Stationary bikes.........how bout this one???...........................

I would like to do more exercise but finding time in the day is hard and especially living where I live so an at home machine seems to be the best bet. I don't need anything fancy and quite enjoy cycling so I thought, why not a bike? Lack of space may be a problem I thought then I heard about 'the compact bike'....a stationary bike.

Don't want to spend a lot of money.
How about this one.....? http://www.connection-fitness.co.uk/cate...

And what's better......an upright stationary bike or a tilted one ( don't know the proper name).

THANKS

OH AND ALSO if I warm up b beginning slow and slow down at the end of cycling, should this be completely safe? wouldn't wanna cause any self harm!

i think some one needs to make an exercise bike that generates electricity...........why not work out and pump some power back onto the grid at the same time?

a true WIN-WIN..........not many of those anymore.

that's cool

A good warm up and cool down is good, so make that part of your routine. However, I, along with most cyclist aren't familiar with exercycles. We ride bicycles outdoors and if we do indoor training many use trainers with our bikes not exercycles. Try posting in health and fitness.

I am no expert on fix bicycles, mine move around!
But, I麓ll let you know what I know:

1) Try it before you buy it.
Most fix bicycles have a "funny" feeling to them. Pedals seem to move around a kind of gel or mud that makes spinning them hard and soon boring.
Try it for more than a minute if possible.

2) Most fix exercise machine need some kind of balance to handle the inertia due to the effort they receive in their frames. The lighter weight they are, the most likely they will perform poorly. Will wobble and be unstable, shaky.

3) The materials use in many of this apparatus are poor quality. They know most people will not stick to a exercise routine for long and will not demand to much of their machines. You get what you pay for, and manufacturers bet on the inconsistency of most people. They make their best products for gym use, where they will get a bigger demand just by the amount of people that join to substitute the non goers.

4) Try a regular bicycle and a indoor trainer.
It does not have to be to expensive bicycle to set on a roller or a "turbo trainer". The kind of apparatus cyclist use to train in the off season or due to foul weather. You could find a good alternative there, and, at least have a bicycle.

Hope this helps some.

Recumbent bikes are the name of the lay down style exercise bikes. The upright one you picked is fine. You should plan to warm up and cool down for at least 5 minutes at the beginning and end of the work out. There are two ways to injure yourself on an exercise bike. Improper seat height and using too great a resistance at too low an RPM.

Have a cyclist friend help you establish a good seat height and mark this with a marker so if others use the bike you can get it back to the correct height again. Generally you want to have a small bend in your knee at the bottom of the stroke with your foot parallel to the ground. This is hard to do yourself so having a cyclist friend help is good. Don't use any resistance that pervents you from turning over the pedals at least 60RPM. If you want to use higher resistances then get up out of the saddle and ride that way. Sitting down at low RPM and trying to turn over big resistance is bad. Very bad. I have had excellent fit bike riders working out on the road never have knee problems and then go to the gym and use a stationary bike and hurt themselves.