My Peloton Bike Dupe: How to Use an Echelon Bike with the Peloton App

Hello, buddies! For those who’ve been following me for lengthy, you already know figuring out is a HUGE ardour of mine. It’s a main a part of my life and one thing I actually take pleasure in. I am a CrossFitter at the beginning and cardio/endurance has at all times been one thing I wrestle with, however I really like the outcomes I see in my physique after I mix cardio and cross coaching. I HATE working, however I’ve grown to actually take pleasure in spinning, so I just lately bought an Echelon Join Sport indoor biking bike (mainly the Walmart model of a Peloton) and it has been such a recreation changer for my total endurance and my health routine. I am sharing the small print on find out how to use the Echelon bike with Peloton cycle lessons under! 

The Echelon bike prices $500 from Walmart (a fraction of the $2k Peloton). It appears and feels the EXACT similar, minus the display screen, the strap in pedals and the shortage of dumbbell holders. My mom in regulation has a Peloton, so I’m talking from first hand expertise. I subscribe to the Peloton app digital membership ($13/month, with a free trial), put my iPad on the handlebar holder, and get all the advantages of Peloton lessons for a fraction of the fee. WIN!! The Echelon does include its personal app (with lessons and a free six month subscription), however I favor the Peloton lessons. The Peloton app additionally comes with a ton of different lessons, too, like power, yoga, HIIT, bootcamp, stretching, and many others. that you are able to do off the bike.

Although the worth distinction is a MAJOR upside, there are some downsides to utilizing a dupe:

1. The Peloton app would not present you your resistance or cadence as a result of it could possibly’t connect with the bike
2. You possibly can’t be a part of the Peloton leaderboard
3. You possibly can’t monitor your stats within the Peloton app (though it does inform you which lessons you have taken and what number of lessons you have carried out) 
4. The Echelon resistance is WAY totally different than the Peloton resistance 

1. Open the Echelon app in your cellphone and connect with your bike by way of bluetooth
2. Hit “extra” on the underside menu and select “Freestyle Journey” – it would present you your cadence, resistance and output together with all of your experience stats 
3. Mount your cellphone in your bike. I simply use a gorilla pod beneath my iPad, however there are in all probability higher cellphone mounts out there! 
4. Open the Peloton app in your iPad and select your class 
5. Use the conversion chart under to transform the Peloton resistance numbers to Echelon resistance numbers. I taped my chart to the bike for simple entry. 

Observe: An alternative choice is to make use of a Wahoo Cadence Meter (it attaches to the pedal) as a substitute of the Echelon Freestyle Journey. The Wahoo meter will connect with the Peloton app by way of bluetooth and present your cadence on the display screen, BUT it appeared to disconnect rather a lot, it did not sustain with my cadence after I went over 100rpm, and you might be nonetheless caught with out realizing your resistance quantity. I did not wish to must guess the resistance I used to be at. I favor utilizing two units / two screens as a result of it’s extra idiot proof. 

Print this conversion chart at 2″x3″and it’ll match on the handlebar base completely!