Weekly Class Purge: Peloton Classes From February 20-March 8, 2020 (and last Christian Vande Velde ride) Removed from the On-Demand Library on September 1, 2023

Peloton performed a new round of class library maintenance on September 1, 2023, resulting in the removal of classes filmed between February 20 and March 8, 2020 – slightly more than two weeks’ worth of content.

UpdatePeloton restored 2 classes by Christian Vande Velde at the end of October.

This purge again took place on the earlier side of Friday, happening at approximately 10:00–11:00am ET.

Note that one of the classes removed was pro cyclist Christian Vande Velde’s last remaining ride on the platform, meaning that there are no longer any classes available with him.

29 classes were saved and remain in the on–demand library. Artist series and special themed-classes – including those taught by multiple instructors – continue to be preserved, along with sleep meditations and Power Zone rides, which have been saved more frequently over the past couple of months. A significant portion of the classes saved this week come from Peloton’s first season of Dance Cardio.

You can find the complete list of classes that were preserved in spite of the latest round of class library maintenance below:

Classes preserved in the on-demand library in the September 1, 2023 round of class library maintenance.
Classes preserved in the on-demand library in the September 1, 2023 round of class library maintenance.

Class library maintenance is Peloton’s removal of older classes from the on demand library, which has been taking place nearly weekly on Fridays since April of 2023. You can view the details ails of each removal in our articles from each week: April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23, June 30, July 7, July 14, July 21, July 28, August 4, August 11, August 18, and August 25.

You can find additional information about the process and rationale behind class library maintenance from our article at the time of the announcement.

Let us know in the comments if any of your favorites were impacted in the latest round of class library maintenance.


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Katie Weicher
Katie Weicher is a writer for Pelo Buddy. She purchased her Peloton Bike in 2016 and has been riding, strength training, and yoga flowing ever since. You can find her on the leaderboard at #kweich.

5 Comments

  • Mae says:

    Well it is so obvious that Peloton Powers really did not respect CVV and all he gave to Peloton when it was growing as a platform. I am sorry for this and the lack of emphasis on Pro-cycling which to me has much more value than watchg Netflix which I can do off the cycle..

  • Ed Phillips says:

    Ditto. Peloton has little to no regard for road cycling, with Matt Wilders perhaps being the exception. But they have room for 1,000+ meditation events – on a platform built for cycling. Clowns running the Peloton content shop, if such a thing even exists. Pelobuddy states that these removals are not algorithm based but that’s not clear. Why could they not maintain an entire category of ride, Pro Rides, with, as of Dec 2021 a mere 17 rides? Ridiculous. And CVV has stated several times on iGram that he’s tried to do additional rides but was told they were ‘too busy.’ Pitiful performance Peloton. Bait and switch.

  • Edward Copeland says:

    Woooo!!! More classes that members are paying for, GONE! Can’t wait until the bankruptcy announcement.

  • Mike says:

    Super unfortunate, this guy was the main reason I get on my peleton. He improved my cycling so much. May need to cancel my subscription.

  • EG says:

    This is sad to hear-getting to start up again and I found that all 1 45min rides were removed. At this point it be more beneficial to cancel my subscription after 7 years of being subscriber

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