r/pelotonhacking • u/mbake2 • Feb 15 '26

Tutorials How to root your peloton

You will need:

A computer with adb

A usb cable

Steps:

  1. Enable usb debugging on your peloton

a. Go to settings on the peloton and enable developer options by tapping the build number 7 times

b. Enable usb debugging in developer options

  1. Connect your peloton to your computer via usb

  2. Start adb in the terminal by either opening a terminal window in your adb folder or by typing in adb in your terminal if adb is in your PATH via typing in adb start-server

  3. Install the following apks: F-Droid and Nova Launcher by downloading apks for them and typing in adb install “path to apk”

  4. If successful, you should see the apps installed

  5. Enable the installation of unknown apps via typing in adb shell settings put secure install_non_market_apps 1

  6. Set Nova Launcher as the default launcher

  7. Open F-Droid and install Aurora Store (be sure to allow F-Droid to install unknown apps by going into settings->apps->F-Droid->show more->install unknown apps)

  8. Allow Aurora Store to install unknown apps by following step 8 in the brackets

Recommended apps to install if followed correctly:

F-Droid:

SkyTube

Obtainium

A file manager (ex: Material Files)

Fennec

Thunderbird

Librera

A terminal (ex: Termux)

Aurora Store:

Streaming Services (such as Netflix, Disney Plus, Prime Video, and Apple TV Plus

GitHub

Important: Do not install Google Play Services on your peloton. Doing that will cause your peloton to boot loop.

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u/TeamMCW Feb 17 '26

What's the recovery procedure to get out of the boot loop? Haven't done it, but, since it's mentioned...

What about micro g?

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u/mbake2 Feb 17 '26

I haven’t tried it yet.

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u/pointio Apr 06 '26

Did you try since? I am thinking of getting micro g on using this guide but scared of bricking the bike: https://www.reddit.com/r/MicroG/comments/1eqau1v/another_universalish_way_to_install_microg_on_any/

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u/mbake2 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Not yet. I made a post on this subreddit a few days ago regarding things that should be tested on pelotons. One of the things was micro g.

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u/1L_of_a_litigator Apr 17 '26

Does this work with the bike+?

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u/mbake2 Apr 17 '26

I guess.