Jan 29, 2006 14:32
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English term
Move the treadmill manually with foot for kick-start
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English
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Treadmill
As idiotic as this sounds (and possibly so does my question), is it in any way acceptable to express this way in English the task of kick-starting the treadmill pushing it with foot without activating the motor (this is how I intend to put it in Russian)?
Thank you!
Thank you!
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| 2 +1 | move the belt by foot for kick-start |
Jack Doughty
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| 3 +2 | some suggestions below |
Eva Ballentine (X)
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| 3 | See comment |
Jo Macdonald
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| 3 | see explanation |
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Jack Doughty
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move the belt by foot for kick-start
Strictly speaking "manually" is by hand, so by foot ought to be "pedally". This word is rare in this meaning on Google, but one example of it in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logorrhoea
gives it in an example of excessive verbosity, as follows:
He is the sort of person who will call a spade a spade.
This man is a member of the personality class exhibiting the tendency to term a pedally operated humus redistribution device a pedally operated humus redistribution device.
So I would be reluctant to use it.
Would "kick-start" do on its own? I believe it originates with motorcycles, where you quite literally kick hard on a pedal to start the engine. But if not, I think "by foot" or "with the foot" would give the idea. I don't think "manually with foot" is possible.
gives it in an example of excessive verbosity, as follows:
He is the sort of person who will call a spade a spade.
This man is a member of the personality class exhibiting the tendency to term a pedally operated humus redistribution device a pedally operated humus redistribution device.
So I would be reluctant to use it.
Would "kick-start" do on its own? I believe it originates with motorcycles, where you quite literally kick hard on a pedal to start the engine. But if not, I think "by foot" or "with the foot" would give the idea. I don't think "manually with foot" is possible.
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Can Altinbay
: Yes, I would go with kick start all by itself. Manually is OK, but redundant, and weird because you're using the foot, and foot is redundant. Basically, what you said.
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some suggestions below
Irene: I am confused... Is this a manual only treadmill or does the treadmill's motor would start after you manually move the belt with your feet? If some motor would start working, I would use the kick start.
Starter is an attachment for starting an internal-combustion engine without hand cranking.
Kick starter is a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body.
If it is manual only I would stay away from kick start as it could confuse some customers.
Maybe you could use these (obviously you are the one who knows exactly what is really happening here.
-start up the treadmill by walking on the belt... OR
-start up the treadmill with a strong forcefull step on the belt
Starter is an attachment for starting an internal-combustion engine without hand cranking.
Kick starter is a starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the body.
If it is manual only I would stay away from kick start as it could confuse some customers.
Maybe you could use these (obviously you are the one who knows exactly what is really happening here.
-start up the treadmill by walking on the belt... OR
-start up the treadmill with a strong forcefull step on the belt
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michael Barnett
: Yes, it is unclear if moving the treadmill with the feet is intended to bypass the engine or to start the engine.
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Seema Ugrankar
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Jo Macdonald
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Hi Irene,
“Move the treadmill manually with foot for kick-start”
and
“ kick-starting the treadmill pushing it with foot without activating the motor”
To me this suggests the same thing you do with a motorbike engine to kickstart it. You slowly push down on the kickstart to move the engine until you get a compression stroke, so the first real kick will kick the piston past compression, and the engine has a good chance of starting. If you don’t do this there’s a good chance the engine will kick back at you.
This is bad for the foot, the leg, and the engine, and it won’t start either.
Perhaps what you do with the treadmill is the same. Move it with your foot until you get a compression stroke, then kickstart it.
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i think there is two ways to start that stuff, one electrical with ignition key that switches starter, the other way is manually (with foot)
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