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Treadmill Bike will exercise your body, dignity
Staying fit is important to your physical health, and not having everyone around you laugh at you is important to your mental health. If you're worried only about the former, this treadmill bike is for you. Combining the awkward running in place of a treadmill with the outdoor mobility of a bike, the treadmill bike really struggles to justify its existence. After all, if the weather is good enough to exercise outside, why not just run or bike outside? Isn't a treadmill meant for running inside when you can't run outside? And just how maneuverable is a bike powered by a treadmill? Come on, people, think a little bit before you open yourself up to public ridicule. At least the people on the street won't know about the most embarrassing part of your poorly thought-out purchase: the price. This engineering blunder will set you back a solid $2,250. And if you didn't believe me about it looking ridiculous, check the video after the jump.
Treadmill Bike, via Oh Gizmo!
By karpet at 7:16 PM ON 08/18/06
Is it just me or is this a big hoax? The folks who made the video obviously don't take themselves too seriously. The bit where the gentleman "easily takes the treadmill bike on the bus" was a real tip off. The shot cut just before the bulk of the bike collided with the door frame of the bus. The thing that I really get a kick out of is that the ones who built the bike geared it such that it moves the rider precisely as fast as they would otherwise be walking. There is no mechanical advantage at all and there is a lot more friction due to moving parts vs. a human and the road. Oh, and the off road portion was priceless.
It is becoming very difficult to separate the crackpots from the jokers when it comes to this stuff. $2225 Canadian, ha! Let me scrape together my loonies from the casino and ill get back to ya. How about some nice wetland in southern florida?
By crazymuffins15@aol.com at 6:21 PM ON 03/08/08
This is to KARPET, the video was obviously a joke...the were making fun of it. You are pretty dense if you think that they were really trying to support the product.
By mdev1287 at 4:31 PM ON 07/14/08
Karpet, you obviously don't have a nose for sarcasm do you?
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