Exercise bike

Maccapacca

Maccapacca

Maccapacca

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Any recommendations for a static exercise bike circa £750

I really haven't got time to go to the gym with a 70 hour work week and 2 kids and 1 wife.

Thanks
 
Having used exercise bikes a fair bit I'd say that they all suck :/

You could get an okay bike and a turbo trainer for less money than that - which would be more comfortable and let you go out and about if you ever decide you feel like it.

Triban 3 (red version) + an okay turbo trainer would be about £500 total.
 
I've a decent hybrid and a turbo trainer but my hybrid is always filthy and the missus won't let me use it indoors.
I get up in the dark and get home in the dark late I'd like something to get the blood pumping.
 
I have a spinning bike that i got second hand for <£100 on ebay.
It's totally solid (moreso than my turbo) and wont shift at all even under a max-effort sprint.
It has normal cranks and seat clamp, so i have a set of proper SPD-SL pedals on it and a normal saddle. Cant swap the bars though, they are comfortable enough but dont have any sort of drops. Everything is very adjustable and it's easy enough to set it up with exactly the same geometry as my road bike.
 
Went to fitness superstore today to have a look, all the bikes were too small, the width across the crank meant I was always kicking my heel on the crank (size 14 feet) and just barely getting the ball of my foot into the clip.

We looked at the treadmills but they are too big and ugly for where we are keeping it plus with what I wanted to spend seemed the lower end of quality.

We ended up buying http://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk...s/first_degree_viking_2_ar_rower/17286_p.html was eventually what I wanted to spend and trying them all out was really nice to use. One of our considerations was that everything else was so ugly but this on it's end looks in keeping to our house, if I had a spare room or gym I wouldn't care but I haven't plus it takes up such a small area when stored upright.

Arrives Saturday so lets see :)
 
Yawn

Yes it's the best but doesn't mean every other is trash and not worth considering. You can't fold the c2 without dismantling it and there's no way my wife will put it together properly. This just lifts up ta da. The c2 is also ugly which yes isn't the highest of priorities but I have a family home not a bachelor pad.

I can't skip indoors and for the past 3 months all it's done is rain which isn't a particularly inviting prospect when you've worked a 14 hour day.

But yes do carry on with your helpful input thanks.
 
maccapacca said:
Yawn

Yes it's the best but doesn't mean every other is trash and not worth considering. You can't fold the c2 without dismantling it and there's no way my wife will put it together properly. This just lifts up ta da. The c2 is also ugly which yes isn't the highest of priorities but I have a family home not a bachelor pad.

I can't skip indoors and for the past 3 months all it's done is rain which isn't a particularly inviting prospect when you've worked a 14 hour day.

But yes do carry on with your helpful input thanks.
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i gave 3 different options and you seemed to have picked on 2 which were unsuitable yet not mentioned the other one.

what would be wrong with complex routines?

all you would need to do is spend <£200 to do them with bands or kettlebells

not only would you be doing CV you would be building your muscles a little too, adding some strength as well as fitness.

i mean considering you went from bike to treadmill to rower, why didn't you look at cheap ways of doing CV which don't require a big expensive piece of equipment if space is an issue? you could have also saved yourself hundreds of pounds
 
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