Recommend a Treadmill and exercise

TimMac

Hi all
am looking to buy a treadmill and exercise bike for use in a house, my budget would be between e500 and e1000 for both. I am living in cork.

I am looking at the nordic t9 , powertech, bodytrain, powertrek, body sculpture Would appreciate any suggestions/recommendations/feedback?

has anyone any experience of buying from irishsportsdirect.ie?


Thanks
TimMac

jimmyging

I bought a treadmill from fitness superstore uk a Nordic track T12 which was a little over budget but it came in as €1150 incl delivery and it takes a bit of putting together but it seems like a great treadmill .Ihave only had it 2 months .

TimMac

How much was delivery jimmy if you dont mind me asking?

jimmyging wrote: »

I bought a treadmill from fitness superstore uk a Nordic track T12 which was a little over budget but it came in as €1150 incl delivery and it takes a bit of putting together but it seems like a great treadmill .Ihave only had it 2 months .

Oryx

Dont buy an exercise bike. Get a normal bike and a cycle trainer. I have an exercise bike which never gets used, its a complete waste of space. I use a trainer all the time though.

AntiVirus

Oryx wrote: »

Dont buy an exercise bike. Get a normal bike and a cycle trainer. I have an exercise bike which never gets used, its a complete waste of space. I use a trainer all the time though.

Why not sell it to someone who would use it?

TimMac

Excuse my ignorance but whats a cycle trainer?

Oryx wrote: »

Dont buy an exercise bike. Get a normal bike and a cycle trainer. I have an exercise bike which never gets used, its a complete waste of space. I use a trainer all the time though.

Oryx

AntiVirus wrote: »

Why not sell it to someone who would use it?

Make an offer.

Excuse my ignorance but whats a cycle trainer?

Cycle trainer

Canis Lupus

Just two slight notes.

If you buy a turbo trainer you really need to buy a special type of tyre for it as turbo trainers can damage road tyres and linking in this also means the faff of changing around rear wheels if you want to use the TT.

Having said that I still think a real bike is a bajillion times better than an exercise bike.

Oryx

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Just two slight notes.

If you buy a turbo trainer you really need to buy a special type of tyre for it as turbo trainers can damage road tyres and linking in this also means the faff of changing around rear wheels if you want to use the TT.

Having said that I still think a real bike is a bajillion times better than an exercise bike.

I dont change wheels. But then I dont have a state of the art bike, or sota tyres either. Plus I dont do mega hours on the thing. The cost of replacing tyres as required would be far less than a wheel, to me, and Id say to most 'recreational' users.

But anyway, this is about treadmills and exercise bikes, lol. Best get back to that. I also have a treadmill gathering dust. I promise you op, if you can find time to get out running on the roads, you can save yourself the expense of that, too. Its great for really bad weather but running outside is better longterm.
I dont mean to put you off your whole reason for posting, but I dont want to see you make the same expensive mistakes I did.

TimMac

Thanks oryx

getting married in 6 months (aargh just realised im getting married in 6 months !!!)

while neither of us are getting stuck in the frames of doors or anything it would be nice to lose some weight for wedding pictures.

my reason for getting a treadmill& exercise bike at home are as follows:-

1. if we get a winter like last year I wont be to train.

2. No gym nearby

3. I work shift work

4. I hurt my knee playing rugby a few years & hard ground aggrevates it.

any recommendations for a treadmill/exercise bike?

is your exercise bike relatively new?

cheers

TimMac

Oryx wrote: »

I dont change wheels. But then I dont have a state of the art bike, or sota tyres either. Plus I dont do mega hours on the thing. The cost of replacing tyres as required would be far less than a wheel, to me, and Id say to most 'recreational' users.

But anyway, this is about treadmills and exercise bikes, lol. Best get back to that. I also have a treadmill gathering dust. I promise you op, if you can find time to get out running on the roads, you can save yourself the expense of that, too. Its great for really bad weather but running outside is better longterm.
I dont mean to put you off your whole reason for posting, but I dont want to see you make the same expensive mistakes I did.

jimmyging

Tim

Just looked up the price for that treadmill.It was £899 and £50 for delivery to Ireland .

AntiVirus

Oryx wrote: »

Make an offer.

I probably wouldn't use it either.

Oryx

Pay as much as you can afford if youre getting a tm, pay for the size of the motor rather than any fans or gizmos. An incline is a good idea so you can vary programs more. I think mine is proform, and it did give good service, its done a fair few miles (tho hardly any recently!). They are a noisy piece of kit, if you plan to use it upstairs will cause a lot of vibration too, just something to bear in mind.

The bike is also proform, but I wouldnt recommend it, as it takes AA batteries for the monitor, these wear out after only a few hours, and you cant adjust the resistance without the electronics, so if its late at night and you forgot to buy the energisers, your stuck.

All my stuff is about five years old at this stage, but if the bike has had 15 hours use Id be amazed. The bike I bought since has done over 1000 miles, if that tells you anything.

TimMac

Thanks Jimmy

I priced one earlier in cork the Nordictrack t9 for a e1000

Its £699 for the same model on that website you gave me so probably only a saving of e100 when I factor in currency conversion and shipping cost.

jimmyging wrote: »

Tim

Just looked up the price for that treadmill.It was £899 and £50 for delivery to Ireland .

RobAMerc

Tim,

Would running around a local field not be as soft on your knee as a threadmill and far less monotinous ?

I second the bike + turbo trainer ( not a fan one as they are too noisey ). You can get out for a proper cycle in the summer - and your much more likely to keep with it - I found excercise bikes soooooooo boring.

TimMac

Thanks oryx for the info very helpful.

Am going to buy a road bike as well I was thinking a hybrid mountain bike with a front suspension for all the potholes on a budget of e300 to e500, any suggestions?

Oryx wrote: »

Pay as much as you can afford if youre getting a tm, pay for the size of the motor rather than any fans or gizmos. An incline is a good idea so you can vary programs more. I think mine is proform, and it did give good service, its done a fair few miles (tho hardly any recently!). They are a noisy piece of kit, if you plan to use it upstairs will cause a lot of vibration too, just something to bear in mind.

The bike is also proform, but I wouldnt recommend it, as it takes AA batteries for the monitor, these wear out after only a few hours, and you cant adjust the resistance without the electronics, so if its late at night and you forgot to buy the energisers, your stuck.

All my stuff is about five years old at this stage, but if the bike has had 15 hours use Id be amazed. The bike I bought since has done over 1000 miles, if that tells you anything.

Oryx

TimMac wrote: »

Thanks oryx for the info very helpful.

Am going to buy a road bike as well I was thinking a hybrid mountain bike with a front suspension for all the potholes on a budget of e300 to e500, any suggestions?

I cant advise properly as Im only biking this year, the cycling forum are a fount of knowledge though.

I did just buy a Carrera Subway 2* in Halfords for about €300 (my oh paid so Im not sure) but it has rigid forks because I prefer that. My preference would have been for a Trek hybrid in the same price bracket, but the payer calls the tune, and he had final say, lol.

*this is not the bike I use on the turbo, I bought it specifically for offroad use.

TimMac

Hi robamerc

Ya definitely will try running in the local pitches as much as I can, but I am working shift work so I am looking at it from the point of view that I am asleep during daylight hours in winter & if the weather gets really bad like last year ill have something to fall back on.

Turbotrainer & a good bike might be another option

Thanks

Tim

RobAMerc wrote: »

Tim,

Would running around a local field not be as soft on your knee as a threadmill and far less monotinous ?

I second the bike + turbo trainer ( not a fan one as they are too noisey ). You can get out for a proper cycle in the summer - and your much more likely to keep with it - I found excercise bikes soooooooo boring.