Magnetic Recumbent Bike

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This bike fills both mine and my granson's needs. He just wanted some cardio workout and I have arthritis and need some way to work my body or rainy days. Read the instructions carefully BEFORE starting and identify your parts. The wiring is tucked up into the frame parts and almost fooled me into thinking it was missing. We built it in one hour and no problems. Thanks to OVERSTOCK.COM The bike it well built and easy to move around with wheels at each corner. Have fun! Bob

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I have used this exercise bike for about 3 weeks now. It is a good entry level bike with not too many features. It was a nightmare to assemble , no instructions were included on how to set up the electronic display ( speed, time. distance, calories, MPH) . Wires were too short coming out of the "tube" and had to be stretched. I frequently use the bike without putting on the the display because I don't think it is accurate & it's too hard to reset.

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Product is defective! After spending 3 hours putting it together, battling incomplete instructions, the VERY last component I tried to attach (the left pedal) was defective. Either the part of the pedal that screws into the crankshaft was too large, or the hole on the crankshaft where the pedal screws into is too small. But the pedal simply won't fit. So my options are (1) I could request that the manufacturer send me just a replacement pedal. Who knows if they would even do that, and if they did, if it is in fact a defective pedal. It might turn out that it's the crankshaft that's defective, in which case, to get the pedal to fit, I would have to (2) find someone with a boring device to widen the hole on the crankshaft (without ruining the threads), or (3) return the whole unit and reassemble another one (which I can tell you now, is NOT going to happen). So, now that the biggest flaw has been covered, let me tell you about the poor instructions. They leave out, between steps 2 and 3, that you need to feed the computer's cabling through the front upright tube. Thankfully, I had the common sense to realize this before attaching the piece to the unit's main frame. But getting the cables through the pipe was a pain. You'll need to undo and then rebundle the cables yourself (I reused their twistee). My solution was then to feed some twine through the front upright tube first. Make the string long enough that you can tie it off somewhere (I wrapped it around the tension adjustor knob. Then tie the other end of the twine around the cabling that you bundled. Now, you can't just pull the cabling through, because you need to first connect the tension adjustment control wire from the front upright tube to the main frame (their Step 3). Below, I've listed two things they left out of the instructions that were fundamental to me being able to assemble this. First: turn the tension adjustment knob all the way down... you'll see the control wire extend about a centimeter (believe me, you'll need all the length you can get). Second: just below the metal bracket on top of the lower cable that extends from the main frame (figure 3 in their instructions), there is a small nut. If, like the bike we purchased, after adjusting the tension knob all the way down, you are still unable to connect the thing, you'll have to loosen this nut, and screw it down to the bottom of the bolt it is on. Then you'll have to rotate the metal bracket down along the same bolt (you'll have to pinch the part the resistance wire connects to each time you rotate the bracket) until it is also at the very bottom of the bolt. NOW, there will be enough length to complete step 3b. Remember, once you've snapped the resistance cable into place (step 3c), to rotate the bracket and nut back up the bolt so that there is once again a good deal of tension in the line. Beyond that, the wrench that they included was slightly too large for the bolts. It kept slipping as I was trying to tighten the various bolts in the assembly process. I just used my own tools whenever I could. Also, for Step 7, even though the electrical connectors protruding from the seat cushion adjustor are available and usable without untying them, make sure you untie them. It seemed to me that if one didn't, they would get cut when you tightened the handlebar tubes into place. There... if this didn't scare you away from this product, I don't know what will. (although I think this diatribe pointed out most if not all of the pitfalls along the way). I still haven't decided what I'm going to do with mine. (sorry... Overstock's review box doesn't accept line breaks, so apparently this is all one run-on paragraph.)

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I have owned this bike for about 3 weeks now, and I love it. It is pretty comfortable and if built well by the owner wont wobble or make any noise. The only thing I didn't like about the bike was the build time. This is something I expected though and wont mark down the product for that. The pedaling is very smooth, and the computer works as intended aside from not reading my pulse correctly. That could be due to me wiring it incorrectly at some point, I am not sure, but I am not overly concerned about it. Over all a good buy. Comfortable, easy to use, very quiet.

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Easy, quick, assembly. Left out one handy instruction...Use the tension control knob prior to trying to assemble the tension wires to ease the presure and allow for easy assembly. Seams like a no brainer but we didn't consider it functional until it was fully assembled. Very, very quiet. Easy to read, do crafts, or watch a movie while working out! Oh, very strong light weight materials.

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