The Ride – Indoor Cycling 9+

I’ve been using the Ride by Keiser for about 3 - 4 months now. At first I wasn’t so sure about the app’s offerings, but now I enjoy not having to create my own rides and the cues and directions provided based on the Keiser bike mechanics.

Pros:
- workouts specific to Keiser bike resistance and cadence
- variety of instructors
- music usually matches workout for rhythm rides
- Hannah Lewin is one of the best instructors, providing motivation and great instruction. I can get a serious burn from her rides.
- shorter HIIT style workouts are available

Cons:
- visually boring
- lacks Keiser community connectivity
- music selection is boring. I almost end up forgetting music is playing.
- not all instructors provide clear instruction
- only 3 ride types

Suggestions to Keiser:
- opt for more engaging sensorial aspects (setting, camera angles, and music)
- allow for rider to turn off music and play their own music, but still here instructor directions
- create a community experience, so that riders can have the option to feel like they’re a part of something or be motivated by competition

I very much enjoy all the instructors. I’m 64 and only do the Rhythm classes. I use The Ride and MSeries Apps together on my iPad. I have an M3i bike and use a Polar Verity Sense heart rate arm band. I would like to see some improvements;

1) Search add the ability to include “Favorites” or “/Favorites” in the search, Favorites or Custom Playlist. There aren’t new Rhythm rides each time I ride (3 times a week) so I step through the existing rides. As I ride a class I save as Favorite. Once I have saved all as Favorites, I ride and unmarked as favorite. My search is “Rhythm ENG 45” I would like to add “Favorites” or “/Favorites” the “/“ meaning not. You added playlist. It would be good if the search would allow the use of custom play list names i.e. “Ridden”or “/Ridden”.
2) Please add MSeries to The Ride App. Or make MSeries so it doesn’t cover the color bar at the bottom. I have to start my ride with Split View and in this mode I can’t see the RPM without my glasses. 1/3 the way though the ride I switch to slide view because it covers the color bar at the bottom. After 1/3 of the class that part of the color bar has passed.

Thank you! I really enjoy these apps and plan on using them for years to come.

Bryan

I was really excited to find that Keiser finally released a ride app. They make great equipment, so I put a lot of trust in their brand. Unfortunately, their Ride App is about as unimpressive & useful as a chocolate teapot. I made it all of 5 minutes into my first ride before shutting off the app & switching back over to the Peloton app. The Keiser music selection was boring & there was no creativity with their camera work/angles. Aesthetics aside, the big thing I was looking for in the Keiser app over using the Peloton app or another 3rd party app was having a class taught in synch with the Keiser's resistance & cadence levers. So, I was super disappointed when the instructor only referenced cadence, not once mentioning the resistance setting. Advice for Keiser: focus on what you do well & continue to make great equipment, leave the app development & production to others.