Welcome to Episode 102 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week we cover the following topics:
- Peloton shared a statement in the OPP that Daniel McKenna is no longer a Peloton instructor.
- Peloton laid off 500 more employees on Thursday, and is said to be exploring a sale of Precor.
- New patent applications reveal a possible new Peloton strength product – a strength platform.
- There will be a Peloton bike in every Hilton Hotel in the US by the end of the year.
- Peloton may add financing options for the Peloton Row once the presale is over.
- Camila Ramon is now teaching Tread classes, and had her premiere run on Wednesday.
- There was a FKA Twigs artist series over the weekend.
- It looks like like there will be a Babyface artist series at the end of the month.
- Denis Morton teamed up with Jessie James Decker for the new episode of “On The Leaderboard”
- Hannah F, Alex T, Robin A, and Jon H were all in LA filming something for Peloton.
- Hannah Frankson has also been spotted in New York recording or practicing in the studio there.
- It was announced that Peloton & lululemon have settled their lawsuit over apparel.
- Peloton will have no live classes from October 10-12 for another “Pause and Reflect”
- The “Add to Calendar” feature is back on web browsers for adding upcoming classes to your calendar.
- Peloton has added a new feature so that if your phone is on iOS 16, you can add a Peloton lock screen widget.
- The “Just Work Out” feature is finally starting to roll out for Android.
- The free trial for the Peloton app will be 60 days in October, rather than the normal 30.
- If your walk miles weren’t counting as part of the October Run challenge, exit and rejoin the challenge.
- Peloton will be celebrating UK Black History Month in October.
- Marcel Maurer had a meet & greet this week at the Hamburg Peloton showroom.
- The Simpsons heavily featured Peloton in an episode this week
- Happy Birthday to Nico Sarani this past week.
- Callie Gullickson was interviewed by Shape.
- Kirsten Ferguson was interviewed on NBC Boston.
- John & Amanda share their, and the community's, class picks of the week.
You can find links to full articles on each of these topics from the episode page here: https://www.pelobuddy.com/pelo-buddy-tv-episode-102/ The show is also available via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeloBuddy
This episode is hosted by Amanda Segal (#Seglo3) and John Prewitt (#Kenny_Bania).