Exercise bike recommendations

[sodaksooner]

Some very nice set ups. I have something else on the big screen and lap top running Rouvey. I only road zwift a few times and well hated the video game feel of the virtual roads. There race and training stuff is supposed to be vey good. I MUCH prefer the real roads videos of Rouvey. Try a few and see which you like best

I have not heard of Rouvey. We have been looking at trainer road and a few others just to change it up. I'll look into it. Thanks.

the few races I have done have been cool, but so many people sandbag. I am a big guy so I suck on hills. My ftp is ok at like 260 but I just get hammered on any ride with significant climbing. On the flats however.....

 

[RaggedHunter]

My wife and I picked up a spin bike (not sure the brand, but it's a pretty decent one) that a guy my aunt works with was throwing out, he barely used it. I swapped out the pedals for some with clips off amazon, and bought us each a pair of shoes. We just bought the peloton app, I believe its ~$14/month, and we downloaded that app to a firestick that we hooked up to an old ~30" tv in our guest bed room. It's pretty handy to be able to jump on and do cardio in the house. My father in law has a peloton, it really is nice, but I cant justify the cost difference, our pieced together system works pretty well.

 

[*zap*]

The high seat stationary bike is my go to for low intensity aerobic capacity training.....

 

[MidwestElkHutner]

My wife has the peleton, I would say it is a well built piece of equipment and she gets plenty of use out of it. But it is definitely geared towards the spin class enthusiast. I have been using my road bike on a smart trainer for the last couple of years using zwift. Primarily during the winter months as I ride outdoors as much as possible. I started with a Saris wheel on smart trainer. The ride was pretty comfortable, and having zwift control the resistance was a game changer in an interactive experience. Anyone who has spent a fair amount of time cycling indoors understands that. For Christmas, I upgraded to a wahoo kickr V5 turbo trainer and the experience is even better. I plan on picking up a rocker plate just over the summer and my indoor setup will be complete. I have gotten my wife to start doing more zwift rides then spending time on the peleton, and her outdoor riding ability has improved ten fold with zwift over peleton.

 

[Coop12]

I bought a Bowflex C6 bike a couple years ago. My wife mainly uses it and has really enjoyed it. It was affordable at less than $1k and uses her iPad Pro with the Peloton App. They now make more advanced models but we wanted one that wasn’t reliant on an application to function.


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[Trey Arentz]

We have an Echelon bike at our house. I think we got it on sale on for around $500. It came with 3 free months of spin cycle classes that my wife loves, and now we have a subscription for the classes. I use it almost 3 days a week too. If you like a screen you can hook it up to your TV or your phone. It’s the best stationary bike we found for the price. Amazon or Walmart sells them.

 

[Muleyczy]

Kinda off topic but does or has anyone used a Peleton? Are they worth it?

 

[hunt1up]

I'll be another to tout the smart trainer annd Swift. I have a Cycle-ops wheel-on smart trainer. I forget the model, maybe an M2? The wheel-off trainers are more accurate but more expensive. The wheel-on model seems to work excellent though. The real time resistance changes and inclines seem very realistic.

My wife wanted a stationary bike but we didn't want to pay the high monthly prices for the Peloton subscription. I did the deep dive innto bike research, much like I do with hunting stuff. If you look for used stuff you can get some killer deals on gym quality bikes that are lightly used. I ended up finding a Lemond Revmaster Pro. I want to say I paid like $400 for it and it was cherry. My wife added an ipad mount and there's tons of subscription based programs out there. You can run Peloton on an i-pad if you want the same programs.

 

[Muzzy48]

I’ve been looking for some options too but never realized they made these smart trainers with all these apps. I was like the OP and looking for cheaper but quality exercise bikes to train during the winter months. My concern was getting a spin cycle that is too cheap though and not having enough resistance to suit my needs. Can anyone speak on spin cycles? Is the resistance of 30-35lb flywheel pretty substantial? Idk how that compares to normally riding a bike or an expensive gym bike. I bought a Trek Marlin 6 MTB this summer. How would that work on these smart trainers being that they are geared differently than road bikes? Sorry, not trying to highjack the OP’s thread.

 

[bradb]

I know my trainer can be at enough watts that I sure as hell can't make the pedals go around! I am running a single in the front and have the reality set at 70% in Rouvy so I can ride more of the mountain routes with out grinding a 50 cadence

 

[Muzzy48]

i meant in regards to a spin cycle as far there being enough resistance but thanks for the info.

I edited the earlier post to help maybe clarify things. Thanks.

 

[bpurtz]

I know you said Exercise Bike, but maybe consider a Concept2 erg?

My wife was on the crew team at OSU and when my youngest son decided to try out for the team we bought an erg - it can be a pretty darn good workout...

 

[teamwhitebelly]

Rogue Echo bike. Mt. biking is a full body sport not just legs so you should train accordingly. You wont need 30 min. on the Rogue to get a good workout.

 

[Hicksy]

I mount my road bike to a Wahoo Kicker. Much better than a peloton which I also have.