Bike Fitness

Spin bike seat pain happens when pressure and friction overload your sit bones and soft tissue due to setup, posture, or padding choices.

Exercise bike bum pain usually comes from saddle pressure, poor fit, fabric friction, or skin irritation—and each has a clear, quick fix.

Stationary bike seat pain usually comes from poor fit, saddle shape, or pressure hotspots; adjust setup, test a better saddle, and build up time gradually.

Exercise bike clicking usually comes from loose hardware, worn pedals, or drive parts rubbing; tracing the sound by area pinpoints the fix.

Peloton bike recalls stem from seat posts that can break on certain models, creating a fall and injury risk during normal riding.

Peloton Bike company is a public firm owned by shareholders; as of 2025, the largest holders include Vanguard and BlackRock.

Peloton bike invention traces to John Foley and co-founders, who built the 2014 internet-connected bike after a 2013 Kickstarter.

For “which spin bike,” match your space, budget, and fit first, then choose quiet magnetic resistance with solid adjustability.

Peloton Bike+ PL02 and the Original Bike PL01 are recalled for seat post failures; both get a free replacement seat post from Peloton.

Peloton model code PL01 identifies the original Peloton Bike, not the Bike+, with the label printed inside the front fork near the flywheel.