Hi, you'll see after your post my posts included thanks for the previous 2 posts which includes yours, I just happened to respond to the second person. Yesterday, with regard to my belief I came up with a problem which I thought, if true, would mean I was right and, if not, would mean I wasn't right. It involved a truck pulling a load via a rope up an incline. If the tension on that rope differed at different constant speeds then I would be right in my original assumption. I, however, didn't believe the tension would increase (ancillary friction and wind resistance eliminated), therefore I would be wrong in my original assumption.

Many of you were correct in ascertaining the true source of the problem, the force via the rear wheel to the treadmill deck. I completely understood the nature of the problem, I just didn't think that the wheel would have to maintain an equal force relative to the treadmill if it was self powered and the rider never moved, this was not a correct assumption and therefore an incorrect overall theory of the resulting energy demands of the activity

I did discuss the problem with a physics professor for a while and he said as much. Thanks to those who responded in an educated and civil manner, you were, and are correct.

Glad to see you weren't just trolling and came to some understanding of the physics. Are we ready to discuss the Monty Hall problem next? ;)

What's the monty hall problem?

although, if your front tire is sideways, you can't really get a good workout