Product Description

This Schwinn upright exercise bike has a multi-functional console display that provides feedback that you need for the results you want. The integrated target heart rate programs keep you at the heart rate you choose. The BioFit¿ seat design has a 9 position height adjustment and contoured seat for a comfortable ride. There are 11 programs to keep you motivated and challenged.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #419 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Schwinn
• Model: 100128
• Released on: 2008-06-01
• Dimensions: 10.50" h x 23.00" w x 30.00" l, 57.80 pounds

Features

• Compact upright exercise bike for the home with 11 workout programs
• Grip heart rate sensors enable you to monitor your fitness level
• Computer controlled, eddy current resistance with 8 levels
• Workouts include six preset profiles, one manual, three heart rate control, and one target heart rate
• 275-pound maximum user weight: measures 40 x 20 x 53 inches

Amazon.com Product Description
Get an excellent cardio workout at home without breaking the bank with the Schwinn Active 10 upright exercise bike. It features 11 preset programs, computer-controlled eddy current resistance, and a belt drive system that ensures quiet operation and a smooth ride. The grip heart rate sensors also enable you to monitor your fitness level. The handlebars are adjustable to suit your riding position, and it includes integrated leveling feet to keep everything balanced and help protect your floor. Other features include a 9-position padded saddle and transport wheels for easy storage after your workout.

Specifications:

• Profile: Upright
• Number of workout programs: 11
• Workout programs: 1 Manual program, 6 preset profile programs, 3 Heart Rate Control programs and 1 Target Heart Rate program
• Heart rate monitor: Grip
• Resistance levels: 8
• Resistance system: Quiet Magnetic ECB (Eddy current brake) resistance
• Display: LCD
• Display readouts: Speed, RPM, Time, Distance, Watt, Calories, Pulse
• Dimensions: 40 x 20 x 53 inches
• Product weight: 58 pounds
• Maximum user weight: 275 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty
Frame - three years; Parts - six months

About Exercise Bikes
Despite the competition from trendy new fitness inventions, exercise bikes continue to be popular options for home exercise. They offer the same aerobic benefits of riding a bicycle at any time, in any weather, without leaving the comfort and safety of home. Exercise bikes don't take up much space, require little or no balance or coordination, and can provide an effective workout for all levels of users, from beginners to serious competitors. While the same could be said for a number of other types of home fitness equipment, the exercise bike is one of the few that allows you to watch television or read a magazine while you work out. For many people, having convenient access to quality exercise equipment is critical to sticking with a long-term exercise program.

Customer Reviews

Serves it's purpose
I bought this bike because it was on sale so I was able to get it for $[...]. Which is why this review is more positive, it's good for the money but as a bike it's just decent.

My main gripe is the shady design with both the seat and the bars. The seat is extremely uncomfortable. The 'upright' positioning is also really uncomfortable, nothing like the gym bikes I'm used to. The seat actually points away from the bars so you need to be hunched over in order to reach them. While the seat itself is on as tight as it will go it still spins around which can make an uncomfortable seat even more uncomfortable during movement (Which is what the product is for)

As for the bars the design of the bike allows you to have a few different positions, I prefer the more 'normal' bike position as opposed to the straight out one because I have fairly short arms and with the seat pointing away as it does it makes it almost impossible to reach. But the slightest of pressure moves the bars up and down, even with it screwed as tightly into place as possible. This can get really annoying when you're trying to push yourself to just go that extra .5 mile and all the sudden the bars jolt down and scare the hell out of you.

The calorie counter on the bike has no way of setting in your weight so you have no idea how many calories you are actually burning. This wouldn't be as annoying if somewhere in the manual they told you what weight they are basing this calorie counter on and I could do the math myself. It seems like a pretty basic question, (the reason I decided to buy it was the calorie counter, it was required) If a 120lb person is on it for an hour they can burn up to 504 calories, a 170 lb person can burn 819 a 230 lb person can burn 1197 a 300lb person 1480 (source= [...])these numbers are vastly different and a device with fitness in mind should actually keep fitness in mind and know that not everyone will be the same. Because of this I've had to basically ignore the calorie counter and go by the mileage and try to look it up online to get the 'real' amounts. It's like having a scale that will weigh you correctly, but only if you weigh 150/lbs.

The tension settings on the bike are pretty excellent. Theres 10 (?) or so of them, ranging from absolutely nothing to feeling like your leg pressing 50lbs with every rep. You can change your tension at any time without having to play around with a menu or resetting anything which makes it easy to switch it around. When the bike was first set up the higher tensions would make a loud whirling noise but that quickly went away with use.

Another thing this bike is great on is space. I didn't have much room but it's really nice and compact (I'm guessing at the expense of comfort, it takes up less room than a reclining chair.

All in all, it does what it has to but it certainly doesn't excel in many areas. If I had known then what I knew now about it I would have spent more money on a better model. But it works and it's better than nothing. The goal of getting something like this is so you can work out more, but the uncomfort and flaws in bike deign make it really hard to motivate yourself to get on it.

Schwinn Active 10 - nice little bike
Schwinn Active 10 Series Upright Exercise Bike

Searched high and low for an affordable (not cheap) exercise bike and ended up with this Active 10 bike from Schwinn because it was on sale at Amazon and had free shipping. After using it for a couple of months now, I can confidently recommend this product if you're not looking for all the fancy bells and whistles. It has what I need: user memory so it saves my settings, pulse and calorie meter, different workout programs, very compact design and super quiet. The only things that are lacking for me are the absense of water bottle holder (which I can buy separately at any bike store) and no place to put mp3 player or book. Otherwise, for the price, it's perfect.

Great Bike!
This bike is great! Got it and set it up in under an hour. Installation is straight forward. The person who rated this one star, Im pretty sure you were installing the left pedal the WRONG way. At first I went to install the left pedal and had the same problem as you! Then found out that the left pedal is threaded COUNTER-clockwise and the right pedal is threaded clockwise like normal. Make sure your turn the nut for the left pedal to the LEFT not right. Bike has great resistance and extremely quiet.