Best Exercise Bikes

Love it best online purchase ever – As a seventy seven year old who looking to do some cardio exercise following open heart surgery was not sure about the best way to achieve this I did… Read more

my research and found that using an excersise bike was an excellent way to improve my cardiovascular fitness. However looking into the purchasing of one blew my mind with so many brands and types to choose from. During my online research I came across the company fitOnline who sell among other brands Bodyworx. I contacted fitOnline who were excellent with advice, long story short, I bought the Bodyworx ABX600 which they recommended for me. It was delivered just twenty four hours after placing my order online. I was able to assemble it without problems and I have to say it is a great experience riding it, it’s very stable and so smooth that it is a pleasure to use. I have no hesitation in recommending this bike,it is well worth it and I am sure it will help me back to full fitness in no time.

Smart, Solid and Silent – After having a few issue with my other spin bike, I was hoping to purchase a Keiser or Matrix. However service tech from Fitquip, suggested I should… Read more

looked into BodyBike.

After a few weeks of researching I decided this is the bike I wanted. I have test ride at work Keiser M3 and M3i as well as at my local gym Matrix bike, I do like both of them. BodyBike is in the same price range, and with more values for the money.

The app is easy to navigate and connect immediately to the bike and set up is simple. The app also automatically connected to my MyZone belt. One of the best feature was the fact it came with a USB port for me to charge my device while I am exercising, I thought it was a great ideas.

The handle bar is very well designed, both for inserting iPad/tablet or iPhone. Two drink holder stations. Handle bar and seat can move up and down as well back and forth. Adjustments are simple and smooth for all directions.

The Smart + have both ANT + and Bluetooth. One can connect to TV and of course Zwift.

Double sided pedals with a toe cage & strap one side and SPD the other is standard. They are commercial quality.

I purchased this directly from BodyBike. Lee the owner is excellent to deal with, informed me every stage of delivery. He even delivered and set the bike up for me.

Great spin bike for the price. It feels comfortable to ride and adjusts well for me and my husband who are different heights. The Dynamo SA team where super helpful and delivery it to my door.

Researched heavily before buying this – Whilst previously using an actual road and mountain bike set up with a fluid trainer, it was often difficult to make the necessary changes… Read more

accordingly. Meaning I would waste a good 5 to 10 minutes to make micro adjustments putting the bicycle with the trainer sitting on the rear wheel; and then riding endlessly with no actual challenge or at least some sort of diversity involved. This ultimately made it boring.

Furthermore, whilst using the fluid trainer, the rear tyre on the rim would over time wear out quicker than actually riding it normally on the road and over other outdoor terrain. Overall, I had to find something that would replace my fondness of riding indoors when the weather didn't go to my liking.

A lot of research went towards my purchase and as such, initially it was an upright bike or a recumbent, but seeing how I have been use to riding road bikes; I wanted something that mimicked a similar riding geometry, and subsequently that led to spin bikes.

Looking at various brands out there on the market, I wanted to look at a computer controlled resistance type over a manual one. Based upon costs and the reliability factor, I narrowed it down to the 510Ic and the 910Ic. Both were from the Diamondback Fitness range and even though the 510Ic was more robust and better in terms of build quality, the 910Ic just looked a heck of a lot better. There were some concerns regarding the 910Ic reliability issues, but after being told what to look for; especially the manufacturing batch numbers, I ended up picking one up.

Unfortunately, this came in one very heavy box. It took a bit of time to load it into the car and even worse when unloading it. As the construction of this spin cycle is mostly strong metal with a mixture of steel, the most noticable aspect was the fly wheel; which actually had better resistance than the 510Ic.

Removing the 910Ic from the box was a chore, the assembly instructions and tools came in a fancy plastic pencil case-like packet; however it was quite bad and immediately reminded me of something from IKEA. The 910Ic was partially put together, the colour console attachment was the last bit to put together and came with rechargeable batteries though recommended through their instruction manual to keep it connected with an AC adaptor to ensure that the battery in the console is constantly charged.

Not entirely sure whether that was a good thing to begin with.... overcharging the console battery.

Anyway, after putting it together and making several adjustments quick quick release knobs every where; such as the seat and handlebars; was every bit intuitive and interesting just as it is when riding a real bicycle. The 910Ic has many programs to keep any cycling enthusiast challenged, programs can easily be chosen or manually adjusted.

The only problem I found with the 910Ic is that the coloured console not where it should be, meaning the rider would constantly have to tilt their head downwards in order to look at the display.

When using toe clips or optional cycling pedals with cleats; it only takes a few seconds before the 910Ic's coloured console lights up. But only takes a few seconds again without pedaling before it shuts down. I didn't quite like this option, I would have preferred if the 910Ic's console stayed on for at least 30 seconds to allow the user to copy down statistics obtained from their session workout.

When the need is required to move the 910Ic, unfortunately I must say that you will need two people to do so; or if the individual user has a certain amount of muscle mass (strength), otherwise it will become literally impossible to move. The 910Ic is very very heavy.

Lastly, there is one thing that I am not overly happy about, is that there is a useless piece of metal/steel that is used to protect the front section of the 910Ic. If you buy this from a shop and it is raw requiring an actual full assembly, you will notice it when you remove the 910Ic from its packaging. The manual dictates that this piece is to be thrown away.... upon further inspection, for me, its just a waste of material and makes you wonder when purchasing something such as this, you'd expect that everything that comes with it should be used fully without wastage. Heavy Flywheel along with many computer operated programs gives you a good riding workout; adjustable riding position to cater any one; cost; looks expensive even though made in China; highly customisable Not very mobile despite wheels, need to be fairly strong to move; pedaling is required to keep the computer console on (otherwise turns off too quickly); IKEA instructions; wastage of material that ends up being thrown away and for nothing