Recumbent & Upright Stationary Bikes
Nautilus has been making good exercise equipment for years, and they continue that tradition with the new Nautilus NR 2000 exercise bike. The NR 2000 isn’t aimed at the entry level casual user, this bike is made for a user who appreciates features like heart rate controlled workouts, a quality drive system with a balanced [...]
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What’s the best exercise bike on the market? Is there a manufacturer that makes the best exercise bikes? The answers to these questions is, there isn’t one, and no. There are a lot of upright, recumbent and spin bikes on the market that are “best buys” but you want to find a bike that’s the perfect fit for [...]
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For years Sole Fitness has making an award winning line of treadmills and ellipticals, so it’s about time that they got serious about their stable of exercise bikes… and they finally have. Meet the new Sole R92 Recumbent Exercise Bike. The R92 is Sole’s entry level recumbent — don’t let the word entry level make [...]
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Livestrong has come out of nowhere and taken the exercise equipment industry by storm and for good reason, with exercise bikes like the LS7.0 b recumbent and two high quality spin bikes they’re hitting the sweet spot in the market for home users. One thing that set’s the LS7.0b apart from the competition is that [...]
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Riding the wave that was started by Octane Fitness with their new line of X Trainers, Smooth Fitness has introduced the v2300 Elliptical Exercise Bike. The v2300 is rather odd looking at first glance. You can’t really tell if it’s a bike, an elliptical machine or a stair stepper turned on it’s side. The reason [...]
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Another unimpressive entry into the ultra cheap end of the exercise bike market, the Marcy Recumbent Bike is one of the prime examples of why no company should try and make a bike at this price point. You can start off with the terrible resistance, then move on the totally inadequate seat cushioning and then [...]
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***The Nautilus R514 Recumbent is the sister bike of the Nautilus U514 Upright bike also reviewed and recommended – in other words, this is an identical review as the U514 and R514 only differ by their seating configuration. The Nautilus R514 is a mid-level upright bike that packs some impressive features in the competitive under [...]
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The Reebok RB Recumbent exercise bike is mid level offering from Reebok and replaces the Reebok CYC series recumbents from years past. I really thought Reebok had a good thing going with the older CYC series bikes, but I can’t say the same thing for their new offering. For starters, they completely redesigned the frame [...]
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The Stamina 4755 exercise bike has been popular for shoppers of cheap exercise bikes for a number of years, so you may be surprised that I’m not recommending this model. The reason for not recommending this bike is simple. There comes a point where you should NOT even consider investing in exercise equipment, and that [...]
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If you’ve read my reviews of the Schwinn Exercise Bike line, you’ll know that I think Schwinn is making some solid bikes for the home user. The Schwinn 240 is no exception to that rule. It’s about as good a recumbent bike as you’re going to find in this market segment. The 240 recumbent comes [...]
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