April 27th 17, 03:45 PM
posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Indoor fitness cycling
On 2017-04-26 21:08, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/26/2017 11:06 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:37:54 -0700, Joerg
wrote:
On 2017-04-25 18:25, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Tired of dodging cars on the road but still want your daily ride fix?
Just buy one of these $2,000 exercise machines, plug it into the
internet, fork over $39/month for the videos, and attend the live
online classes.
"My two-month ride with Peloton, the cultish, internet-connected
fitness bike"
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15408338/bike-peloton-review-indoor-cycle-live-streaming-cycling
Not for you? Well, the company claims 500,000 users so there must be
something to get their attention (and money).
Oh man ...
Well, there are commercial and amateur flight simulators for pilot
training:
http://www.projectmagenta.com
http://www.projectmagenta.com/gallery/
Here's the flight simulator I want to try:
https://www.aviary.org/fly
A guy in ancient Greece tried that in real life. Unfortunately the
experiment had an undesirable outcome.
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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