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I went to a Peloton showroom today to try out their treadmill. Really leaning towards getting it with the crappy winter months approaching. I love the idea of actually maintaining running capacity rather than just lounging around drinking beer for several months, and then trying to restart everything in April.
Basic belt treadmill, and very expensive at $2,495. But the big pluses are obviously the content (which I’m already paying for with the bike), and the immediate response of the pace. It’s got a dial and a “jump button” on the handlebar. The dial spins the pace up or down continuously, while the jump button increases speed to the next whole increment. The important thing is that the speed changes are incredibly responsive. In the showroom, I was bouncing along at 6 mph and hit the jump button twice, and it seemed like I was at 8 mph almost instantaneously. Which is great for the HIIT classes that I like taking.
Wife seems skeptical, but not entirely opposed. She probably wouldn’t use it.
Go run outside you wuss! Just kidding, investments in your own health are always gonna be super +EV, assuming you do actually do stick with it during winter. I’d go for it
I assume they’ve fixed the problems with it? (Not trying to be snarky, legit curious)
They have not!
Full story:
As of a year ago or so, Peloton had 2 quite different treadmills:
- The Tread: A regular belt treadmill that was comparable to most every treadmill I’ve ever seen/used. This is $2,495.
- The Tread+: A treadmill that, rather than a traditional rubber belt, has a belt with slats. This is supposed to be a fantastically better design, and heaven on runners’ knees. I think this was priced in the $4,200-$4,500 range. The only comparable competitor that I’m aware of is Woodway, whose treadmills sell in the $8k-$10k range.
Both of these treadmill types were recalled, for very different reasons. The Tread+ was recalled due to its fundamental design - there was enough space under the belt that pets/babies could get dragged underneath. The Tread was recalled for a more mundane reason: the screen attachment mechanism was poorly designed, so some people’s screens fell off.
The Tread is now back on sale and widely available. That’s the one I ran on today. The Tread+ is not available, and Peloton has offered no timetable for when it might be.
So while I’d love the Tread+, I’m looking at the more basic Tread.
somehow i managed to keep running outside throughout last winter. gyms were closed and i don’t really have room in my apartment for a treadmill, so i guess that was the only option. i’ll see if i can keep it up this year with my much higher mpw.
I always rate treadmills on how much clothing they will hold. Got one upstairs that is a 20 piecer!
I found I could really run outside down to about 20. Below that my peepee would freeze.
Layering is key. My nostrils freeze up before my nuts. Dress like a mountain climber in layers. Oh wait, you are probably talking about CA. Or KS haha. Get north bro!
Yeah this was Kansas City (which can get down to 20 below but obviously I’m not running in that).
After the first time of going through the pain of the head of my penis thawing out, I didn’t feel like doing any further experimentation to find out what works and what doesn’t.
Back in college when I’d go home for winter break I would occasionally run in sub zero temps. The biggest problem is inhaling the cold air
I am generally ok running in the cold. It’s the snow/ice that kills me. I’d much prefer to roll down to the basement and run, rather than bundling up to go slip and twist my ankle.
That being said, the odds of me buying a treadmill are fluctuating wildly.
Last night, I was taking my daughter somewhere, and was planning on running while waiting for her. (This is pretty common - we do a ton of shuttling kids to different places like soccer practice or whatever, and I try to squeeze in runs in those places so I don’t disrupt the family schedule.) Anyway, I was putting on my night running stuff (reflective vest and headlamp) and said to my wife, “Bye, hope I don’t get killed by a careless driver in the darkness,” And she was like “Oh my god, you know you’re going to get the treadmill, so just buy it.”
So I thought, based on that very healthy and deliberative conversation, I’d be pulling the trigger. But this morning, she asked where the tread would actually go. And I kind of handwaved and said, “Oh, over there somewhere near the bike.” And she did not find that remotely satisfying. So now I’m in a holding pattern until I can find a non-disruptive spot for it. It’s bullshit.
“search for anything” is super apt here
Looks like it’s a go on the treadmill. Convinced my wife that the following configuration (with the orange quilt reflecting the tread footprint) would be ok.
I don’t see how this was a tough decision given the amount of available space.
Might be the available space equivalent of the couple that is worried about retiring with only $8 million.