Buy Schwinn 231 Recumbent Exercise Bike

Bought this at Christmas time and began riding. This is great value in an exercise bike, though I think I one might be able to step down to the 230 model without a loss of functionality. For the extra $100 you only get a better seat (can be significant), a fan and a little more functional computer controler (in theory).

The bike is very smooth and shockingly quiet. Seat squeaks are louder than the actual magnetic resistance mechanism. I've been using it 3-5 times a day for 6 months and still works fine.

The only downside I find is that it is essentially unprogramable in any real sense. Apparently you have to build the programs as you are riding which is pratically impossible. I set up programs using a 50 cell (each program has 50 segments) spreadsheet in Excel. But when I went to actually get the programs into the bike I found out you have to be using it. I attempted to set a time to give me 10 seconds per segment so I could get the whole thing in in 500 seconds and that failed miserably. So I use the built in programs or use the Quickstart function and vary as I go without a program. If I find a workaround to this issue, then it would be a 5 star product.Get more detail about Schwinn 231 Recumbent Exercise Bike.