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The fitness pod is like the most ironic thing ever...

• tromp 5y ago
  yes; compared to this https://rowingbike.com/en/ https://rowingbike.com/en/
• timemachine 5y ago
  Conspicuous consumption.
• dilap 5y ago
  Yes, but you can see how it makes sense: weather and the various dangers of being unprotected (walking or biking) in an urban environment. Ideally we'd have better designed urban environments to alleviate at least the second, but alas.
  • alistairSH 5y ago
    Ideally we'd have better designed urban environments to alleviate at least the second, but alas. Sad but true. Amsterdam seems to do ok with pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and safety. But, aside from a few other western/northern European cities, no place seems to want to follow suit. Certainly here in DC, we keep getting half-assed bike lanes that lead nowhere, intersect in horrible ways with traffic, and often abut parked cars, leaving cyclist in the door zone. Le Sigh.
    • brnt 5y ago
      > Le Sigh. Here an (ex-)Amsterdamian who lived in Lyon France for a few years. Your comment about horrible intersections is very recognizable: although the city has quite some (painted) cycle lanes, invariably intersections are without any infra to help safety. I call them "arenas". That's a major thing, besides physically separated cycle lanes, that very few places outside of the Netherlands get right. Cycling feels safe, serious and a joy in NL, while anywhere else (that I have been) it's an unpleasant and stressful affair.
• Broken_Hippo 5y ago
  Not really, and it definitely isn't any more ridiculous than going to a gym. This gym is just mobile so you can combine two activities. People wind up commuting and it isn't all that uncommon to commute for 20-30 minutes or more. If that time is a commute by bus/car, it is further than most folks can reasonably walk or ride a bike in all weather - not in that same timeframe, anyway. 20-30 minutes is enough time to exercise a little bit, though. Why not do it during some time you'd just sit there?
  • chucksta 5y ago
    I think they are making the point you could just run or use a bicycle. Rather than "just sitting there" in the first place
    • NikolaNovak 5y ago
      But replier addressed that, no? 30min car ride is not a 30 min run or bike ride. And then there's weather and terrain and layout. It may be 30min drive with some exercise vs 2hr bike ride in rain and mud. It's not as interchangeable as it may seem.
      • chucksta 5y ago
        Not really no. Maybe for highway travel. In my city, 20-30 minute car trip is certainly faster on a bike, especially if you factor in parking. As for partial bad weather, most people don't work out every day anyway. Of course there are edge cases with "rain and mud" there are also edge cases with protected bike lanes and rain cover. And if the point is to actually work out, what does rain matter? You are going to end up sweating anyway
      • wffurr 5y ago
        A 30 min car drive in city traffic is often a 20 minute bike ride. I don't think a car is going in mud. A rain jacket and overpants solves for rain nicely.
  • everyone 5y ago