Buying Schwinn 231 Recumbent Exercise Bike

Purchased this bike in November. When it arrived there was "some assembly required". After a few hours, it was assembled and ready for use. The seat was very comfortable and the bike was very quiet. The fan was pretty much useless as it didn't push enough air to make it worth while and it was quite noisy. Other than that, I really liked this bike....until it broke. One week after I received the bike I got on it in the morning and started to peddle only to hear a grinding noise coming from the flywheel. After researching this online, I discovered that this is a fairly common thing with this model. I contacted Amazon to request return information and they were extremely helpful and accommodating. They paid for the return shipping too! The only thing was that I had to disassemble the whole thing and make it fit back into the original box (which we did accomplish after much trial and error). The return went very smoothly and Amazon deserves a big thank you for their help with the return process. I went out the day after I sent this bike back and bought a Lifecore 1000rb at a local fitness store. It fits much better in my living room (it's noted for it's compact size), is even quieter than the Schwinn and the seat is extremely comfortable (the only down side is that it cost almost 3 times the price of the Schwinn.) I guess you get what you pay for.Get more detail about Schwinn 231 Recumbent Exercise Bike.