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  • Peloton Leaderboard – Numbers and Position

    Peloton Leaderboard – Numbers and Position

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    The Peloton leaderboard contains a great deal of information on how you’re performing, both against others who are taking / have taken your class as well as how you’ve performed in the past. It’s a fairly data-packed screen, so let’s get into it… Exhibit A (above) is my own line item on the leaderboard, taken…

  • Peloton’s Calibration Problem

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    If you’ve been a Peloton member for any length of time, you probably have been hearing about “calibration”. Not from Peloton, no. They hardly ever mention it. It is a topic in social media, though, and it seems that there is a widespread problem that Peloton may have no way of getting on top of.…

  • Peloton and METs

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    Following up on my post about the Peloton display numbers (and a little arithmetic regarding Output), a visitor to the site asked about METs, so I thought I’d post a follow-up…. Calculating METs is unfortunately considerably more difficult than calculating output in kilojoules. Well, it’s not that it’s so difficult, it’s that the level of…

  • Your Peloton Screen – Resistance, Cadence and Output

    Your Peloton Screen – Resistance, Cadence and Output

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    Understanding the various numbers on your Peloton bike display is key to understanding how well you’re doing.

  • Visit to Peloton

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    or…. My trip to the Mothership Next time you’re in Manhattan, you really need to try out the Peloton studio, located in Chelsea. I headed to the Mothership this summer for my first in-studio ride. If you are anywhere near NYC, I would definitely recommend you give it a try, and if not, well, here’s…

  • Pedalgate? Broken Peloton Pedals

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    For the last several years, some riders have complained about pedals breaking, causing injuries. Should pedals break?

  • A Visit to Punxsutawney

    A Visit to Punxsutawney

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    For the past 132 years, a groundhog in Punxsutawney has been predicting the weather. Based on whether or not he sees his shadow, we will have either six more weeks of winter or an early spring. It’s science. This year I decided to travel there to get the forecast straight from the woodchuck’s mouth. If…

  • Fly, Eagles, Fly (Eagles Fight Song) Sheet Music

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    As a courtesy to my fellow Eagles fans, who hopefully will have many chances to sing it tomorrow, I give you some sheet music and chords for the Eagles fight song. A couple of years ago I looked around the Internet for this and never found it written down, so I decided to fill the…

  • On Being an Eagles Fan

    On Being an Eagles Fan

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    I am an Eagles fan. I used to call myself a “big” Eagles fan, but to be honest, I’ve never painted my face green. I’ve never gotten on an airplane to go see a road game. I haven’t rewritten my will to ensure that I’m buried in my Randall Cunningham jersey. I’ve met people like…