Need A New Exercise Bike

zom247 · 13 Jul 2016 at 10:18

Before anyone says "Get a real bike", unfortunately I can't use a road bike cos my balance is shot and I just fall over

A back injury also prevents me from doing any serious gym work. This is what happens to your body after you have served your country for 22 years

I've been using my current v-fit bike for about 3 months now and have lost about a stone but it's playing up (skips on the downward peddle if that makes sense). I'm just looking to spend about £120 ish but willing to go a bit further for the right bike.

FrenchTart · 13 Jul 2016 at 11:54

Get a real bike..and a turbo trainer so you it's essentially an exercise bike

UTmaniac · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:02

Did Reebok ever develop their exercise equipment further from ~10 years ago, which could be used as a game controller?

It is very possible to use flat bar hybrids or mountain bikes on turbo trainers, which greatly relieve lower back stress, I used to have Continental 26" and 700 turbo trainer tyres.

BennyC · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:35

Real bike & Turbo until you master balancing. Then get outdoors :cool:

zom247 · 13 Jul 2016 at 15:23

BennyC said:
Real bike & Turbo until you master balancing. Then get outdoors

Balance never going to come back I'm afraid due to ear ops I've had.

PermaBanned · 13 Jul 2016 at 15:27

Obviously I'm not a medical professional and everyone's different, but I do know someone who lost their balance as a result of meningitis and cochlear implant surgery and still learned to ride a bike based on visual cues.

Lethal` · 13 Jul 2016 at 16:01

wattbike (though you might need to up budget a tad)

BennyC · 13 Jul 2016 at 16:39

zom247 said:
Balance never going to come back I'm afraid due to ear ops I've had.

Are you able to walk?

zom247 · 13 Jul 2016 at 17:39

BennyC said:
Are you able to walk?

Just about

BennyC · 13 Jul 2016 at 17:56

zom247 said:
Just about

Then you can ride