I bought this to get some daily exercise regardless of what the weather is like outside. I just spent my first 30 minutes on it, it does the job with some caveats.

First, don't do what I did, which was to look at the price point, skim the reviews and click. For example, I didn't even see the tension knob, resulting in a moment of "huh" when I got it.

So overall (especially when you get an assembly thrown in) this is a good value. It's pretty comfortable and does the job. I have spinal stenosis, hence the recumbent, and my back was quite supported during use.

The tensioning system is pretty basic, it's just a knob on the post, rather than electronic control. It's ok, but could use a finer gradient. There's "yippie! this is fun!" and "Am I climbing a wall?" with about 10 points in-between. I was able to find a happy medium, but it could be better.

The pedal action is decent as well. It's exercise equipment rather than a real bike, so if you're expecting to be able to "glide" a bit like on a trail for a moment, there isn't much of that but it's fairly smooth. There weren't any dead spots or anything, overall it felt fairly natural.

One of the things that I thought I'd use is the little bookshelf thing at the bottom of the electronics package. I thought I'd throw a book or an ipad up there and I could entertain/distract myself while getting a workout in. No such luck. It would work physically, but the action of the cycle moves that whole assembly around an inch or more back and forth while you ride. Unless you wanted to induce a seizure, that wouldn't work well.

I didn't even bother to put batteries in the panel yet, so sorry, no word on it.

The pedals are comfortable and the seat adjusts enough to get the right distance for me (5' 10"). The only negative was that the pedal strap on one side popped off a few times. The other side didn't, so I'll have to take a look as it may be how it's hooked up on there.

As mentioned above, it's not the most sturdy thing in the world. It will hold you just fine, but it rocks around a bit more than I'd like and the handles could be stronger. I wouldn't want to crank it all the way up and hold on for dear life.

All that aside, I'm happy with it. I couldn't really expect any more for the price point and I hope that the overall build allows me to get a few years out of it

Hope this review helps

I wanted a recumbent cycle at a budget price for my basement home gym. Having bought the Marcy budget home workout station and been reasonably satisfied, I ordered this bike. It was easy to assemble and bears my 250 lb frame.

It has a digital monitor (battery powered) that probably does a lot of things, but I don't use it, as I have my own routine and time myself using my phone.

The bike is functional and works fine. The seat is adjustable and the tension is as well.

My only issue, which is a minor one, is that since the bike is rated for up to 300 lbs and I am towards the top of its weight rating, when I use it, the front of the bike can wobble a bit when I am peddling. It's not dangerous, this wobbling, but it does make watching my videos on my phone as I ride difficult, since the phone is resting on the control unit of the bike which is between the front handlebars.

Obviously, at this price point, you cannot expect a heavy, sturdy frame that will be motionless while peddling furiously, so I am still quite satisfied with my purchase, but it is an issue I wanted to tell others about.

I would give one star for this bike because of the bad quality, but I decided to give 4 because of the excellent customer service! The bike I received had a major quality issue for sure. It had no tension at all!! Level 8 is the same as Level 1. I did assemly it according to every step in the instruction book but the problem lies inside the lower main frame. It has been over a year since I ordered it and amazon could not offer any resolution for this order any more so they ask me to contact Marcy directly for any warranty info. I did opened a ticket through their website and their response is super efficient! I described the issue and they sent me a replacement tension rod but I told them the I received the main frame together with the tension rod as a whole and I dont know how to open the main frame to replace the tension rod, so they sent me the entire main frame. And it completely solved the issue! Then I found the screen had an issue too, the sensor did not work. So I reported the problem and they sent me a replacement screen with the connection wires immediately. They did address every single request from mine right in time. I would not recommend this bike, but I decided to keep the product because of their top customer service!

Great instuctions.

I've had many stationary bikes in my life and this by far is the best. Super quiet and smooth like butter. Seat is solid and barely loosens. If it does, just tighten it from the bottom. I feel supported 100%. Thanks for making a great product. I use it maybe 4 times a week.