Welcome to Episode 21 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we interview Antonia Passmore (#BuzzyBirdUK), discussing her journey with Stage 4 breast cancer, and cover the the following topics:

• Peloton is surveying some members about a pause button on the Bike or Tread. Could this mean a pause button for Peloton is coming soon?
• It was announced that Peloton will be acquiring Precor for $420 million, giving them US based manufacturing capability plus new R&D team members with lots of experience, and a foothold into commercial and campus sales.
• A venture capital firm is predicting there will be a Peloton strength device (or Peloton Tonal competitor) released in 2021.
• The annual Year in Review, which is called “The Cooldown”, was released on Friday, with lots of personalized stats.
• The new lower cost Peloton Tread is now officially on-sale in the UK – sales start in the US & Canada next month.
• CEO John Foley published a year end letter to members, finding some highlights from 2020.
• The year-long challenge “The Annual 2021” is back, and this year badges will go at least up to 15,000 minutes.
• Several beginner programs & collections were refreshed with new content for 2021.
• The Peloton Digital free trial has temporarily been extended to be 60 days free, instead of the normal 30.
• The on-demand library and class list pages on the Bike & Tread are updated, and now you can view all sports on one page.
• The “Skip Intro” button, which was previously released for the Bike & Tread, is now available on the iOS app.
• Numerous special classes took place, or were announced, over the past two weeks, including: The Beatles, Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris, Elvis Remix, Top 50 of 2020, Jenn Sherman’s Football rides are back, Flash 15 is back with more live classes, and Jess King had a special Jess King Experience for New Year’s Eve.
• Ally Love got engaged!
• Ally Love was also interviewed in Hamptons.com, talking about her partnership with REN skincare, the Love Squad, and being the host for the NBA team the Brooklyn Nets
• Jenn Sherman was interviewed by the The 201 Magazine, and the article is available both in Digital and in print in New Jersey.
• Monica Ruiz, who you might know better as “The Peloton Wife”, was interviewed by Today and looks back at the whole experience around the now infamous commercial. She recently celebrated her 200th ride with Jenn Sherman!
• Cody Rigsby is partnering with auto-maker GM to do some advertisements around their electric cars and clean energy initiatives.
• We interview Antonia Passmore (#BuzzyBirdUK), discussing her journey with Stage 4 breast cancer

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 20 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show.   This week, we interview Mark Massie (#MassieMan), who has lost 84 pounds and recently completed his 1000th ride, and cover the following topics:

• Peloton Pilates classes were officially announced, with coaches Hannah Corbin, Emma Lovewell, Kristin McGee, Aditi Shah, and Sam Yo
• Two new Peloton coaches were announced in Germany – Cliff Dwenger and Mayla Wedekind
• A new yoga coach is rumored to be starting soon in the US – Mariana Fernandez
• Prenatal cycling & strength classes were announced with Robin Arzon, along with a YouTube series documenting Robin’s pregnancy. Postnatal classes will launch in March
• The company who trademarked the phrase “Spinning” is suing Peloton for patent infringement
• Apple Fitness+ launched this week, bringing new competition to Peloton Digital
• The Peloton iOS app was updated, bringing the “Skip Intro” feature
• The latest featured artist series showcases Elvis classes
• DJ John Michael is bringing Live DJ classes to the Tread – the first one was with Adrian Williams
• There will be some “Best of 2020” classes airing after Christmas. Look for the schedule soon
• A snowstorm in New York City forced the cancellation of live classes for the day
• Peloton will close all studios, which means no live classes, to celebrate Christmas from December 24-27, and New Years December 31-January 1
• There was a small set of new items in the apparel store – a set of accessories for the Jess King Experience
• Sam Yo was featured in People magazine, talking about his past as a Buddhist Monk
• Emma Lovewell was interviewed on the Big Technology Podcast
• Several instructors were featured in a writeup in Vanity Fair
• We interview community member Mark Massie (#MassieMan), who has lost 84 pounds and recently completed his 1000th ride
• As a reminder, Pelo Buddy TV is taking the next two weeks off for the holidays. New episodes will resume January 10th

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 19 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. 

This week, we interview John Prewitt (#Kenny_Bania), Hi-5 extraordinaire and Peloton meme king, and cover the the following topics:

• Bradley Rose (fitness instructor, actor, and model) is likely to be a new Peloton instructor based out of the UK
• Peloton pilates classes should be coming in the next few weeks
• A “Year of Yes” collaboration with TV show creator, writer, and producer Shonda Rhimes was announced
• Peloton will not hold live classes for a few days over Christmas (Dec 24-27) & New Years (Dec 31-Jan1)
• The Holiday 2020 classes are in full swing – there are more than 35 taking place
• A Pentatonix Peloton class was announced as a ride with Christine D’Ercole
• Peloton CFO Jill Woodworth was interviewed at Barclays TMT conference
• The Nasdaq-100 index will include Peloton starting next week
• A former employee is suing Peloton, alleging labor laws were violated, as well as religious discrimination
• Peloton is also being sued over the lack of closed captioning in some of their classes
• Apple Fitness+ is officially launching next week
• Peloton launched a Flash Bike Bootcamp challenge
• A bug was fixed and now the miles you bike during Bike Bootcamp classes count towards monthly cycling challenges
• The Peloton-branded weights came back into stock this week
• The New York Times has a feature on CEO John Foley and his Sunday routine
• We interview John Prewitt (#Kenny_Bania), Hi-5 extraordinaire and Peloton meme king

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 18 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we interview Alex Quaas (#Fertilitydoc007), a fertility doctor who joined Peloton at the beginning of this spring, and cover the the following topics:

• A new rumor indicates Peloton will be launching “Class Stacking” soon – a new feature allowing you to create a playlist of Peloton classes, letting you take as many classes as you want back to back
• The on-demand library was purged this week, with approximately 8% of English-language cycling classes removed
• Peloton is expanding their regional campus (& support center) in Plano, Texas to a new building with nearly 100,000 square feet of office space
• Tunde Oyeneyin was announced as the newest member of the Bike Bootcamp team
• The annual “Year In Review” for 2020 will return with a look at stats for the year, but will be called ‘The Cooldown’ this year
• Peloton’s CFO Jill Woodworth will take part in the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference this week
• The list of Holiday & Festive classes for 2020 have been announced, as well as a Holiday Activity Challenge
• Outkast was featured in 4 different classes this past week
• Nicki Minaj will be featured in 2 classes this upcoming week
• Jess Sims announced a new “FLASH15” program for people crunched with time
• Ben Alldis is challenging people to retake his climb series, and will be participant too
• Rebecca Kennedy will be launching a “12 Days of Strength” program next week
• Peloton has clarified that they plan to launch more Peloton Barre classes in March 2021
• The “Bring Your Spirit” winter apparel line dropped on Thursday
• Tunde Oyeneyin appeared as a guest on the “Ali on the Run” podcast
• Jenn Sherman & Tunde Oyeneyin celebrated birthdays this week
• Peloton CEO John Foley was featured as part of “The Bloomberg 50”
• We interview Alex Quaas (#Fertilitydoc007), a German born Fertility doctor who studied in Manchester and did his residency and fellowship in the United States, who joined peloton this spring.

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 17 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show.  This week, we interview Simon Raine (#chaoss), a former gym owner who is now a Peloton member, and cover the the following topics:

• The annual Turkey Burn & Gratitude Week classes took place – Robin Arzon set a new class record with over 50,000 live riders
• The possibility of a new coach was teased by the instructors on Instagram
• Peloton launched their Cyber Monday & Black Friday sales, but only in international markets
• A small running-based apparel line was launched in the US
• All classes from the US studio were cancelled for one day on short notice
• Cody Rigsby was interviewed in Vogue
• Several instructors were featured in an article in “The Independent”
• Christine D’Ercole was a guest on “The Eat for Endurance” podcast
• We interview Simon Raine (#chaoss), a former gym owner who is now a Peloton member and moderator in the Peloton UK Community

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 16 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we interview Dov Katz (#DovOps), who has made some open source tools for the Peloton community and lost 50 pounds over the last year, and cover the the following topics:

• Peloton will celebrate Thanksgiving with their annual Turkey Burn rides and runs. They will have special workouts all week for “Gratitude Week 2020”, as well as a virtual Turkey Trot this year
• Peloton is now teaching live Bike Bootcamps, and have made them their own category
• Peloton appears to have acquired technology and employees from Peerfit
• A class action lawsuit over the purge of classes in 2019 is being allowed to continue
• A new lawsuit against ICON (makers of NordicTrac) was filed by Peloton alleging theft of trade secrets
• Peloton’s other manufacturing partner, Rexon, is also building a new factory
• The “Not Taken By Me” filter was added to iOS, Bike, and Tread this week
• Android users got the ability to share workouts to their Instagram Stories
• A Metallica featured artist series occurred
• The first German-language artist series took place with Tim Bendkzo
• Peloton’s Head of Music, Gwen Riley, discussed how artist collaborations take place in an interview with Rolling Stone
• Jenn Sherman has a new signature series called “Cover to Cover”
• Leanne Hainsby also has her first signature series, called “Work It Out”
• A new collaboration with the Spotify “Hot Country” playlist took place
• Cody Rigsby, Ben Alldis, and Tunde Oyeneyin all have signed with agents
• Cody Rigsby has an interview with PopSugar
• Alex Toussaint had a promo video air at the start of NFL KickOff on Fox last weekend
• Emma Lovewell announced she is buying a new house
• Peloton has announced their Sessions beta trial is ending, but it should be back at some undisclosed date in the future
• We interview Dov Katz (#DovOps), who has made some open source tools for the Peloton community and lost 50 pounds over the last year

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 15 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we interview Barbara Wanner (#Wundermam), who was recently featured in the "We All Have Our Reasons" Peloton ad campaign, and cover the the following topics:

• Official availability dates for the new lower cost Tread were announced
• Amanda gets a demo of the new Tread – hear her review and comparison to the Tread+
• Tread is now available in showrooms for demo nationwide
• A Beyoncé featured artist series took place
• Beyoncé will form a multi year partnership with Peloton, including gifting free memberships to students at 10 HBCUs
• Peloton celebrated Veteran’s Day with some special classes on Tuesday
• Peloton has detailed some of the specific steps they are taking to address the Bike & Bike+ shipping delays
• A new trademark was filed that would allow Peloton branded cosmetics, cleaners, or other similar products
• Peloton further confirmed there would be no hardware discounts for Black Friday in the US & Canada through an email to some members
• Hannah Frankson and Sam Yo celebrated their one year Pelo-versary
• Ally Love had another interview with PopSugar, this time about her friendship with the other instructors, and what her favorite workout type is
• Aditi Shah celebrated a birthday this week
• Peloton Germany will celebrate their official one year anniversary this upcoming week on November 20th
• There’s speculation if Irene’s live ride on the schedule Friday will end up being an artist series ride
• There is a now a toll-free number (freephone) for Peloton Germany customer support
• We interview Barbara Wanner (#Wundermam), who was recently featured in the “We All Have Our Reasons” Peloton ad campaign

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 14 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we have an interview with Gareth Jones (#funkytastic), founder of the Leanne Hainsby facebook group “Yes 2 You Crew”, and cover the the following topics:

• Peloton has released a new “Sessions” feature, that allows friends to ride together and take any on-demand class with a fresh leaderboard, similar to how an encore class works.
• The company’s Q1 2021 earnings call & report were released on Thursday
• The new lower cost Peloton Tread should be available to try out in showrooms before Thanksgiving
• Peloton is suing the US government to try to be excluded from paying some tariffs on goods & parts made in China
• UK & German classes were still having buffering issues, and a community member started a project to try to gather & share data about the issue
• UK Showrooms will be closing due to the upcoming Lockdown 2.0 in the UK
• Live classes from the US were cancelled on Tuesday, and showrooms & support were closed, due to the US election
• Peloton Digital Android Users can now see workout graphs of completed classes through their app
• Themed music classes are coming to power zone rides in the next few weeks
• Chase Tucker celebrated a birthday
• Ben Alldis announced he was going to start hosting his own podcast
• Ally Love was featured in PopSugar again
• Jess Sims celebrated her 2 year anniversary with Peloton this week
• Leanne Hainsby was featured in YOU magazine
• We give a demo of the new Sessions feature in our Pelo Tips segment
• We interview Gareth Jones (#funkytastic), founder of the Leanne Hainsby facebook group “Yes 2 You Crew”

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 13 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we have an interview with Jaclyn McMillen (#JacMac_2020) of the Super Newbie Peloton Riders Facebook group, and cover the the following topics:

• Members in the UK & Germany have been running into buffering & network issues
• Peloton has shared the US & Canada won’t have Black Friday sales on the Peloton Bike, Bike+, or Tread
• A holiday season apparel drop took place this weekend
• Peloton’s annual shareholder meeting will take place on December 9th, with a proxy vote for 3 different items
• Chase & Peloton have teamed up to offer statement credits for Chase Sapphire cardholders
• The Kempinski hotel chain in Germany will have Peloton bikes available for guests upon request
• A new “Not Taken By Me” class filter showed up for Android users
• Peloton instructors are going all-in for Halloween this year, both during classes and on social media
• The new flash challenge “In The Zone” is taking place to get a badge for doing power zone training classes
• Kendall Toole held the first class of her new “Movie Buff” monthly series
• Peloton held 6 different classes for the “Bon Jovi” artist series
• Jenn Sherman & Denis Morton will teach a second set of classes for a Grateful Dead artist series
• Comedian & Musician Steve Martin had his bluegrass music featured on a yoga featured artist series with Kristin McGee
• Peloton CEO John Foley gave a brief interview at the Goldman Sachs’ Builders + Innovators Summit
• “Built in NYC” had a feature on what it took to design the Peloton Bike
• We interview Jaclyn McMillen (#JacMac_2020) of the Super Newbie Peloton Riders Facebook group

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].

Welcome to Episode 12 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. This week, we have an interview with Julia Katharina (#Jules_Katharina), founder of the GermanLadies Peloton Group, and cover the the following topics:

• Peloton is having delivery & shipping issues for the new Bike+
• The date for the Q1 2021 earnings call was announced this week
• The PSNY studio, as well as retail stores, will close for the US election
• A new partnership was announced with the DFB (German Football) Academy
• There’s a number of Halloween themed classes taking place next week
• The Jess King Experience is back for Season 2
• More Peloton Barre classes will be available, but not until 2021
• The “Train Smart” collection was updated to have meditation classes
• A new Emeli Sande artist series ride was announced
• Peloton is in court over their trademark with a coffee company
• Head of Marketing, Dara Treseder, was interviewed by LinkedIn
• Peloton lost out on the grand prize award for the AFP Pinnacle award to Drager
• A new “The Season To Move” apparel line launched last week
• Ally Love discussed a near fatal car accident she had as a child in Women’s Health
• Hannah Corbin discusses some different Barre workouts with InStyle
• Jess King was interviewed on “A Sweat Life” podcast
• Emma Lovewell made a short video for Thrive Global discussing her routine
• Both Matt Wilpers & Emma Lovewell are celebrating birthdays this week
• We interview Julia Katharina (#Jules_Katharina), founder of the GermanLadies Peloton Group

Let us know your feedback! You can contact us at [email protected] – we’d love to hear your thoughts on ways to improve the show, or what guests to feature in future weeks. Also, if you get a shoutout and would like to be featured in the community shoutouts segment of the show, send in a video clip of your shoutout to [email protected].