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Are you kidding?. I’m not sure whose payroll these other reviewers are on, or maybe they’ve just ever used an exercise bike post-1975, but this thing is a piece of garbage. I own a NordicTrack ProRider, and wanted to try this because Schwinn 140 Upright Exercise Bike had a physical flywheel vs. the magnetic one in the Nordi. Well, first off, this doesn’t feel any more like a real bike, so right away I lost on the deal. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not recommending the Nordi either, but this thing does make it look like a Rolls Royce.
When I took the Schwinn out of the package, it actually looked pretty high quality. The packaging was nice, the steps seemed simple and the first 5 minutes seemed like heaven. I actually thought to myself, wow, I’m gonna write a GREAT review on this thing if it works half as good as it looks. Wrong. Within 10 minutes of reading the mind-numbingly stupid instructions, my girlfriend was trying to talk me out of throwing it in the ocean. There are no explanations, very few exploded diagrams, and each drawing seemed to be done from 20 feet away – not even using the full micro-sized page on the booklet they provided.
I read the other reviewer’s comments about bumping his knees and I thought he must be doing something wrong. Nope. Unless you’re an elf, forget this piece of junk. You will hit your knees if you even come close to a workout.
The display also attracted me to this bike. Nah ah. Crap too. Hope you want to ride it in a dark room for the rest of your life, otherwise you’ll be guessing as to your workout.
Don’t get me started on the seat. I hope Tony Atlas is your neighbor. If not good luck locking this puppy down.
The description says something about a magazine rack. Where? Where would it go? I have a magazine rack for it – they’re called my hands. The display sticks out so far, good luck even trying to put an aftermarket rack on here.
Overall, the idea and features of this bike sound great, and the pieces seem to be quality, but this is a very, very poorly executed design and you’ll be miserable if you’ve ever used a real exercise bike before.
Sorry Schwinn, that’s the last thing I buy from you. Oh, BTW, this POS is actually made by Nautilus. I don’t know who to blame, so I won’t be buying either of their products anymore.
Outstanding Excercise Bicycle!. I did extensive research before I bought this bike. I’ve ridden Schwinn 240 Recumbent Exercise Bike for about ten hours since assembly and am simply delighted with it. I am a good mechanic and assembled it by myself in about three hours. The assembly manual has little text, mostly illustrations; but they marginally suffice, more text would be very helpful.
The console electronic cable going the top of the front wheel hardware has connectors at both ends — they must be connected to the proper connectors, they are not the same configuration and are not interchangeable. So beware, the bike parts I received had this cable reversed so I was unable to connect the connectors until I removed the cable and reversed its “to — from” direction.
The text regarding the programming of a user is unsatisfactory, confusing, does not effective communicate to a reader.
When registering the bike, you must have its serial number, the serial number is located on the bottom of the front stabilizer, record it before you assemble the bike.
In sum, if you are looking for an outstanding recumbent exercise bike at a most reasonable price, I urge you to purchase this bike.