It must have lots of juice.

 

 

 

MTA: Spaniel - open the link and read about 3/4 way down the page. Bullet Proof frame. Heh.

Sounds like a challenge to me.

But yeah,it was the deck design that was shit.

Spaniel - Treadmill Killa

WTF?  Another problem with the 1500?  Maybe you need to run more miles outside or at the new fitness center at work.

 

The 1750 is still going strong here.

 

I don't run any more miles on it than daddy duty dictates (which has been at a peak lately, due to taper off in a few months).  Work was a PIA today, some asshole ran the 30min busy time limit on one (I watched him hit it), left his towel on it and wen to the bathroom, then bitched at me when he came back and I'd thrown the towel off and taken his machine.  So it took me 90min to do a 53min run and I had to stay late.  

Three more days and enough snow will melt off the unplowed trails that I can run outside at work again.

I am going to call them tomorrow and ask them at what point they would rather buy the machine back than keep injecting money into parts and tech visits.

Why not just do those 30+ long runs on the roads?  Doesn't solve the treadmill problem but 30+ on a treadmill has got to be brutal.

1) Roads here have a pretty steep crown

2)  Very open and flat and prone to constant wind, so at current temps it is much more brutal than the machine

3)  Greatly simplifies fueling

4)  Can still watch over older 2 kids while running

5)  Most importantly, if my back lets go on me or hip locks up (what doomed some of my longer efforts) I can simply step off instead of finding myself 10 miles from home, in wet clothes, in sub-zero temps, relegated to a limping walk.

 

Clearly some other asshole went over the 30 min busy time limit.

Nope...I got off at 30, went to the bathroom (went back to the end of the line), and came back to 3 empty machines to finish up. 

 

Maybe you need to loose some weight.

Heh.  I read this while eating carrots and an orange for lunch while on hold with Customer Service.

So they are out of stock on the deck (huh, that sounds familiar) with no idea when they might get more....so trying to keep the mileage up just got a bit harder.

Spaniel, how do you think that your treadmill would be with light use?  I have been toying with the idea of getting one but would probably only use it say, 5 or so hours a month tops.  Given that it does not make sense to buy a top of the line expensive treadmill.  But I don't want to just throw money away, either.

 

I suppose that another option would be to wait until the weather gets warmer and keep an eye out for a used one.

A used one is not a bad idea, as long as you don't mind rolling the dice on as-is and taking it apart to transport etc.  HEAVY.

The $1000-1500 treadmills, from my experience (n=2), I got 1500-2000 miles before I started having imajor ssues (I'm excluding the console issues).  Go slower on them and you should get more...drink too much beer and you should get less.  So run the math and see if you are happy with how long it should last you, if you believe my small data set.

Of course others on here have not had my issues.

For reference, the Sole was getting a consistent 1000 miles/year.  The NordicTrack has gotten closer to 1500-1800 in 10 months.