The Best Recumbent Exercise Bike -- 5 Tips To Pick It

The best recumbent exercise bike must do several things well. To get the best bike, check out reviews to see how the bike stacks up in several critical areas. Several mid-priced bikes offer good combinations of features at a fair price. Here are some of what you could look for in the bike that might be best for you.

Resistance

In most cases now you get a bike with a magnetic drive. Sometimes it must be plugged into an electrical outlet, sometimes not. In either case the resistance comes from a magnetic field. What that means practically is that resistance can be varied easily by just adjusting a setting.

It also means little noise which opens all kinds of possibilities. See, you want to get a bike rated to be quiet so you can do other things as you pedal yourself into shape. With quiet you can read, watch movies, listen to music. All that helps fight boredom and keeps you pedaling. Many exercise bike workouts stop for no other reason than boredom. Fight boredom with quiet drives.

Electronics

Coupled with that quiet drive you get more electronics. This nearly essential part of the best bike for you can control the resistance settings. So what? That's how you get simulated rides.

By varying the resistance over time, the built-in computer makes the bike feel like a real-world ride through varying terrain. That's another fine way to make riding fun and eliminate boring rides.

Most exercise bikes now include computers for riding simulation. The more you pay, generally, the more computer power you get. That translates into more workout routines programmed in and more resistance settings too.

Frame

You can get a great workout even with no computer on a bike. You cannot have positive workout experiences with a poor frame that won't stand up to hard riding. Many inexpensive bikes just do not have the heavy construction to stand up to hard riding. That means over time the bike will self-destruct.

Cheap bikes often sway and move under hard pedaling. The movement starts to loosen connections. The looseness causes more motion and that loosens more connections and then joints start to crack and it just gets worse.

That's why solid construction with some weight to it is a must for a bike that will take hard punishment for an extended time. Let's face it, most cheap exercise equipment never really gets used anyway. It's really made to look like exercise equipment, and not really to be subjected to hard use.

Seat

Recumbent exercise bikes exist to provide comfortable riding so you can ride longer and more often. That demands a comfortable seat. It also requires adjustments to put the seat in the right spot. Anything less and the whole riding experience becomes a pain and one that will probably be abandoned.

Price

Best value in recumbent bikes lies in the moderate priced bikes. Cheap department store bikes self-destruct. Very high priced bikes offer more features but at a steep price. Mid-price bikes like in the Schwinn 230 series and similar bikes offer a good combination of features, construction and price.

The best recumbent exercise bike will combine a quiet resistance with powerful computer power. The bike should be heavy and stable for a solid ride and include a comfortable seat with plenty of adjustment. If you can get all that at a moderate price, you may be on the right track.

Looking for a fast way to get fit? Riding a Schwinn recumbent exercise bike is a great way to exercise and get fit.

To learn more about using a stationary bike, see our page about exercise bike fitness.

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