Lifecycle Exercise Bikes
Lifecycle exercise bikes are made by Life Fitness, who has been making the industry's best exercise bikes for over 30 years. A Lifecycle machine doesn't come cheap but when you use one of these machines you can just feel the quality of construction and immediately notice the cardiovascular benefits.
Top gyms and health facilities all use Lifecycle bikes, including Bally Total Fitness, Gold’s Gym, 24-Hour Fitness. And, a Lifecycle exercise bike is a first choice piece of gym equipment for sports stars such as Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees and Mike Alstott of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as entire teams such as The Los Angeles Lakers, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Astros, and Colorado Avalanche.
Lifecycle Exercise Bike Consoles
With each bike you can select one of two consoles; Basic Workouts and Advanced Workouts. The Basic Workouts Console comes with 5 programs: Manual, Hill, Random, EZ Incline and Sport Training. The LCD display a variety of readouts including, level, time, speed, distance, heart rate, target heart rate and calories. The Workout Profile Display is 9 x 24 segments and the LCD display size is 3" x 5" (7.6cm x 12.7cm)
The Advanced Workouts Console comes with 10 programs. As well as the 5 that come with the Basic Console there are: fat burn, cardio, heart rate hill, heart rate interval and extreme heart rate. There are also 2 special workouts: goal workouts and 2 custom workouts. Additional the console comes with Polar wireless strap included. The LCD display is larger, 4" x 6" (10.2cm x 15.2cm).
Lifecycle Upright Exercise Bike
Current models include the entry-level C1 although using the word 'entry-level' shouldn't imply a machine that is sub par. Depending on what console you select it retails for either $1,000 or $1,300. You get 11 Wide Ride™ pedal adjustments (a feature available on all Lifecycle upright bikes) and 14 seat positions with 20 resistance levels. Maximum user weight is 300lbs.
The next model up is the Lifecycle C3 upright bike. It retails for around $1,500 for the basic console or $1,800 for the advanced. This model has a user weight capacity of 400lbs and is a self-powered machine.
The Lifecycle C9i exercise bike (picture left) is the home version of the
popular health club model and comes with its own console. The Lifecycle
C9i retails for around $2,500. Key feature include; wireless and LifePulse
digital contact heart rate monitoring system, ComfortCurve Plus seat with
Relief Groove (the same as the health club model), and an oversized dual
accessory tray and built-in reading rack. The workout programs are identical
to the Advanced Console but the Special Workout differ. These include, around
the world, cascades, foothills, Kilimanjaro, speed training and interval
training. The user weight capacity is 400lbs.
Lifecycle Recumbent Exercise Bike
The recumbent series of exercise bikes by Lifecycle follow on from the upright series. The Lifecycle R1 recumbent bike ($1,200 basic, $1,500 advanced) has exactly the same features of the Lifecycle upright C1 bike. Likewise, the R3 ($1,700 basic, $2,000 advanced) and the R9i ($3,000) correspond to the C3 and C9i.
The warranty on all Lifecycle exercise bikes is lifetime on frame, 3 years on parts and 1 year on labor.
A Lifecycle machine is the most top rated of exercise bikes. Lifecycle exercise bike reviews from customers all over the world are almost entirely positive, with many Lifecycle exercise bike ratings scoring 5 out of 5.
If you really want the best exercise bike then choose a Lifecycle exercise bike.