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Dive bum
18 yrs ago
There a store in Prince's that sells some pretty expensive running machines ($30-50K). Can anyone suggest other places we might look? I know a decent machine isn't cheap but I don't want to pay a Prince's premium for it. I need to do some exercise or give up the pies. I like pies.
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Cheaper to join a health club. And more facilities too, so better all round. The treadmills in California and such are professional units which you cannot justify buying too.
To buy, see the Classifieds here for no end of sporting goods that folk buy, hardly use, then try to sell. If you buy a good one second hand you will not lose so much when you decide to sell it, soon after the thrill has worn off and boredom sets in. A waste of money, space, and time. ;)
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I checked the classifieds - nothing of interest, at least not at present. Agree it may turn out to be a fad, like the pianos, the cross trainers, the bicycles, PS3 and various others. But, my wife hates gyms (particularly ones like California) and she likes jogging machines. We're going to live in a Sai Kung village and I don't want the hassle of travelling to a gym. So, a jogging machine it must be.
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18 yrs ago
Not sure what the place is called but, in the buildings on the opposite side of Connaught Road from the Shun Tak Centre (in Sheung Wan), at street level, there is a shop selling exercise equipment. I'm pretty sure they have treadmills, but am not sure how they compare price-wise.
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I know the one you mean. I'll check it out. Any other suggestions, folks?
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I bought an X2-Fit treadmill last year from the Ketler (?) sports equipment shop in Metro City Plaza 2, Po Lam, near Sai Kung. It's Chinese made and nothing fancy, but it does what it is supposed to do. It has an LCD display, a pause etc. and and you can set the incline and various programmes on it. However, it's quite narrow and short compared to the lairy ones used 24/7 in gyms (which I guess won't be ideal if you have a long stride) and it can sort of fold up vertically when not in use. I think it was around $8k, which is a lot less than what you will have to pay for one of those big boy machines. I use it every day and it's fine for my not massively athletic needs... Anyway, you might want to check out that shop or one of the branches and see what deal they're doing now it's sale time.
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Thanks Thames. That's definitely in cheap and cheerful territory though there a worry I might fall off the back if it's too short. I might just use it for 'power walking' - probably safer. I'll pay them a visit as well.
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