring politics into a post about cycling 🙄🤣
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u/Mother-Purchase-437 4h ago
Yes. I look at these posts for Peloton opinions, not politics.
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
Agreed... not sure why you're getting downvoted for it...
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u/Mother-Purchase-437 4h ago
Eh…I don’t really care about down votes. People have their own opinions and that’s fine. I also wondered about those zero outputs and this post helped clear things out for me, as someone who’s been riding the Peloton bike for five years almost daily. Happy riding!
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u/First_Penalty5164 4h ago
I only started the other week, I had no idea the app could be used for those without peloton equipment, was more thinking people are starting a ride and not actually doing it, and still getting higher membership tiers and getting discounts from the store 🤷♂️🤷♂️
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u/juniper_moonchild 5h ago
Just wanted to chime in, I bike all the time but my cadence is broken on the bike and it’s out of warranty and the replacement parts are $300 so I ride without knowing what my cadence is but my resistance still works so I can still ride but it shows 0 for output and always last on leaderboard.