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I really just want a spin bike that connects natively to Apple Fitness+ or Zwift without having to overpay for a peloton. Why doesn’t this exist?!

• mikestew 6y ago
  It does exist. Or at least it should. We bought a treadmill that connects to Zwift, and it does so seamlessly without any of the usual Bluetooth bullshit (Horizon Fitness, if anyone cares). A quick glance says their bike should work just as well: https://www.horizonfitness.com/ic79-indoor-cycle https://www.horizonfitness.com/ic79-indoor-cycle Zwift used to have a list of compatible treadmills, and I assume the same for bikes. I'd go poke around on their site for that list. Apple Fitness+, OTOH, is more of a trick. I think the machine needs to connect to the Apple Watch with GymKit. Yeah, good luck finding something and even better luck finding something for less than ten grand (US$). Apple's either going to have to come up with some dead-simple API, or companies are going to have to catch up to Fitness+. But as of six months ago, I couldn't find anything at a reasonable price (or much at all, really).
  • voisin 6y ago
    Thank you! I'll take a closer look at Horizon. I came across them several months ago but it seemed their treadmills were all out of stock and from the forums I read, when they came back in stock they were bought up quite quickly.
    • mikestew 6y ago
      When we bought our treadmill, everything was out of stock. We waited a month or two for ours. You couldn't even buy a set of dumbbells unless you wanted to pay scalper prices. But it's been a year now, perhaps everyone that wanted a home exercise machine has one now. :-)