Recumbent Bikes Buying Guide by The Stepper Superstore

Recumbent Bikes Buying Guide

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Masai Fitness Recumbent Bikes —
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Aristo Recumbent Bikes — Aristo designs Institutional and Commercial upright and recumbent exercise bikes. Their exclusive swing arm, step through design allows easy access for users of all shapes, ages and fitness levels.
Top pick: Aristo CR-SG Recumbent Bike
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Body-Solid Recumbent Bikes — For over 20 years, Body-Solid has been building better bodies and improving the quality of life for people around the world. We are recognized worldwide as a leader in home gyms, strength training equipment, and cardiovascular products through our Body-Solid, Endurance Cardio, and Powerline Fitness brands.
Top pick: Body-Solid Endurance B2.5R Electronic Recumbent Bike
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First Degree Fitness Recumbent Bikes — First Degree Fitness (FDF) was created in order to develop Fluid Technology as a resistance system for a range of products that suited everybody, from those needing specific rehabilitation to general exercisers to world-class athletes. FDF is, first and foremost, a general fitness equipment company, but their focus has been strongly focused on Rowing Machines, the most natural application of water resistance.

In its founding, FDF sought to offer the commercial fitness industry a new range of machines that combined robustness with simplicity, but above all gave users of all ages and body types the ability to enjoy a perfectly tailored workout, with all the fitness benefits it entailed. Everybody loves the sight, sound, and feel of a resistance system using water as its heart. To understand what we mean, just try one of their unique fluid products; close your eyes and be captivated by the experience. FDF blends the essence of indoor and outdoor exercise in a manner no other apparatus can offer.

FDF's patented Fluid Technology resistance system offers 20 levels of resistance, from feather light to Olympic sprint , all adjustable at the touch of a lever. Their XT Cycle and UBE are both designed with universal accessibility in mind - both are accessible to wheelchair users and approved by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Top pick: First Degree Fitness Fluid XT Cycle
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Fitnex Recumbent Bikes — For over 20 years, the parent company of Fitnex has manufactured fitness equipment for some of the biggest names in the business. Now, it provides customers a direct product line that offers the best of both worlds - the highest-quality equipment, tested and engineered by one of the world's largest and most experienced fitness equipment manufacturers, coupled with a pricing plan that represents true value.
Top pick: Fitnex R50-S Recumbent Bike
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Hudson Recumbent Bikes — Hudson designs with the older user in mind, with easy-to-use monitors, featuring extra-large numbers and a lightweight easy-to-adjust frame. The Hudson Exercise Bikes are silent, smooth, and easy to operate.
Top pick: Hudson RE3300BD Recumbent Exercise Bike
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Kettler Recumbent Bikes — Since 1949, Kettler has grown from a small enterprise in Heinz Kettler's home town of Ense-Parsit, Germany into a world-wide leading brand in sports and fitness equipment with sales in 60 countries and over 3,000 employees. It continues to maintain its typically German standards of precision and quality to provide some of the fitness market's most beloved products.
Top pick: Kettler RX7 Recumbent Bike
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Life Fitness Recumbent Bikes — Life Fitness invents, manufactures, and delivers the world's most advanced fitness equipment to both commercial and home markets. It is the global leader in providing industry-tailored solutions to world-class fitness facilities and training centers.

Los Angeles-based Global Fitness Inc., founded in 1992, specializes in remanufacturing elite exercise equipment from top-of-the-line brands including Nautilus, Schwinn, LifeFitness, Precor, and StarTrac. The company has 37 international dealers and backs all of its cardiovascular products with a full six-month parts and labor warranty and a full 1-year warranty on motors.
Top pick: Life Fitness Remanufactured 95Ri Recumbent Bike
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LifeCore Fitness Recumbent Bikes — LifeCore Fitness has been in the industry since 1991, specializes in manufacturing only the best and most bio-mechanically correct equipment on the market. Its equipment is both eye-catching and innovative; LifeCore products carry over 100 patents, and its European designs are award-winning for their small footprint and attractive appearance.
Top pick: LifeCore Fitness 900RB Recumbent Bike
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Monark Recumbent Bikes — The Monark has roots that date back to 1910, when the first bicycle rolled off the production line in the County of Dalarna, Sweden. Monark is now world-renowned as the premier manufacturer of cycling ergometers, with their highly sophisticated training equipment in use everywhere from NASA's Johnson Space Center to the National Hockey League.
Top pick: Monark 837E Cardio Comfort
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Motus Recumbent Bikes — MOTUS Co., Ltd. was founded in 1993 as a venture manufacturer of fitness equipment which includes treadmills, Crosstrainers ellipticals, bikes, steppers and strength training machines. With over 12 years of experience manufacturing high quality commercial treadmills, Motus is further engaged, a 10 year agreement in 1995, which was concluded with the National Sports Science Institute. The result is a cooperative R&D program which has ensured the latest trends and findings which is directly afforded to the engineers and product developer in real time without the need for special studies to be compiled only when required.
Top pick: Motus M660BRL Recumbent Bike
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Multisports Recumbent Bikes — With the tagline The Future of Fitness, Multisports continuously proves itself to be a leader in its industry. For almost 20 years, Multisports has been supplying fitness retailers with the best products available on the market today.
Top pick: Multisports Cardio-Cycle 4050R Manual Recumbent Bike
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Phoenix Recumbent Bikes — Phoenix Health & Fitness is well known for its high-quality exercise equipment. Its parent company, Greenmaster Industrial Corporation has been a success in its industry for over a decade.
Top pick: Phoenix Magnetic Recumbent Bike
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Schwinn Recumbent Bikes — Ignaz Schwinn, with his partner Adolph Arnold, incorporated the Arnold, Schwinn & Company%u201D on October 22, 1895. Over a century later, it remains at the forefront of advances in fitness equipment and stands as the world's most recognized name in cycling.
Top pick: Schwinn 231 Recumbent Bike
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Stamina Recumbent Bikes — From its inception in 1987, Stamina has focused on supplying quality and value to the fitness and leisure markets. Over the years, Stamina has developed a broad distribution base, including mass merchants, sporting goods dealers, catalogs, internet retailers, and TV shopping networks.
Top pick: Stamina Deluxe Conversion II Recumbent/Rower
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Star Trac Recumbent Bikes — The international leader of commercial-quality fitness equipment, Star Trac introduced its first piece of commercial fitness equipment in 1974. From beginners to advanced athletes, Star Trac dedicates effort into fulfilling every part of the exercise experience by providing products that require little maintenance, endure constant use, and keep the user in mind.
Top pick: Star Trac S-RBx Recumbent Bike
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Stex Recumbent Bikes — Stex's corporate goal is to continue strengthening its leadership position in the fitness industry through the development of innovative products. It strives constantly to set standards for quality excellence, customer satisfaction, and product support.
Top pick: Stex 8020R Recumbent Bike
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Tunturi Recumbent Bikes — Founded in Finland in 1922, Tunturi is one of the world's leading and best-known manufacturers of fitness equipment. While Tunturi manufactures all kinds of innovative, high-quality, and affordable fitness equipment, the company had its origins as a bicycle repair shop- a fitting start for a premier manufacturer of stationary bikes.
Top pick: Tunturi E80R Recumbent Bike
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Accessibility

Basic Recumbent Bikes are great for anyone with physical concerns. But if you have a disability or severely limited mobility there are many models tailored to your needs. If you need a purely upper body workout, check out our Upper Body Bikes. If you have limited mobility, the Walk Through Design models make it easy to get in and out of the bike.

Step Over Recumbent Bikes — These bikes have a center console that you'll need to step over to get into the bike. Anyone with limited mobility or balance issues should look for a recumbent bike with Walk Through Design which are made for easy entry and exit.
Top pick: LifeCore Fitness 900RB Recumbent Bike
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Walk Through Design Recumbent Bikes — For those with limited mobility or a disability the walk through design feature allows the user step in front of the seat without having to lift their foot more than a couple of inches.
Top pick: Schwinn 230 Recumbent Bike
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Seat Comfort Level

All Recumbent Bikes feature a high backed seat, which provides support to your lower back while you ride. However, comfort level can vary due to padding and design features. If comfort is important or you'll be doing long rides, consider upgrading to a Deluxe High Back Seat. But they come at a cost, so if your first concern is price, stick to the Basic High Back Seats.

Basic High Back Seat Recumbent Bikes — These bikes have all the support features of a high back seat, but utilize basic padding and design in order to keep costs down. If you a comfortable ride is your main concern or you'll be using your bike for long rides, you'll want to look at our Deluxe High Back Seat bikes.
Top pick: Fitnex R40-S Recumbent Bike
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Deluxe High Back Seat Recumbent Bikes — Supreme padding. Lumbar support cushioning. These seat are decked out to make rides of any length as comfortable as can be. However, such luxury comes at a price, if you need a more affordable option or your buns of steel don't need the cushioning, check out our Basic High Back Seats.
Top pick: Kettler RX7 Recumbent Bike
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Workout Programs

All of our Recumbent Bikes have a performance monitor. So the question here is what are you looking for from your monitor. Do you just need basic tracking of time, calories, and miles biked? Do you want to set your workout goals? Are you interested in Pre-Set Programs to motivate you through your workout? Or do you want an elite monitor with Interactive programming that'll make your workout time fly?

Readout Only Recumbent Bikes — Want to see your workout stats without spending extra? Choose one of our Readout Only bikes, which track basics like time, speed, distance, and calories burned.
Top pick: Multisports Cardio-Cycle 4050R Manual Recumbent Bike
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Pre-Set Programs Recumbent Bikes — Need extra motivation? We offer a select set of bikes to switch up resistance levels and challenge you in the same ways: hill workouts, interval workouts, heart-rate-controlled workouts, etc. - just pick the program, start rowing, and try to keep up.
Top pick: Schwinn 230 Recumbent Bike
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Interactive Games Recumbent Bikes — For the most innovative in programming, these machines offer features like playing video games on your monitor or through a linkup to a separate game system. Great for kids or those who crave entertainment to get them through their workout.
Top pick: Tunturi E80R Recumbent Bike
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Heart Rate Measurement

A great cardio-based training tool that challenges you to train within customized zones. Heart rate monitoring has lately become one of the most popular training techniques of the fitness industry. Heart rate training includes two components: a monitor, which is commonly a chest strap, and a receiver, which provides console readouts when the monitor is plugged in. Our bikes come in one of three categories: Built In, Requires Accessory, and Not Supported.

Requires Accessory Recumbent Bikes — These bike monitors have the capability of displaying your heart rate. However, you need to use a separate wearable monitor to transmit to the receiver built into the bike. Most commonly, this is a chest strap, worn under you clothing, however they come in ear clip and wrist band styles as well. We've included the receiver free when possible but for some you'll need to add the receiver on as an accessory when purchasing.
Top pick: Kettler RX7 Recumbent Bike
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Built-In/Included Recumbent Bikes — These bikes have both the heart rate monitor and receiver built right into the bike. Just place your hands on the sensors conveniently located in the handle bars by the seat or next to the monitor and your heart rate will be displayed on the monitor.
Top pick: Schwinn 230 Recumbent Bike
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