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Assembly:
At 10:20am, I brought the box inside from the front porch. At 11:18am I was pedaling away.
This assembly time included: opening the box, dumping it on the ground, examining the instruction manual which was not terribly useful, having my 2 year old "help" me put it together, chasing down bolts/washers she had walked away with, showing her how to tighten a bolt with an allen key, taking the center section apart to verify I had the wires connected properly (turns out the parity doesn't matter on those wires anyway), picking up little pieces of packing styrofoam so our dog didn't eat it and die, and adjusting the seat to my liking. It also included picking up the mess as I went, and sending a picture message of the bike box to my wife.
Adjustability/Sizing:
I'm 6'2" and this thing says it's good up to 6'3", so I pushed the seat all the way back. That was too far, my legs kept going almost to lock. I hopped off, loosened the bottom and left side securing knobs, and removed the right side knob for adjustment. Slid the rack forward one notch and retightened.
Some past users have complained about this process for when you have different users of multiple sizes using it in the same house hold. The procedure took me a timed, and unrushed, 27 seconds to complete. Pretty rough.
I ended up moving it forward one more notch (for two forward total from all the way back) to get where I'm comfortable with slightly bent knees at full extension.
Concerned about the seat size? It's just shy of 16" wide. It seems pretty padded, but I haven't ridden it much yet. I'm sure if it's uncomfortable over time you can just fold up that yoga matt you have rolled up in the corner going unused.
Construction/Weight Capacity:
Looks to be of pretty sturdy construction, most of it is made out of about 16gauge channel and box steel. Welds are good and clean, and the frame appears to be powdercoated. All of the hardware is heavy duty and of sufficient quantity (they didn't go with just a couple bolts to hold the front frame to the rear, they used 6 bolts).
The amazon video/description still states 325 pounds and the packaging stated 300 pounds. I'm pretty certain it'd hold someone over 300 pounds, but if you were rocking it hard it may eventually fail. If you stayed a good steady pace it'd probably hold up fine, and you'll probably drop those pounds fast anyway, right?
Tension/Resistance:
I expected the '1' setting to be like free spinning, but it actually has some resistance. The '8' is doable, but you're not gonna go far your first time. Very easy to adjust in between settings though.
Calorie meter (no it's not a calorimeter):
I don't think it takes into account the resistance, just speed and time, and obviously you don't get to enter in your weight so it's probably not terribly accurate.
I purchased this bike with the nearterm goal of getting in shape for an upcoming 13+ mile obstacle course race, and the longterm goal of just in general getting back in shape. I'll report back after the race and several months down the road for further durability comments.
At 10:20am, I brought the box inside from the front porch. At 11:18am I was pedaling away.
This assembly time included: opening the box, dumping it on the ground, examining the instruction manual which was not terribly useful, having my 2 year old "help" me put it together, chasing down bolts/washers she had walked away with, showing her how to tighten a bolt with an allen key, taking the center section apart to verify I had the wires connected properly (turns out the parity doesn't matter on those wires anyway), picking up little pieces of packing styrofoam so our dog didn't eat it and die, and adjusting the seat to my liking. It also included picking up the mess as I went, and sending a picture message of the bike box to my wife.
Adjustability/Sizing:
I'm 6'2" and this thing says it's good up to 6'3", so I pushed the seat all the way back. That was too far, my legs kept going almost to lock. I hopped off, loosened the bottom and left side securing knobs, and removed the right side knob for adjustment. Slid the rack forward one notch and retightened.
Some past users have complained about this process for when you have different users of multiple sizes using it in the same house hold. The procedure took me a timed, and unrushed, 27 seconds to complete. Pretty rough.
I ended up moving it forward one more notch (for two forward total from all the way back) to get where I'm comfortable with slightly bent knees at full extension.
Concerned about the seat size? It's just shy of 16" wide. It seems pretty padded, but I haven't ridden it much yet. I'm sure if it's uncomfortable over time you can just fold up that yoga matt you have rolled up in the corner going unused.
Construction/Weight Capacity:
Looks to be of pretty sturdy construction, most of it is made out of about 16gauge channel and box steel. Welds are good and clean, and the frame appears to be powdercoated. All of the hardware is heavy duty and of sufficient quantity (they didn't go with just a couple bolts to hold the front frame to the rear, they used 6 bolts).
The amazon video/description still states 325 pounds and the packaging stated 300 pounds. I'm pretty certain it'd hold someone over 300 pounds, but if you were rocking it hard it may eventually fail. If you stayed a good steady pace it'd probably hold up fine, and you'll probably drop those pounds fast anyway, right?
Tension/Resistance:
I expected the '1' setting to be like free spinning, but it actually has some resistance. The '8' is doable, but you're not gonna go far your first time. Very easy to adjust in between settings though.
Calorie meter (no it's not a calorimeter):
I don't think it takes into account the resistance, just speed and time, and obviously you don't get to enter in your weight so it's probably not terribly accurate.
I purchased this bike with the nearterm goal of getting in shape for an upcoming 13+ mile obstacle course race, and the longterm goal of just in general getting back in shape. I'll report back after the race and several months down the road for further durability comments.
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