Is the Sole S77 any good?

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My wife is looking to continue her walking through the winter and expressed interest in getting a treadmill

From what I’ve read Sole seems to be a good brand and the Costco specific model seems to be pretty good bang for the buck

So, my questions to anyone out there who might know are as follows…

Does anyone here have one? And would you recommend it?

It says it works with Zwift… Does that mean it will mimic the inclines automatically as well as pace, HR, etc?

Thanks in advance for those taking the time to respond

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A Google search answered the incline… Nope

Unless using a third party app

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Zwift only controls incline on one treadmill, the $5K Wahoo Kickr Run, (and I don’t believe that control is in the release version of Zwift yet).

The third-party app, QZ Fitness, is your only option for incline control. Zwift may have plans to expand incline control to other smart treadmills but I suspect not until Wahoo have sold a few units! :wink:

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I don’t think any treadmills have minus inclines?

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Kickr Run -3%

Don’t know about others

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Yeah - the Kickr Run is a special case, but then it’s also HOW MUCH???

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Nordic Track X22i, +40% to -6%, currently $3K.

There are others…

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Sole S77 quality control straight out of the box… The nut that isn’t in the right place is welded on the back of the bracket… The QC passed sticker is 6 inches away LoL

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Warranty claim the same day as the delivery… Not a good day

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I didn’t read the entire post, so apologies if this has already been mentioned. However, there’s a simple and affordable solution to achieve a negative incline on any treadmill without spending $5k on a new one.

Using a digital level (which you can get for just a few bucks on Amazon), you can measure and raise the back end of your treadmill, for example, by 3%. This adjustment will make your treadmill start at a baseline of -3% incline. From there, when you set the treadmill to +3%, it will actually be level. You can then work out the rest of the incline adjustments accordingly.

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Very clever solution :thinking:

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Many, if not all, smart phones also have a digital level available. I know iPhone has it as a native app.

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I used my iPhone for a while to bike fit and calibrate my treadmills, but it wasn’t ideal. The side buttons interfere with the measurements, and the margin of error is significantly higher compared to using a dedicated tool. That said, if not suffering from OCD, most treadmills can be offset by raising the back end about 1.8 inches for a -3%. A simple 2x4 (1.5 inches thick) should do the trick :slight_smile:

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And…if you use QZ you can actually have auto incline with this. I’ve done it. My treadmill deck is elevated 3% at the back. The app is set so 0% in game is 3% on my treadmill so therefore level. So -1% in Zwift is 2% on my treadmill but because my deck is at 3% this gives me -1% and so on.

Works like a dream. Sounds complicated but is actually really simple to do. You could in reality go further dependant on your treadmill. Mine is 16% gradient and in reality I don’t run many courses with a gradient over 10%. So I could lift my deck to 6% and have a gradient range from -6 to 10%

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I’m yet to configure the QZ app on my treadmill, but I’m super happy using it for Virtual Shifting!

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I’ve written a user guide on auto incline. Very simple to use. There’s a link on the qz Facebook site.

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