Letter from Hal Gaba

 
 
 

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Dear Mr. Trulaske:

I'm 59. This is the second time in my life I've been so knocked out by a commercial product I'm taking the time to let the owner know. By the way, the other time involved a BMW 750IL about ten years ago.

I just bought a TRUE Z8.1 upright exercycle from GymSource.com (also terrific). Through faulty research on my park and lack of familiarity with TRUE, I had bought a Cybex bike, also from GymSource. When I complained about the Cybex the day after receiving it, my Gym Source rep recommended the TRUE, and I swapped them out. To say it was night and day is an understatement. I've been using heart rate control bikes for twenty years, first Cateye, then Combi, so I love the concept and am pretty familiar with it.

Your bike is sensational! I've never seen a product that advances the state of the art as far as this on does. The quality in it is obvious. The measurement features seem very precise. The heart rate monitor is smooth; readings don't jump back and forth. The bike is smooth as silk to ride. The programs, especially the HRC intervals, are unique and innovative. ECG is fun. That I scored a 52 on the fitness test this morning has nothing to do with my enthusiasm for the product.

Congratulations for the Z8.1: providing an on and off switch for those of us who like the AC feature. That way we don't have to plug and unplug.

I've come to believe in recovery rate as a measure of fitness. My trainer and I compete, for example, to see how much the heart rate drops in the 60 seconds following our workouts. It would be useful, during the interval program, the see the elapsed time it takes for the heart rate to drop from peak level to trough level.

Congratulations again on making the incredible Z8.1.

Sincerely,

Hal Gaba