Schwinn 231 Recumbent Exercise Bike Immediately

First the price, I got an additional $100 off by adding it to my cart for the Feb. Amazon special this put the price at the Schwinn 230 price! With this Amazon's special I couldn't pass it up!

It arrived very fast and the box was in very good shape even when a pallet of stuff fell on it from the truck it was riding in! The Trucker stayed while I opened the box to see if any damage incurred but there was not even Styrofoam damaged so I said it's perfect. It's packaged very well for travel!

Assembly was straight forward, it comes with a book and I thought It gave more detail then most items you have to assemble. I'm not sure how long it took since I started and then went out to dinner. I say it's a good 2 hour assembly but it goes by real fast! My TV stand took longer to assemble! I did not put on the cup holder below the seat nor the foot pedal straps since there is no need for them.

My main reason to purchase the 231 over the 230 model was the display screen. The screen is a Backlit LCD monitor so it is a blue back ground screen with white display which in my opinion is much better than the 230 model which has the Olive screen and black display monitor that is not backlit. For that feature alone the price difference is worth it! Then you get more program features and a fan with this model. I'm not a fan lover because I'm there to sweat but maybe my wife will use it. But the good thing is you can either turn the fan on or off within the panel. I was hoping this would be the case since I wasn't going to use it.

The look is very sleek and is an attractive peace of furniture in our family room! Yes we put it there to work out and watch TV! So there is no excuse in this household! LOL!
The Walk through is sweet! It makes the unit look nice! It's also easy to get by if you need or want too plus it makes it easy to sit and ride with out having to lift your foot over some bulky mechanism!

Extra-wide comfort seat with dual-position lumbar support is very nice! The seat feels very comfortable and looks like it will stand up to the work outs.

Handlebars with integrated heart rate grips is a nice feature. It seems to work well.

The pedaling is very quite the only noise is my bodies force against the seat and frame that will make it squeak but that's a given with any recumbent that doesn't weigh over 300lbs

Overall I am very pleased with the purchase. I definitely would recommend the Schwinn 231 model recumbent bike over the lesser 230 model even if I had to pay the extra $100 I would because of the backlit panel screen and more programming features make this the recumbent to buy!
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