Thanks. Think ill get that sensor and just get the sturdiest treadmill we can. Needs to fold and those requirements seem to be at odds but have seen a couple that have max user weight up to 140kg for my fat ass, and fold.
This is the one me and @fruit_thief - FAQs seem to suggest its good for 160kg; and it folds up!
Edit: I’d add the customer service from Branx is excellent. If you drop them a message they came back to me with a wealth of info.
Also when I had issues with the belt in its early days; had an engineer talk me through what we needed to do for a quick and easy fix.
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Previously 15 years ago I had a used old commercial treadmill which had been used in a gym, that was good too - it was built like a proverbial brick outdoor toilet and had a bigger wider belt.
The Branxfitness treadmill is great, and pretty solid, although not quite as heavy duty as the commercial ones - I’d have a shadow of doubt about it being perfect for a particularly well built and tall gentleman. That said, biggest in our family is one of my sons at 186cm / 80kg and he seems ok on it. So maybe it would be fine.
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That looks perfect thanks. Be great to have one I can use staright away as im bit self conscious about running outside currently. Plus I can control the gradient and not worry about hills.
Thanks, its certainly the highest rated and biggest motor ive seen without spending thousands on a semi or full commercial grade one.
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cant go wrong with one of these 
Didn’t Tim Don train on one because human treadmills weren’t fast enough for him or something?
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Anti-gravity treadmills, who knew they existed 
I’m not suggesting that it’s necessary to buy one of these by the way, it just popped up on my Instagram feed as part of Laura Muir’s rehab.
What will they think of next?
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Fairly sure AB used one in the past, and they can simulate how much easier it would be if you lost a preset amount of weight, eg 3KG and you should be running faster for the same effort.
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My physio department has one. It was one of the reasons why I selected them when I was recovering from a torn mcl about 8-9 years ago. I didn’t actual end up needing it, but they’ve been a big thing for some time in terms of progressive return to full weight bearing from some injuries.
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They had one at Nuffield City. You’d often see the physios using them on their patients
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If you want something similar at home…. https://www.slowtwitch.com/Photos/Training/Running/The_Lever_Running_Device_8014.html
Many of the US based pro triathletes with injuries seemed to be sent them over the past year to help with their recovery and to promote on their YouTube feeds.
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PC died on me.
- Bought a new ex-office PC off ebay for £31 delivered, 4gb ram, 4th gen i3 processor, 500gb HDD
- Moved some RAM over to make it 8gb, if you don’t have any it’s about £12 for 8gb (minimum needed)
- Moved the SSD over so didn’t need to install new Windows
- Bought a better graphics card bought off Facebook marketplace for £60 (selling my old one for £50)
Even if you don’t have spare parts, the whole setup would have been around £100 and blows Apple TV out the water.
Now can run zwift at Ultra settings on 1440p. Stuck it through Zwiftalyzer and got 60fps average
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Where did you buy it from; that’s dirt cheap!
I’m struggling on with a Surface Pro 3 with a dodgy mousepad; after the graphics became unsupported on the older laptop. I never buy anything electronics related until it basically dies or becomes unsupported!
Which bit? The GPU or the office PC?
PC - actually you mean a desktop or laptop?
I have 2 work laptops, but I’m not even going to try putting Zwift on any of them, as no doubt an alarm will trigger somewhere 
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Already have a screen etc.
Ah okay. I defo want Laptop for convenience.
Kind of related, read an article today that the age of GPU shortage & overpricing is coming to an end due to the low price of cryptocurrency and high energy costs diminishing the returns for mining,
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Fair - just won’t be as good. I’ve got a work laptop but PC for Zwift.
Yes, there will a lot of second hand GPUs coming onto the market. With high energy prices, mining doesn’t make sense anymore. New generation are due out soon too.
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I think China also passed a law forbidding it so less demand from there and probably shifting reasonably new second hand cards.
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