Tunturi Exercise Bikes
Tunturi stationary bikes are extremely popular in Europe, which isn't surprising as they are made in Finland and now they are becoming more popular in the U.S. A Tunturi exercise bike isn't cheap but you are getting a piece of exercise equipment that is extremely well-made with one of the best warranties in the industry and has the best display console of any exercise bike.
A unique feature of Tunturi exercise bikes is the ergometer function that displays your effort level and gives detailed feedback on a variety of data during exercise. This is really useful and allows you to get the best from your workout whether you're a first time user of exercise bikes or a seasoned pro.
The bikes are feature-rich and the display makes reading, setting and understanding feed back easy. There are two main types of display available; T-Ride and T-Road.
The T-Ride display is fitted on more basic ergometer Tunturi bikes. The 3.8" color LCD display tracks speed, distance, time, heart rate, energy consumption and effort. There are a number of landscape programs where slope affects the training intensity. Greater effort is needed going uphill, but where the Tunturi exercise bike really is unique, is that when going downhill, you get exactly the same response as you would expect when cycling downhill outdoors.
The T-Road (pictured left) is fitted on the more high-end models of Tunturi stationary bikes. The 7" color LCD displays the workout program as a real life, outdoor video stream. The video is perfectly synchronized with the intensity changes of the program.
Tunturi Upright Exercise Bike
There are a number of different models available starting with the entry-level Tunturi F20, progressing through the F30, E40, E45, E60, E80 to the E85 (pictured below). The cost of a Tunturi upright bike starts at around $500 up to $2,500 for the Tunturi E85. Different models come with different features; the more expensive machines have the most features - as you would expect.
The E85 is the same as the E80 except that it comes with a sportier seating position with an angled stem and race style handlebars.
The main features of both the E80 and E85 exercise bikes are;
- 10 adjustable programs and heart rate control
- T-Pulse™ for complete heart rate controlled training, adjustable even whilst exercising
- T-Ride offers 5 preset programs which simulate outdoor biking
- Thousands of profile variations with T-Scale™ and 10 preset programs for never ending motivation. Adjustable even whilst you're exercising
- Huge 100 program memory for totally personalized training
- Integrated MP3 player with high quality speakers
Tunturi Recumbent Exercise Bike
The are currently two models; the Tunturi E40R and E60R. The top-of-the-range E60R retails for around $1,000. Its main features are;
- Motivational 8 scalable workout profiles and 8 user profiles to suit individual fitness goals
- T-Scale™ allows editing and adjustment of the pre-set profiles even when exercising
- Handgrip pulse measurement or Polar® wireless heart rate measurement
- Electronically controlled brake that produces a wide effort range and enables the exercise settings to be easily changed whilst training
The warranties on all Tunturi exercise bikes is exceptional. Each one comes with a 15 year manufacturer’s frame warranty and all other components are covered with a 2 years parts and labor warranty. Should your Tunturi breakdown, an engineer will visit and carry out any repairs. This is much more desirable than a 'return to base' policy and clearly demonstrates the company's faith in its product.
Tunturi E30R Recumbent Exercise Bike
Users also have the option of designing their own workouts and programming them into the console. This will allow the bike to automatically adjust the resistance throughout the workout without the user having to...