tldr; Reddit has mixed feelings about the Echelon Stride, praised for its excellent foldability and value, but criticized for its poor durability and unsuitability for serious runners.
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“First time waking up for the 120 minute live ride!!! Last one I completely slept through and this one I was honestly not set up for success - woken up by fire alarms at 1 am and went to bed with a mega migraine. And not gonna lie the start was a struggle but really started hitting my stride ~45 min or so in (lol) and at minute 90 I was feeling AMAZING. So much fun, hope others enjoyed! Very cool to be with 2,000 other crazy people on a Saturday morning. Laughed out loud when he said "your friends probably say you're crazy" (they do).”
“Peloton newbie here and I can relate to FTP test anxiety! It’s probably time to retest if you are comfortably riding harder than the prescribed zones. Finally retook mine Monday after manually plugging in my PR average outputs for a couple months (wanting to avoid the test as long as I could but still raise my thresholds). Recommend doing at least one FTP warm up, Christine was excellent instructor for my warm up and test. I’ve gotten so used to her in the endurance rides. It finally clicked with me that for the test, you want to be warm enough to go in at your current “Zone 4” and stay there. I’m slow to warm up and really don’t hit my stride until the 30 min mark. Also hid most of my metrics (distance, resistance etc) just to get out of my own head. For others it might be helpful to see everything. You’ll surprise yourself with how much you have improved. I’m actually looking forward to reaching the point to retest again. Keep it up!”
17 Reddit opinions analyzed • Last updated 2/24/2026