Cost, or other considerations? (Runner here too, but only 4 lvls worth of Zwift running.)
The cost for me is prohibitive.
The trail running simulation just seems odd, a few percentage tilt for me isnāt realistic as to real life trail running.
The length of the deck also concerns me. In the video you see how close Ray gets to the end. For a treadmill designed to read where you are on the deck to provide speed changes i can see a few people slipping off the back.
I like the feature, itās quite innovative but Iām not sure if moving forward and back on a deck is everybodyās cup of tea.
As you fatigue you sometimes do veer back a little bit and donāt necessarily want to slow down.
Iād love to get my hands on one as a demo though.
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I always feel really uncomfortable if Iām too close to the front of the machine. Iām tall, and my legs can hit the grips/panel on some models, so it makes me nervous. But if I back up too far on a short deck, equally nervous. So yeah, I can see that.
And looking more into what the tilt is supposed to be, I also agree wrt trail runningāI donāt think the changes in angle are intended to happen nearly as quickly as trail running would have them happen. I was somewhat joking above, but a treadmill that could change pitch enough to simulate trail running would be either very interesting or very dangerous. But I donāt think this one will do that, more just simulating the pitch on a hairpin curve.
For what itās worth, Ray Maker is 6ā2ā (188cm).
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Iām not talking about this model in particular (although Iāve got a couple inches on Ray, and a lot of me is leg by proportion, more than Ray I think). Just that itās a thing thatās happened in the past on some treadmills, which makes me nervous about being too far forward.
Iām not in the market for this or any treadmill at the moment, and honestly probably not for a long time as I just donāt have any space to put one and I have access through my workplace if I want to use one. But Iām interested in the tech all the same.