B-Rant

- submitted by The Editors on 12/02/2008

Consider This...The Stupidest Exercise Machine You'll Ever See

Sometimes you come upon something so ridiculous, so on-its-face laughably stupid, you just want to stop everything and enjoy. That's what we did when we first saw this investors-demo video of SpeedFit, a new concept in exercise technology:The Mobile Treadmill...a treadmill designed specially to move/walk down the street while you're treading.

Because, let's see, walking down the street without a treadmill is too tough?

Check it out...

The proud creators of SpeedFit are now looking for investors. Seriously -- and this vid is their pitch. Sure, if you want to walk or run down the street for exercise, you can...walk or run down the street. But, with SpeedFit, now you can do the exact same thing only on a contraption that costs a ton of money, is a pain in the ass (it's one heavy mo-fo), is a potential traffic hazard and can only barely turn corners. Kind of like marketing a spanking new heart-lung ventilator-machine to 100% healthy people who are perfectly capable of breathing on their own. Sign us up! ...read more rants

Can't paint worth a d*mn, but I'll be there at 8 A.M. sharp.

Basic lawn lion with buff thigh musculature.

Classic patio tableau: Corkscrew-styled tree, dogs in pooping position; nymph tied to a column, riding a lion that looks like it spent the week consuming only crystal meth & Jolt.

• Get it off your chest

One advantage of plain

- submitted by Clumsy Jogger on 11/13/2008

One advantage of plain jogging over the Speedfit (TM): when you trip while jogging, the earth doesn't shoot you off the back and go careening off down hills and into traffic.

Proper Ridiculous

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

Yea...missing the point. Yea you have to use your own strenght to power the thing, but you use your own strength to walk.

This is possibly the most ridiculous and pointless invention I have ever seen.

Even treadmills aren't as good as actually running. You'd be suprised at the difference in running outside as apposed to on a treadmill.

Seriously, "convenient for ipod and drinks" uhm, hands? bag? you know, useful inventions?

sheesh

Proper ridiculous

- submitted by Jelly on 11/13/2008

Yea...missing the point. Yea you have to use your own strenght to power the thing, but you use your own strength to walk.

This is possibly the most ridiculous and pointless invention I have ever seen.

Even treadmills aren't as good as actually running. You'd be suprised at the difference in running outside as apposed to on a treadmill.

Seriously, "convenient for ipod and drinks" uhm, hands? bag? you know, useful inventions?

sheesh

a bird powered intercom

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

well, a foot powered vehicle, not many people look for inspiration from the Flintstones theses days... good for them.

machine

- submitted by jogin on 11/13/2008

I have a really nice bridge for sale cheap and thought possibly the machine lovers would consider purchasing it. Currently its located in Brooklin but can be moved to a town of your choice.

oh, lol. :D

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

"when you trip while jogging, the earth doesn't shoot you off the back and go careening off down hills and into traffic." i almost peed myself...

Stupidity

- submitted by Coomer on 11/13/2008

Well yes, I see how everyone can see how "stupid" this could be. However, this is actually a very good invention, it works you harder than just running down the road, you actually have to push, cause the more you push the faster it goes. What's so stupid about that?

I like it.

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

I like it.

Wow half these comments are

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

Wow half these comments are retarded. Prolly just computer nerds that have never been jogging. To the person who said "look at his heels never touch" yeah that happens when you jog/run.... What if it has variable resistance, you could exert more energy without having to move your legs faster. And if that is what it would take for somebody to get motivated and get fit, good for them. And besides that it would be much better for your tendons running on that than pavement.

Stellar piece of equipment...

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

if you want to be know as the neighborhood crazy -- or if you want to race a porche. Buyer beware of anything that Jessica Simpson endorses!

Terrible

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

I guarantee that I can ride my bike faster and for longer, and turn more quickly than anyone will ever be able to on that pointless behemoth. Bikes > Speedfit.

"I guarantee that I can ride

- submitted by YOUR MISSING THE POINT on 11/13/2008

"I guarantee that I can ride my bike faster and for longer, and turn more quickly than anyone will ever be able to on that"

Its exercise, not transportation. With the hand rails there you can actually push harder than you could without the machine. And WOW you "guarantee" that.... yeah I bet e-tough guy biker.

Hah

- submitted by Lolz on 11/13/2008

Lolz at this tredmill, and lolz at last 2 post.. e-thugz fightin wit e-thugz

what the!?!?

- submitted by jddrk on 11/13/2008

Who would buy this crap? Treadmill on wheels, the MOST ridiculous thing ever made!!

that music is so

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

that music is so inspirational!

well it might be a somewhat

- submitted by mr_debauch on 11/13/2008

well it might be a somewhat good machine if it was able to float like a boat so you could run it across the water. Also, I want to see a video of this thing going off jumps.

P.S. when you add the spinning rims, dont forget to put on hydrolics aswell.

that idea is just LOLbad

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/13/2008

that idea is just LOLbad

Investor

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/14/2008

I've got $100,000 to invest in this. I'm sure everyone mocked those two guys from Google when they were looking for funding. They'll be laughing on the other side of their faces when I'm a multi-billionaire.

Snow Tires?

- submitted by Amazing Race on 11/14/2008

Does this thing come with snow tires? Could be a good way to get to the office in Minneapolis this winter.

Let me know at aphidstastegood@yahoo.com

Dont mind me saying....

- submitted by Kitchener, Ontario on 11/14/2008

Allright folks let me tell you something about this intellectual comment of this invention. I have expirienced the machine which is same thing but without wheels,and it can be used to modify the steepness of the band that you run on. As for turning corners....excuse me but who are you racing my friend? do you really need to be going THAT fast around corners...come on...lets be serious. It seems to me that people take the easy way out of accpting new ideas and think they are all useless. Whatever happned to open-minded concepts? If you say that the invention doesnt provide the customer with any benefits...and you oh-so...ahem, childishly compared it to something VITAl such as heart/ lung ventilator machine then, consider the following: tell me how somethin simple such as riding the bycile can be similar tu running on your own and still benefits you AND its still around for centuries? is it becuase its just like running on your own? ....wrong! So bottom line, your opinion is based on the video that you see, the time it took you to come up with this commentary, could have been put to better use by going out there and giving the machine a try, not buying it, but giving it a try. The system that its based on is to make the runner work harder. When you run by yourself, you can get lazy and put your whole foot down( which isnt the effective way of running). What the machine does is it forces you to push harder and run on the balls of your feet. I hope you realize that exercizing today is based on effective and comfortable training. Maybe you didnt quite get the message, but this is just a head-up. For the sake of man-kind...please take the time to judge AFTER you have gathered a little bit of knowledge...which you seem to be lacking quite a bit. Speaking of laughably stupid this comming from someone who uses the word "mo-fo"...was that really necessary?

That is all. Have a great day!

The Perfect Machine for 21st Century American Suburbanites

- submitted by Brian on 11/15/2008

It fits perfectly with our society. The same one that gives calculators to elementary school students so they don't have to learn times tables.

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."

Brian (a.k.a. Professor Homunculus at http://MathMojo.com )

Answer to all the comments

- submitted by The Inventor on 11/15/2008

How about you are running and moving along in the same time with 4 X your running speed ,and be safe that nobody will run you over with their cars and those people that are to old to keep their balance on the bike and they will go shopping walking 4 X more than actually their own walking speed Those they are just a few , but before all that ,people will have to find their own speed before they will buy into this , here it will give you a clue www.speedfit.com So did you figure out your speed?????????, If you are running with 10 MPH --10 x 4 = 40 MPH, you will be in the Hamptons from NY in 4 HOURS !!!! and 20 pounds less ---- 4 HOURS -- 20 POUNDS LESS-- damn idea

Has Potential

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/15/2008

It's different, and I think it has potential. It shows that the designer has considerabley more creativity and motivation than the clowns who have nothing more useful to offer to this thread than disdainful criticisims. Here's some constructive feedback. It's like a bicycle that you walk on. You could add batteries and a DC motor to store the energy from breaking and use it later when going uphill. It looks like it's an excellent leg workout. Less pounding than jogging and will certainly build more muscle. It works different muscles than riding a bike and gets more of your body involved.

can you get a dui with that

- submitted by i like it on 11/15/2008

can you get a dui with that thing? I do like to have a cold one with my evening jog and don't want to get busted

Tricks

- submitted by Nickolaus on 11/16/2008

It makes me want to see how high i can ollie... on my freaking treadmill. Righteous.

Andy What city do you live

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/16/2008

Andy What city do you live in where you could commute to work on this thing without car drivers wanting to kill you?

What can I say, looks like

- submitted by Irlandy on 11/16/2008

What can I say, looks like fun. And if I could get that nifty soundtrack playing on my iPod while using that thing, well... I can't think of anything more exciting. Thought it was going to turn into a porno at any moment.

I'll wait for...

- submitted by TomHandy on 11/16/2008

the Treadmill Segway.

Speed Fit

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/16/2008

My three year old would think he died and went to heaven. I think they should scale down and market to the pre-school set.

This IS stupid * infinity

- submitted by Mike on 11/16/2008

Those who make the positive comments here just HAVE to be paid shills or have invested in this monstrosity.

This thing is possibly the dumbest invention I've seen. It's completely useless as transportation (meaning, using it to go to the grocery store, work etc) because it can't do anything that a good (and even a bad) bike can't do and because it really can't be parked or navigated easily in crowded areas.

And since it's worthless for transportation, it makes it not more useful than a regular treadmill, or a regular jog on the street, both of which offer far more for far less money than this bastard offspring of the two exercise methods does. This thing is hilariously awful.

I'm still holding out hope it's a joke,

I have one already

- submitted by Lefty on 11/16/2008

It's great. I mean it. I've lost 12 pound already. Well, that was mainly from my right arm. It was severed when I crashed my speedfit into a Honda Accord. WTF did that lady think she was doing stopping at a yellow. Oh well, 12 pounds is 12 pounds.

Astroturfers -

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/16/2008

How do you explain away the fact that this POS requires either two grown men or one grown man straining himself and leaning forward at a 45-degree angle just to get it moving? Leisurely ride to work my ass.

I'd sure like to see the

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/16/2008

I'd sure like to see the people of san fransisco use this, uphill would be one thing but down those streets and you'll be a dead man, either by getting hit by a car or from your heart stopping/exploding.... Considering there aren't any breaks, besides it's worthless at turning, as said....

Hidden advantage

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/16/2008

Of course, it would be easier for the "runner" to engage in sex while "running". Yes, use your imaginations;)

Alternative Energy

- submitted by Anonymous on 11/16/2008

This is what Obama has in mind to replace petroleum based vehicles. sheesh... only a liberal...

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