Well….I usually have the tv running in the background all day so I don’t hear my tinnitus as much and with that, I hear commercials all day and they run lots and lots of them for peloton and the other stationary bikes that are out there…and I think that was in my head this morning on the bike when I marveled at the cost of those things…I mean 2500 bucks and up? I know they have cool internet connectivity for group rides and that kind of stuff, but they also have the people running the groups “encouraging” people to do more and I find that to be distracting and is  the reason I ride alone all the time…it gives me time to think and be alone and I think that is the best part of the ride…then it came to me that I spent 100 bucks for both the bike and trainer  to get the same exercise as the peloton people get and my little computer keeps track of time in the seat, speed, and mileage I’ve put in…by the way, that is about 7 hours and 96 miles so far….and I have variable resistance that is controlled by a switch on the handlebars but I also have gears so I can vary the amount of work I put in…I wonder how guilty those people feel when they don’t ride their 2500 dollar bikes? Probably not as guilty as I feel when I don’t ride my 100 dollar bike but that’s my problem….all I know is that I would never spend 2500 bucks on exercise equipment just to have some stranger yell at me that I’m not working hard enough….