Hello. I would like to ask and get your opinion. How would you feel about a sports product such as a specialized «triathlon ergometer exercise machine»? This machine would consist of a treadmill that incorporates features of a swimming machine and an exercise bike. It would allow you to choose any triathlon distance and complete it, including all stages, with measurements for the overall time as well as for each individual segment.
Is there anyone manufacturing such training machines? I couldn’t find any information about them on the internet. What do you think—do you believe such a training machine is necessary for professional training?
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Would it have tubs or clinchers ?
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It’s not April.yet is it?
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i’d invest in a triathlon box company…you’d probably get a better return on your money…
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I wouldn’t ask this on a tri forum largely populated by Cynical Brits. Maybe you would get more response on a US-based forum as they love this kind of sh1t, but they also have greater extremes of weather in many areas which means some are unable to train outdoors for large parts of the year, which is not really true in the UK.
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there are whole You Tube channels put over to the friction burns of those who have tried to swim on treadmills…
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Thank you for your answers.
Maybe I didn’t quite explain what I meant correctly.
Imagine a training machine on which you can perform all the exercises that the person in the photo is doing.
The functions and load will be the same as on the machines in the photo. The only difference is that it will not be three separate machines but one integrated device. Accordingly, it will be possible to measure the total time. I have sketched how it could approximately look.
Could you give a more detailed comment on why you think this is a silly idea? Your short answers are not very clear.
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My concern with these things is their tendency to be a bit average at three things, rather than good to great at any of them.
Speaking for myself, I also don’t imagine having space for it, though maybe for folks who were considering a treadmill already it’s not a much bigger footprint.
I’m scared of how much something like this would cost too!
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Absolutely no f’king idea what tha…
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pour yourself another glass…or open another can…
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that’s a lot of equipment to add three times together…
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Chocolate is good.
Star Wars is good.
Lego is good.
Chocolate Star Wars Lego is not so good. It melts near the radiator, you can’t always seperate the bricks, someone ate R2D2 thinking he was a Smartie.
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Could you give a more detailed explanation of your business plan? Your reasons for asking this are not clear.
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Here’s a proof-of-concept for one integrated device which can measure the total time taken for the three disciplines of a triathlon. I have sketched how it could approximately look 
PS welcome to the Forum. You won’t get a huge amount of sense out of us, but if you would like to shoot the breeze about tri, cars, DIY and the sorrow of getting older, you have come to the right place.
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Triathlon is slowly dying, its a niche sport, and im not sure a niche within a niche will sell many units, just look at the “smart bike” market for the limited appeal of such devices.
Also ££££££££
If it is red, and you chuck in a free triathlon box though Im in
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@Jorgan , great piece of kit 
carbon to go faster?
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