Buy Exercise Bicycles Online

Find Recumbent, Folding, Stationary Exercise Bikes on the Web

Jan 7, 2009

Fitness bikes provide great cardiovascular workouts in the comfort of your home. A variety of exercise bike designs fit anyone's fitness level and space constraints.

Popular home exercise equipment machines, fitness bicycles are easy to use and provide a low impact workout for the lower body. Exercisers can read or watch television easily while riding an exercise bike and can vary the intensity of their workout on some models simply by pedaling faster or slower or with a touch of a button on others.

Lifecycle Exercise Bicycle

A staple of gyms across the country, Lifecycle exercise bikes are sturdy workhorses. The Life Fitness C1 Upright LifeCycle with Advanced Console sold through Amazon.com (see photo below) includes a computerized workout console with 20 resistance levels and 10 workout programs. A Polar brand wireless chest strap is included to monitor heart rate and the upright seat is adjustable for different user heights. The bike measures 45 inches long by 27 inches wide by 56 inches high and weighs 105 pounds. Price: $1,499 ($100 off this price through January 2009). Free shipping.

Schwinn Airdyne Exercise Bike

The ingenious fan-like front wheel on the Schwinn Airdyne Exercise Bike (pictured below) lets air provide resistance. Pedal harder for a more strenuous workout; slow pedaling reduces the resistance, allowing this bike to automatically tailor the workout to the user. Schwinnfitness.com sells this bike, which comes with a computer display of a variety of readouts, including time, calories burned and heart rate. The exercise bike is 50 inches long by 22.5 inches wide by 48 inches high and weighs in at 96 pounds. Price: $699. Shipping varies.

Nordic Track Recumbent Exercise Bike

Nordic Track, a venerable name in home fitness equipment, offers a Audiorider 400 recumbent exercise bike at its website, NordicTrack.com (see photo below). This bike features lots of extras, including 20 built-in workouts, a music port for an MP3 player with speakers, and quiet magnetic resistance that adjusts with the touch of a button. Measures 27 inches wide by 54 inches long by 40 inches high. On sale in January 2009 for $499 with free shipping.

Mini Exercise Bike

This Standard Pedal Exerciser from Isokinetics distills the exercise bike down to the basics: two pedals on a stand. At $19.95, the Isokinetics mini exercise bike makes for cheap, but effective, workouts under a desk or table and in tight spaces in the home. The exerciser is made of 1-inch chrome-plated steel tubing and comes fully assembled. Control the tension and resistance by turning the knob on top of the exerciser, which you can also use for upper body strengthening. Shipping varies.

Folding Recumbent Exercise Bicycle

Hammacher Schlemmer’s Foldaway Recumbent Exercise Bike is a full-sized exercise bike for those short on space. With a steel frame, padded seat, LCD of workout menus and other variables, this bike offers lots of extras and stores under a bed or in the closet. Completely set up, the bike measures 42 inches high by 25 inches wide by 38 inches long. Folded, the machine is 42 inches high by 25 inches wide by 19 inches long. It weighs 48 pounds. Price: $199.95. Shipping is $22.95.

When choosing an an exercise bike, pick one that matches your workout goals and your space limitations. Position a large bicycle in a family room or in the corner of a bedroom within view of a television. By placing the bike in an accessible and comfortable location, you will be more likely to use it regularly.

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