London boutique gym Digme launched its At Home service during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and it proved popular enough to be kept on even after the chain’s eight studios reopened.

In short, you’ll never have to cycle without some form of guided class or entertainment being broadcast on the large, immersive screen, and you get that for £10 less than the monthly Peloton subscription.

Technogym has also made access to the bike’s screen impressively open: not only can you use popular apps like Netflix on it, but you can even plug in a Chromecast and stream content from other devices. If you don’t, you still get access to Technogym’s library of on-demand spinning workouts, which I found pretty much as good as live studio sessions for getting you fit, even if they lack the atmosphere of live classes. The Technogym Bike has a 22in (56cm) HD touchscreen on the handlebars, allowing you to take part in live spinning classes streamed from London studio 1Rebel or Milan studio Revolution as long as you pay the £29 monthly subscription. If your budget will stretch beyond that, Peloton also offers the Bike+, which costs from $2,495/£1,995 and has a few upgrades on the original Bike like a bigger screen and auto flow resistance, which means it will rise and fall in line with the instructions in the classes.Īs one of the biggest names in cardio machines Technogym will no doubt have viewed the popularity of relative upstarts like Peloton with interest, and it has now responded with a spinning bike that offers the most impressive alternative to Peloton I’ve come across. If you want to bring the spinning experience to your home there is no better option, but it comes at a hefty cost: the bike will set you back well over a grand and there’s a hefty monthly subscription fee on top of that. You need the app to make it worthwhile, which means a monthly subscription, but the live and on-demand classes really do deliver the feel of a studio session and I’ve not yet tested another bike that matches the standard of Peloton’s classes. The bike itself is an impressive bit of kit, with a solid build, a quiet ride and more resistance that I could ever need. The bike that has become synonymous with home spinning, Peloton offers a truly excellent all-round experience.

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