Stamina InStride Cycle XL – Folding Cycle Pedal Exerciser – Fitness Bike with Smart Workout App for Seated Exercise – Foldable Exercise Bike for Home Workout

3 reviews for Stamina InStride Cycle XL – Folding Cycle Pedal Exerciser – Fitness Bike with Smart Workout App for Seated Exercise – Foldable Exercise Bike for Home Workout

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Miss Katelyn Wilderman – January 22, 2025

   This is a great, easy setup and the price is right. I wasn’t sure how much use I’d be able to get out of a cycle unit at my desk, so I needed one where the price made sense combined with the simple, compact design, and this one was great. I’ve been using it for a little while and it’s Portable and works smoothly as you expect it to. I really like that it warms me up at work and I can leave my space heater off now. The adjustable tension is nice, but there’s not a whole of of resistance. It seems to increase in resistance as it warms up as you use it. All in all, I think the resistance is fairly on track since if there were much more, your seat would just roll back. I did have to get a little wedge under my chair’s wheel to keep me from gradually sliding back, but that is to be expected. Perhaps it would be nice to see a wedge or some kind of mechanism to be included, but it’s still quite a nice unit. The timer thing even comes with a battery, but I knocked it off once and decided I’d rather leave it off than to keep knocking it. The bottom side of the pedals are a good option too if you don’t feel like fumbling to strap yourself in. All in all, money well spent on getting a touch of exercise in at work!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Alexzander Shanahan Sr. – March 10, 2025

   I used to live in an apartment building with a large gym, then I moved to an apartment building with a small gym and most of the equipment was partially broken. So, I bought a recumbent cycle off Amazon to keep in my apartment. I had over 1000 square feet of space and I could accommodate a large piece of exercise equipment.Recently, though, I moved to a very expensive city and I live in an apartment that’s almost HALF the square footage of my last place. I sold the recumbent cycle regretfully. As I don’t want to pay for a gym membership, I thought a foldable under-the-desk pedal bike would be a good compromise. When flat, I can slide it under the bed out of view. I can sit on the couch or at the dining room table or at the desk while browsing the internet. It’s lightweight and compact enough that I could even take it to work.Let’s talk about the negatives first. The “tension” is almost nonexistent. I tightened the tension bolt as much as I could and there was hardly any resistance. Now keep in mind that I’m not recovering from surgery or a heart attack, I’m fairly young, and I am (trying) to use this as real exercise equipment, like I would my old recumbent cycle. I could definitely see this working for my mother or grandfather as an inexpensive way to get in a little cardiovascular exercise, especially since they wouldn’t have to do any heavy lifting or major assembly. In short, this is not a substitute for a walk or jog on the treadmill, an hour on the recumbent, an hour on the spinner cycle, but if you’re sitting lazily around the house anyway, this is a wonderful option.The rubber feet come turned inward and you have to turn them outward so that the flat side can rest on the floor. I’m a relatively strong person for a girl and I couldn’t do more than one foot. My husband had to do it and even he had a little trouble, and he’s much stronger than I am. Maybe it depends on how “stuck” they are. Mine were quite stuck.This cycle slides on the floor, so I’d buy a rug or one of those non-slip rug mats (that you place under a rug so that it doesn’t slide all over your hardwood).The positives are numerous: affordable, easy to lift and carry around to wherever you want to workout, extremely easy assembly (two bolts, the timer, and the legs, which I admit was a little hard), and folds so that you can hide it whenever you don’t want to look at it. I like it, but I definitely like it for people on a budget, people in recovery from an illness, people who are sedentary due to work or other reasons, and older people who can’t engage in more physically demanding exercise.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Edmund Schinner IV – December 12, 2025

   I was looking at exercise bikes but there were a number of drawbacks. The bikes would have taken up my whole living room. They would be too heavy for me to move. And they were quite expensive, esp. the recumbent ones I liked. I saw this online and decided to give it a shot. I was expecting a flimsy piece of junk but was very pleasantly surprised. It’s quite sturdy. The folding feature allows it to be stored under your couch when company comes. I read a few reviews that said these cycles make noise but I have not noticed that at all. I have also not encountered the slipping that some people mentioned. I use the cycle on a rug, not on a bare floor, which may make a difference. I have diabetes and a heart condition and it’s important for me to get some exercise. This is a good choice for me. Sitting on a kitchen chair proved uncomfortable due to the fact that I am short. I found a living room chair that was just the right height. So far, I have used it every day. It’s very easy to use it while watching TV at night. One segment of a show is about 13 minutes, so you do not even have to use the timer. I would absolutely recommend this to someone like myself.