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My wife and I published a paper a while back about how not only are they not set in stone, but they often disagree with each other. https://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/pages/video.aspx?v=72&autoPlay=false
The concept2 is the gold standard, and they’re virtually indestructible. If you have a screen or TV nearby, you can use the peloton classes, though you won’t get the data sync obviously. You can find apps for the concept2 that help with the tracking and make it feel a bit more modern if you need it.
Newton Centre / Bowen dad here (technically, he finished up at Bowen last year), and I really like our location. Walking to Rosenfeld’s on Sunday morning for bagels, stopping at Tango Mango after baseball practice, a quick trip to hop on the T. The kids all hang in “the Centre“ after school together and spend their allowance on JP Licks and candy at CVS or whatever.
While all the Newton schools are good/imperfect (depending on your priorities), the parent community at Bowen was – in my experience – supportive and diverse in a way that seemed relatively unique in the city. I always felt fortunate to have been on the Bowen side of town, for whatever that’s worth.