Overall I have this product 4 stars, I am writing this review as I pedal on it now. I am an educator and unfortunately that means I spend considerable amount of time on my computer as well as sitting grading and reading articles. I am also a physical therapist and didn't think I would have a "desk job" until I began teaching at the university full time. So I needed something to help me with my cardio specifically ( after 2 years I never mastered going beyond 3.1 mph on the treadmill and still being able to type). I looked at many bike desk options and this one seemed to have the best seat (I have a fairly flat bottom so I need a wide cushy seat others it's painful on my tailbone) and the basic features I needed. Posture is a big deal as you can imagine so even though this seems to have the best upright posture of the products I looked at, it is still not ideal. in order for me to have good upright posture I have to scoot way back on the seat so that my ischial tuberosities are just BARELY on the back edge of the seat. This won't be comfortable for too long, that's a big pressure area on the bum besides the sacrum (tailbone). To modify this I placed a wedge under the hinge where you fold the seat back to give it a more forward angle making it better, but still not ideal. There's just too much space between the seat and the back rest with no ability to adjust that angle. I'll likely end up putting a pillow behind my back unless I'm specifically working on my postural control and come off the back seat completely to stay upright without support (which I WILL do but not when I have to sit for long period of time). Maneuverability is great on my hardwood floors and the tile, a little sticky on the carpet so you gotta put just a little more muscle into it, and I don't have high plush carpets. Otherwise this is a great product!! It was SO easy to put together. Step by step instructions and even the bolts and nuts were packaged and labeled step by step too. There are a couple of steps that I would have appreciated a second set of hands though, using my body to stabilize a part would have been comical to watch. I wish the desk height could go down just a tiny bit (I'm 5'4") but I have everything on the smallest setting and the desk pulled as close to me as possible, tilted all the way forward for typing. Not necessary if I was just watching video or webinar and not typing. I've burned 130 calories just typing this review with my HR at 60% max!!!! Goal achieved!!! Aerobic exercise is the BEST way to protect your brain by the way. I'm so happy. I have used the bike for 3 days so far. I'll update after a month or 2 and I'll post pictures later. I'll be on the look out for that click people say it makes after a certain time.

There is nothing I don't love about this bike! For the price and ease of set up and use, you can't go wrong with this one.

Assembly took about 40 minutes and was pretty easy. I had read about the noise issue from other reviews, but after putting it together and using it for a while, so far I've had no problems.

Let me say a big thank you to the reviewer who addressed the noise issue with the peddles. The other version of this bike I've had for over a year started to make the noise and my husband now knows how to fix it. He uses that bike now, since I got this new one with the desk.

Making the adjustments for my personal needs was fast and now it fits me comfortably. I am not a small women, 5'7" and "fluffy" as they say, and this bike works great for me. I did leave off the pulse checking handles because I don't need them and they were more an obstacle for me than as asset.

I was concerned about the seat, but the padding is fine and the seat is comfortable. I have an old t-shirt double folded on the seat because the pattern that is woven into the seat cover was an issue for me but I don't think it would bother anyone else.

The desk size itself is ample and my laptop fits fine along with a mouse and my phone. I love the cup holders and the ledge at the bottom is high enough that it keeps everything from slipping off. The seat back is good and works fine even though I am taller than most women.

The read out display is easy to see and adjusting everything is simple, from the desk height and angle to the tension on the pedals. Moving the bike around is also not a problem and easier than I had thought it would be.

If you are a hard core peddler, this might not be what you are looking for. This is not something that will do what a Pelleton does, so if that is what you are looking for, this is not it. Don't get me wrong, depending on how you use it, you can work up a sweat on this bike, but it is not for those who want to do grand prix or off road type peddling. You can't stand on this bike for that serious uphill peddling kind of thing.

This will get your blood flowing and your heart pumping, but in a less stressing way. The seat is slightly recumbent, which is great, so it's easier on the knees and back. I got this so I can do some exercise while I am working on my laptop all day and for that purpose, it's perfect, and far better than just sitting in a chair all day. I can easily do several miles at a time and hardly notice it happening.

Overall, this bike does what I need it to, it's quiet, a good price, easy to use and doesn't take up a lot of space. It's everything a good piece of in home exercise equipment should be.

Assembly was pretty straightforward--I've done it twice now, details on why are at the end--and the hardware pack was one of the best I've seen in terms of making it easy to figure out what parts to use in each step. It all comes in a blister pack, with one numbered section for each numbered step of the assembly instructions, and each part labeled with its part number. My only quibble about that was that it was sometimes difficult to get the parts out of the pack without completely destroying the blister pack, which would make it more difficult to identify which parts to use in later steps. I advise having a box cutter or other blade on hand to get the parts out from the back. I used one blade of a pair of scissors and it worked okay.

Also, the #33 washers (used in several steps) have a tendency to stick to each other. At one point I thought I was missing a washer, but it turned out I had unwittingly put two of them on one bolt. Not a problem if you're keeping an eye out for it.

I'm 5'3" with a 27" inseam, so the first time I assembled one, I assembled it according to the ~under 5'6"~ directions. The effect of this is that the seat is about an inch more forward than if you use the ~over 5'6"~ directions. It also means that the back rest is about an inch farther from the seat. I found that distance between the seat and back rest to be rather awkward, and I didn't find that I had any trouble reaching the pedals when I got both the seat post and the seat slider adjusted appropriately, so when I assembled it the second time I used the ~over 5'6"~ directions and I find it to be more comfortable. (If you change your mind after assembling it, it would be easy to reassemble it at the other position without taking the whole bike apart, but not so easy that different users would want to change it back and forth.) The only thing I can figure for the people who say it doesn't work for short people is that they don't realize there are two separate seat adjustments to make to accommodate different heights, plus more adjustments you can make for the height of the desk surface. I find it to be quite comfortable with the seat post adjusted to the lowest position, and the seat slider almost but not all the way forward.

Speaking of the desk surface, on its lowest setting it's too high to be ergonomic for me for long stretches of time, but if it were any lower my knees would be banging into it, so I think it's a reasonable compromise. I can still type fairly comfortably, I just know that if I tried to use a computer like that all day I would get knots in my back and shoulders. But I really like having the desk there. Being able to do other stuff while I ride makes the time go quickly, and the desk surface gives me a lot of options for what to do--potentially even work.

I've only been using it for a few days now, and I'm satisfied with the bike overall. It's comfortable and suits my needs. However, I don't find the app to be amazing. For one thing, you can't look at the different workouts available unless you're connected to the bike by Bluetooth, which means I can't sit on my couch and explore the options, I can only look at them when I'm near the bike and the bike is powered on. And if there's a way to customize the different workouts to your fitness level, I haven't figured it out. The workout that looks the most gentle starts out on resistance level 9 and looks like it goes up from there. Level 9 isn't impossible for me to pedal or anything, but I'm trying not to overdo it. I am starting out at super low resistance levels and increasing it each time I use it, so I don't hurt myself. Since I can't seem to scale down the built-in workouts to a beginner level, I've just been doing a manual ride. Once I get up to level 9 on my own, I'll check out the workouts again. I also haven't yet activated the 30 day free trial of whatever the subscription service is, so maybe I'll like it better with that. I want to get more familiar with it as-is so that I'm more certain what I'm getting for my money if I get the subscription.

As you've probably guessed, the first bike I got was defective. The power brick made a super loud buzz when plugged in, and the resistance (whether the bike was plugged in or not) was such that I couldn't sustain pedaling for even as much as two minutes. When I would attempt to adjust the resistance, the screen would display "E1" and nothing about the resistance would change. I could find nothing about this error code anywhere in any manual or online forum. I used the QR code in the manual to contact the manufacturer, and it generated an email template for me to fill out. I filled out all of the requested information and also included a video of the behavior, and sent it off. I received an automated reply asking me for all of the information I had just sent, with wording that made me concerned I wouldn't receive a real reply until I sent it all again, so I did. Nearly a week went by. Concerned about letting it slip past the return window, I contacted Amazon via a button or link that suggested I could get "support" for the bike from Amazon. What I got was basically the returns department. Within the hour, I had an exchange set up, but this meant I had to return the defective one. Fortunately I still had the box, and I had packing tape on hand, but I had to disassemble the bike and get it packed up within two days to be ready for the UPS pickup. I used a mishmash of various materials to fill excess space in the box. Even if I'd been able to locate all of the original styrofoam, I don't think I'd have been able to get everything packed in the original way. So I made do. The same day UPS picked it up, I finally got a response from the manufacturer, offering a return or exchange. So they did respond, just not very swiftly.

This is the best purchase I have made for my health. I am in the phase of life where my time is split between family activities and working a full day at the office - I have made little to no time to prioritize exercise. For the past several years, most evenings I would fire up my work laptop and catch-up on work e-mails / tasks on the couch next to my wife while partially watching tv.

Last year we bought an elliptical, which due to its size and noise we put in the basement. I used it regularly for a month, but heading down to the basement to work out alone (spending even more time away from the family) was an inhibitor and after a month or so it stopped getting used with any regularity

I was looking for a workout machine that I could multi-task and do work while working out (two birds with one stone). I found this on Amazon and it is the silver bullet. This bike-desk is small enough and is whisper quiet enough that we set it up in our family room in a corner behind the couch. Now if I have to catch up on work at night, I am still in the same room as my family, and i'm getting some exercise. It is quiet enough that we do not have to raise the volume on the tv to hear it while i'm pedaling, and I can have conversations with my family. The bike is very stable and I find it very easy to pedal, read the screen, and type at the same time (no up and down motion like a treadmill desk).

Depending on what I am doing on my computer sometimes I slow down to a crawl, other times I sit back while thinking and pick up the pace, either way i'm moving more than if I was on the couch. In the first 3 months I have put on 500 miles according to the odometer.

The bike is very sturdy and exceptionally well built. I am shocked that this cost only $200 for how well built it is structurally. The only minor quality issue is the Heart Monitor never worked for me, but I didn't really care about that functionality.

I am 6'4" and 230 lbs with a 34" inseam and the bike has enough adjustments to be comfortable with an ergonomic location for the laptop. I do think I am at the upper limit of height for this set-up. Any taller and my knees would hit the bottom of the desk. I do use the bike with just socks on (no sneakers) as the extra thickness of sneakers is enough to make my knees hit the bottom of the desk for the height I want the desk to be the right level for my arms (I could adjust the desk higher, but then the keyboard would be too high for extended use).

This has been perfect for light to moderate workouts. If you put up the resistance and pedal hard you can get a good sweat going; however, I wouldn't recommend this if your primary goal is to get a heavy workout on a bike. If you are looking for that silver bullet where you can work / read while getting a light to moderate exercise - this is a perfect product. I am three months in and still using it most days that I am home.

The desk portion of this is a very nice size. It has two decent sized cup holders and enough width that I can keep cell phones and remote controls on either side of my laptop without risk of things falling to the floor.

As other's mentioned the packaging and assembly instructions are some of the best I have ever seen - their packaging engineers are brilliant. This was very easy to assemble, though there are some heavier parts that could make it challenging for some people to assemble.

Overall product quality is excellent; however good luck if the package turns out to be short an item. All attempts to obtain any kind of response from Paradigm Health & Wellness (even when following the manual instructions to the letter) were completely-unsuccessful. Fortunately for me, the missing part was an adjustment knob and after some trial and error and comparisons to other bolts I was able to purchase one from Home Depot that did the trick. According to Google, this business is "Permanently-Closed", so be warned that if any parts are missing, you're on your own.