Spin Bike at Home?

[snapdragen]

teigyr - I got my spin bike off ebay for about $300. It's used, the guy was selling of a group of bikes that had been retired from a gym. It was refurbished, and aside from some cosmetic junk - works great! Keep an eye on Ebay!

[teigyr]

Excellent. I looked for the Keiser one and there was one but it was pick-up only in Florida. Alas. No Lemond that I could see. I did see quite a few Star Tracs. Is there any opinion on those? One of the gyms I go to uses them but I couldn't really say if I liked it one way or the other.

[aicabsolut]

My gym has the Lemond. SO uncomfortable.

I prefer the Johnny G spinners.

The CycleOps one looks really cool, but I haven't tried it.

If I were to buy one, I'd test out the CycleOps, but I'd start out leaning towards the Spinner. Not cheap, though. I might be better off buying a beater road bike and having it live on the trainer.

[Raindrop]

The Keiser M3 uses an electro-magnetic resistance system instead of a 38lb - 42lb flywheel, so the ride is a lot smoother and yes in hasa resistance lever that you can easily reach with your thumb from the handlebars.


I also teach on both the lemonds and Star Trac, and both are fine if they're properly maintained, but if you want to get an indoor bike that is more like riding outdoors, I've found the new Keiser M3 to be the one.

(I sound like a salesperson...I wonder if I could get a discount for my positive postings???)

[Jenn]

I know I've posted this before, but my MIL was given a LeMond Revmaster from a woman who's husband left her. Since my MIL is not an active type she gave it to us, we were SHOCKED once we saw how much they cost. I absolutely LOVE it. I put on my downloaded classes I have on my IPOD and it's great. I just need to get the computer so I can keep track of the speed and distance.

[RoadRaven]

Your bike shouldn't cost you $US1000!!!

Ours was $NZ690 + $NZ50 freight, brand new!

[traveller_62]

I have a Schwinn spin bike and use it as well as a standard trainer all winter long.....we are still having winter here in Maine by the way, more snow predicted for tomorrow...ack. But I digress.....

I purchased my spin bike brand new for about $500 from a local bike shop because it was "last year's model". I love it as a training tool...and as others have pointed out it is not nearly as noisy as working out on a trainer.

If you can, try out the spin bike model you would like to purchase before you actually place the order. I really don't like the Lemond RevMaster for example because it is belt driven and I don't like the feel of the belt at high cadence or high resistance. On the other hand the RevMaster has many more ways to adjust the fit of the bike compared to my Schwinn and that may be more important to you.

-traveller