BowFlex Indoor Cycling Exercise Bike Series

I bought this to strengthen up in preparation for a knee replacement (the elliptical was getting too hard with declining knee health). The magnetic resistance is ideal; some of the journey trainers opt for super-light resistance with higher RPM workouts, which suited my bone-on-bone knee… The variety of workouts on jrny app were sufficient, I opted for a year subscription after the 2 month trial. UPDATE: so far, I’ve experienced Jrny app issues - 3 times (in months) in mid-workout, it stops reading things like resistance setting and RPM speed (which it app workouts use for “effort” guide). I’ve reported the bug - getting “function” back is as simple as stopping, restarting the workout - which seems like an unnecessarily simple software bug. I hope they get this straightened out soon (it basically makes it impossible to continue w/ the workout, as you can’t track nor get effort feedback). I put this upstairs in a spare BR so after surgery, workouts and shower would be on the same floor. I chose to put exercise matts down under the cycle, on top of the carpet. Even with the “core muscle engagement” of the “leaning”, this is fully stable (I’m 6’3”, 225lbs… so I had concerns - but no problems). Delivery, shape of everything was fine. With my knee, I got the frame upstairs on a hand-truck, still attached to its foam packing, with a neighbor’s help just in case. No drama, simple. The price through here definitely was a factor of not ordering through Bowflex, but the device I like quite a bit better than our son-in-laws (much more expensive) Peloton. 2 nits about the product: - handlebar adjustment: I would like some forward/aft adjustment. I’m tall, but unusually so in the torso, so the “lean-over” I wish was a tad less, would prefer the handlebars back an inch or so… - Bowflex heart rate monitor: I have an Apple watch, didn’t care to swap it with the Bowflex device every workout. Fortunately, there’s an app which connects to the device (ignore what Bowflex and Apple say). For free, it provides 20 minutes of monitoring HR over your apple watch (you’ll use your phone - I have iPhone - as an intermediary connection device). I liked it enough, that I didn’t hesitate to purchase the unlimited “pro” version for $20-some (don’t recall now: 24? 22? - whatever, well worth it). Each workout, fire the app in your phone, connect in the jrny screen, and go. There were reviews here which recounted “clicking” in the Bowflex. I paid a LOT of attention, and thought I heard something the first days - in careful inspection: **it was my bad knee!!!** The bike operation is unflawed for me. Good value. Good quality. I like the workout programs and options (so many - actually quite nice options). I’m really happy with this purchase.

Got this on clearance for $699. Easy to assemble, enjoy the tour the world rides with and without the workout coach, good music selection, sturdy for weights, water, towel. No issues with heart monitor or JRNY but haven’t been able to connect Bluetooth for iPhone or pandora music, but it looks like maybe it’s not compatible. I’m good with the bike, monitor, and JRNY as is. Was never a bike rider, but working from home, have limited space, and weather hasn’t been good to get out and walk. Loosing weight with this bike 3-5 x week 30-45 min rides, and Noom changing food habits. 15 pounds in 3 weeks between the two. I did have to get a gel seat cover because the seat was too hard for me, I’m 200 pounds, but probably depends on your size. I have the seat at the lowest position, handle bars at highest and farthest back toward me, at 5’3” I’m very comfortable.

I got this for a great price which is what prompted my to buy it. Both myself and my wife use the bike regularly and we like it a lot. I bought a cheap pair of cycling shoes and attached the included peddle clips and it works great. The bike is well built and the ride is smooth. While you can easily change the resistance by turning a knob while riding, this is manual only and the various pre-programmed workouts don't change this, they just display the target cadence (cycling speed) on the screen and you need to peddle harder to speed up. The bike took some time to assemble but was not overly difficult. The thing is heavy so make sure you unpack it first and move it in sections. However, the main bike is still very heavy even when disassembled. The weak point of the bike is the low quality android-based device which provides the display. It is very slow, not very well designed from a UI perspective and needs constant updates. It even periodically kicks you out and requires that you log in again with a username and password that you have likely forgotten since it is just an exercise bike in one's own house!! The speakers ae poor and it DOES NOT WORK WITH THE ANDROID PELATON APP. This is probably the fault of peloton being too lazy to build a proper android app but it doesn't work with this bike. So overall, if you find this thing for a good price, buy it. It is a quality exercise bike with a poor android phone bolted on to it.

A friend had one, and now I have one. Very sturdy and comfortable to ride, even if you have more than one rider. Finally got my wife to ride and she has a blast traveling around the world riding. The lean feature is no joke, after cycling in the outdoors for several years, putting in150+ miles a week, wasn't ready to move inside, but due to where we now live, this is by far the safest option. This bike will do everything your road bike will do, except for one thing: you have to realize you can not free spin, that takes a bit of getting use to. If you are quick with tension knob, you can back it off to zero and hold a pedal position, or just power thru it. The graphics and audio are great, as are the videos of the places you can travel. You can also do the peloton workouts on this machine with your journey membership. This gets used 4-5 a week by each of us, and we are glad we got it.

Easy to assemble.

The bike sounds like its on train tracks its so loud its unuseable even with hradphones in. It also wont even turn on half the time. Also goodluck with bowflex customer support they dont even respond. Buy a bike from a crackhead at 711 before you buy this expensive junk