[Cren0ble]

What´s the best bike to ride..manufacturer ? and the best things in that model...adjustments, resistance ?

Precor, bodybike or what ?

[alextrg]

I've tried Star Trac V Bike, Lemond and Keiser...

Keiser seat is the most comfortable one... But the maintenance can be a pain for the resistance lever. However, the handlebar height adjustment sucks..... It goes up at an angle... so the higher your bar is, the further the handlebar is from your seat....

Star Trac all is good, just that the resistance dial is quite sensitive to sweat and it needs regular servicing.... If you get participants who are really strong, the end up tightening up the adjustments a tad too much, resulting in the bolt itself getting jammed...  :roll:

LeMond.. LOVE the resistance which is unpredictable... You can't really pre-determine how much you want.. against the Star Trac it has a wider range of resistance... Although, I really have some issues with the handlebar.....  :shock:

All in out of the 3  I love the Star Trac the most.... Although I've not tried the Schwinn, there's one centre here that has it... Gotta go check it out soon...

I've seen bodybike and I like the fact that the wheel is covered... protected away from our sweat :grin:

[lonny]

Hi there,

I'v only  been riding on two different bikes, the tomahawk and the Body Bike. I've sat on a Schwinn once...
For me the absolute favourit is the BODY BIKE!!!! You can change al the bike settings so that you and your bike can become one and the RPM class is even better and easier to prticipate. You don't have to be in a "fight" with your bike....

The resistnace is so smoothly...almost hard to imagine.....Really great!

Good luck!!

Greetings

[Fleitenmaus]

I really like the LeMond bikes for their overall quality and fit but sometimes you have to crank the tension alot for very little resistance. The Star Trac V Bike has fair quality (although I've seen too many busted pedals for my liking). As well, if the tension pads aren't changed on a regular basis they can become polished - this results in high resistance over very little turn of the knob.  Nothing beats a real bike though... Neither LeMond nor Star Trac can beat a Trek road bike.   :wink:

[muis]

Like Lonny (hi Lonny!) I've only done bodybike and tomahawk, and Lonny is being very generous towards tomahawk... compared to the bodybike, the tomahawk bites. After some years of usage, the handlebars wiggle, the saddle stem wiggles, dialing up/down takes so many turns you could easily develop RSI when a fast change from climb to sprint is required, many develop an annoying 'bump' on the downstroke in the climb that is appearantly "the way it's supposed to be"... give me a body bike any day of the week!

[Scighera]

old topic but...

I tested a lot of bikes (Schwinn, Dunlop, Bodybike, Precor, H-teq etc) and have to say I hate the bodybike...the MTB bar, lack of ability to move the seat more forward (almost above the bracket)) I'm doing triathlon and I'm used to sit above the bracket, which is not possible by the bodybike. This is no problem with the other brands.

The best? Schwinn. solid, nice to finetune your position and a stabel bar position. also they are lasting very long ( 10 years is no problem)

[lonny]

Scighera, on Mar 16 2007, 07:45 PM, said:

old topic but...

I tested a lot of bikes (Schwinn, Dunlop, Bodybike, Precor, H-teq etc) and have to say I hate the bodybike...the MTB bar, lack of ability to move the seat more forward (almost above the bracket)) I'm doing triathlon and I'm used to sit above the bracket, which is not possible by the bodybike. This is no problem with the other brands.

The best? Schwinn. solid, nice to finetune your position and a stabel bar position. also they are lasting very long ( 10 years is no problem)

I'm sorry but I really do think you are NOT talking about the bodybike...everything is adjustable!!!

[muis]

I think Scighera means that the saddle can't be moved all the way forward until it is close to right above the crank center. A decent explanation of the difference between a road bike (what most people will be comparing the indoor bike to, I guess) and a triathlon bike can be found here. I can't say whether all-forward on the Bodybike is a close enough match for triathlon setup, but if I'm reading Scigheras' comment right he is saying "not nearly".

If the Schwinn is anything like the Tomahawk (and from the pictures I should say they're nearly the same), then yes, the saddle can come more forward than the Bodybike will allow. That might be one of the very few advantages of those bikes (from my POV, of course). I'm more comfortable with a roadbike-type setup, and for that, the adjustment positions are just way too course for me. I think the stops for the saddle stem and handlebar stem on the Tomahawk were some 3-4 cms apart, and the handlebar bracket was not adjustable at all. I can't make out from the Nautilus site what saddle comes with the Schwinn, but the Tomahawks had wide "get-the-kids-from-school" gel seats, which I detest.

The Schwinn site is an all-flash site, so I can't link to the exact url, but when I look at http://www.nautilus-international.net/idus...ont/indexN.html, Fitness, Commercial, Schwinn Cycling I see handlebars that look much like the Bodybike handlebars. When looking at this vs this, the main difference would appear to be (to me) that the handlebars on the Schwinn are longer, and that the BB has the "aero-racing bars" at the handlebar stem, vs the Schwinn that has them at the insides of the handles. Is this what you mean with "mtb-style" bars? MTBs don't have handles there the way the BB has them; riding with your hands so near to the middle of the handlebars would be tantamount to suicide in rough terrain.

(thanks, Sigma)

This post has been edited by muis: 23 April 2007 - 11:42 AM

[sigma]

Scighera is a he

[Jen]

Star Trac and Body Bike. Big, Big no to Lemond.

[muis]

I did a class on a Tomahawk last week. I knew this was a crappy bike, but I had appearantly repressed just what astonishingly utter crap it was. I kept bringing the saddle forward and putting it back again during the ride in a failed attempt to get it in a state that would at least allow me to fool myself into believing it could be called not entirely uncomfortable. The handlebars are just simply way to far out for me, and with these stupid non-adjustable handlebars that means that if I want to ride in racing without getting fully horizontal and my knees hitting my chest, I have to bring the saddle fully over the pedal axis. At least there were a few handlebars with the stem sawed short because the standard handlebars can't even be set low enough for me. And don't, really don't get me started on the stupid 10-feet wide gel saddles that these bikes were equipped with. Or the stupid shake, rattle and roll of the bike (maybe the club ordered bikes to resemble offroad cycling, if so, the bikes did deliver on that single aspect). If you walk into such a room, no friggin wonder the Spinners mistake RPM for a "Spinning-light" class. With bikes like this, what else could it be?!

Built to resemble road riding? My shiney hiney! Road bikes are carefully chosen and then tailored to match your build. Indoor bikes are always going to be a compromise, but the Tomahawk fails to even provide a compromise, unless you're built exactly like the person it was built for (which could easily be the engineers granny).

This post has been edited by muis: 29 May 2007 - 02:59 PM

[Jen]

body bikes have an attachment that will allow the seat to come a little bit more forward.

[Revs]

BODYBIKE are by far, by a mile, by a galaxy are the best bike on the market!

Reason #1, Made in Denmark, Not Asia. #2, 4-way adjustment (bars and saddle up/down-fore/aft)
#3, Realistic 'Q' factor (the distance between the cranks) #4, Fully enclosed so no sweat, dust or towels getting onto/into the flywheel. #5, Kevlar friction pad that needs no lubrication at all.
#6, Low maintenance. #7, Consistant, smooth resistance.

Dont compare apples with oranges. Schwinn to LeMond to Precor to Keiser to Spinner, go for it. All made in Asia from recycled coke cans and the like. BODYBIKE, Made in Denmark.

Its like comparing a BMW to a Hyundai. Both cars yes, The same? Hell no!

Just remember, they all feel pretty good when they are new. The test is 6-12 months down the track when the workload starts to show.

Finally, to be authentic to the program, doesn't it make sense to use the same bikes that Les Mills use?

They tested just about every bike on the market before endorsing BODYBIKE. Mainly because of the reasons listed above.

www.body-bike.com.au if you want a real indoor cycle.

Revs

[danika1984]

i used to think the star trackers were the best, but having just recently come back from NZ the new generation BODY BIKES are excellent, wish my gym could afford to buy them *sigh*

[Revs]

danika1984, on Jun 14 2008, 01:42 PM, said:

i used to think the star trackers were the best, but having just recently come back from NZ the new generation BODY BIKES are excellent, wish my gym could afford to buy them *sigh*

Danika, go to Active Leisure Centre in Wanniassa. They have 25 BODYBIKE Supremes in their new RPM studio.

I know that one of the Unis down there are due to get Supremes in August also. Canberra will have two of the most up to date RPM studios in the country!


Lee

[danika1984]

i'm at Deakin with Meg, you'd think we'd get better bikes, but it seems the FF buck ran past Canberra on it way to some where else lol, were in desperate need of new bikes and new pump equipment, and don't get me started on the carpet situation on the gf studio
am on uni hols soon will try out Active, thanks for the tip Lee.

[mrtrpm]

For RPM classes with aero position and all the bodybike rocks.
There was a bike called bodycycle that was awesome as well, out of canada, but they closed.

I just ordered 14 Body Bikes for our studio in arizona, (small community so 14 is a good start) Hopefully will need to order another 10 in the spring.
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[SPIN]

BODY BIKE for sure! They are comfortable, specific and to be honest as a woman I get no soreness!

[mikesbytes]

SPIN, on 16 November 2010 - 11:24 PM, said:

BODY BIKE for sure! They are comfortable, specific and to be honest as a woman I get no soreness!

Seems to be that woman suffer more problems than men, probably because woman are down under where men are more forward.

Is it the seat on the body bike you are liking for comfort, or is it some other factor such as better pelvis position due to the adjust-ability of the bike?

[SPIN]

mikesbytes, on 17 November 2010 - 01:26 AM, said:

Seems to be that woman suffer more problems than men, probably because woman are down under where men are more forward.

Is it the seat on the body bike you are liking for comfort, or is it some other factor such as better pelvis position due to the adjust-ability of the bike?

Its the actual seat I think it is cut better, seems to fit others create massive irritation... Schinn is okay but the resistance dial isnt as smooth.

Mind you, I think this is just too much detail now!