Cross trainers
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Jan 2013
9:34pm, 2 Jan 2013
759 posts
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Dirk
I am looking at buying a cross training machine and have £3 - 400 pounds to spend. So Fetchies, can you help me out as I have seen plenty of bad reviews and not many good ones. So is it a good idea? What machines would you recommend or maybe just as important what machines wouldn't you buy? any advice appreciated......! 
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Jan 2013
1:36am, 3 Jan 2013
734 posts
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icklevee
Personally........none. Get a bike, or get a bike & rig up to a turbo for cross-training, rather than those eliptical things.
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Jan 2013
1:36pm, 3 Jan 2013
761 posts
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Dirk
I have a bike. what's a turbo? is that what you do...?
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Jan 2013
1:45pm, 3 Jan 2013
5,988 posts
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geordiegirl
I bought an elliptical total waste of money think I used it once maybe twice
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Jan 2013
8:56am, 4 Jan 2013
762 posts
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Dirk
Why's that? Did it just not work for you or are they not as good as the ones at the Gym?
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Jan 2013
8:58am, 4 Jan 2013
22,823 posts
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Old Croc
second the turbo trainer option - especially if you already have the bike. Turbo is an indoor trainer for the bike - put your road bike onto turbo and you have an exercise bike type set up - but better |
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Jan 2013
4:11pm, 14 Jan 2013
765 posts
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Dirk
what kind of price? where do you get them from?
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Jan 2013
4:24pm, 14 Jan 2013
741 posts
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GerryO
I hired an elliptical for three months- it was equivalent to the type you would find in a gym- and found it useful. The upper body conditioning that you get from it is worthwhile and at higher resistance settings it is very like hill work. Have you looked at rental options? I paid about £60-70 for four months in order, partly, to avoid the gym in the winter. It was nice to hand it back as by that time I was growing tired of it.
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Jan 2013
4:27pm, 14 Jan 2013
22,858 posts
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Old Croc
Dirk - turbo from £100 up over from any decent bike shop - local or on line.
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Jan 2013
4:29pm, 14 Jan 2013
22,859 posts
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Old Croc
wiggle.co.uk for example |
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