YOSUDA PRO Magnetic Exercise Bike 350 lbs Weight Capacity - Indoor Cycling Bike Stationary with Comfortable Seat Cushion, Silent Belt Drive

I've had a few exercise cycles in the past and each ended up largely unused mainly because of the un-natural feel while riding, or the poor ergonomics. I choose the Yosuda L-010 over some of the better known brands because it seemed like for the price, heavy duty build, heavy flywheel, belt drive and magnetic resistance seemed like a nice feature set. I ordered completely prepared to return if I didn't love it. Well, its early yet, but I love it! It came excellently packed without even minor box damage, which is unusual for an item this heavy and non-balanced in the box. Assembly was simple. They nicely provide an extra for each nut, washer, and fastener. If you have real wrenches on hand, save yourself some time and just use the real thing. The supplied wrench tools are probably adequate for someone who doesn't have the tools on-hand but are going to be tougher to really tighten well. The riding feel is excellent. The heavy flywheel and magnetic resistance make the ride very smooth. The magnetic resistance seems to be more than sufficient for both my current needs and my anticipated needs as my conditioning improves. The belt drive and magnetic resistance make this bike silent. Not just quiet, but silent. People in the same room would probably not know you were riding if they couldn't see you doing it. The frame is nice and heavy and solid, with both pin and pressure holding the seat post (no slipping from desired height setting). I wish the handlebar post had the same pin system, but it has not been an issue, and bears far less weight. If it ever moves I may drill some holes for pins. I use on a vinyl plank floor with a pad underneath. I might switch to only having the pad under the 4 contact points. I don't get any slippage on the floor, nor any movement or swaying on the bike. There are some bits that are not perfect, but I was expecting them and was most concerned with good riding mechanics. I see some comments about seat comfort and I'm not sure they are referring to this model. I found the seat to be reasonably comfortable (better than other cycles I have had or tried). It seems well made and I have had no slippage of the covering. Its too early to say how I'll feel about it after an extended time, but so far I am not tempted to replace it. The caged pedals are functional, but there are certainly better pedals out there if you care about that. They are standard sized and easy to upgrade. The water bottle clip doesn't seem like its going to last very long, but again it seems to be a standard mount and should be easy to replace/upgrade. The computer/monitor is very basic and as others have noted, hard to read in the wrong lighting. If you are hoping this bike will provide lots of useful data or advanced functionality from the monitor this cycle is probably not for you. I use while wearing a fitbit, and the total duration and keeping myself in the right heart-rate zones for fat burn or cardio is all I am really interested in. Some nice features to have, which this cycle does not, would be a reading to let you know how much resistance you have dialed in, or even better, automatic change of resistance linked to a heart rate monitor to keep you at a certain rate. I knew up front what to expect and for the money I was willing to trade off on the monitoring.

Purchased this bike in the fall of 2021 to replace an older, big-box-brand stationary we had had for 8 years. My wife and I will combine for 4-8 rides per week ranging from 30-60 minutes each. We were looking for a quality, smooth operating, quiet bike that didn't require us to use techy features or spend big $$ on something like a Peloton. We felt this would fit the bill.Setup - 4/5. A little quirky - but overall fine.Initial impressions - 4/5. It is heavy and has some definite sharp angles/edges/corners - so watch how you move or bike with it. A little difficult to move around - but once setup shouldn't be a concern for most people. The screen/monitor is atrociously dim. You can't see anything on it. We don't use it - so not a dealbreaker for us.Ride Quality - 4.5/5. Riding this is really pretty good. The most important part for us to was to have a smooth, ergonomic, and quiet ride. It is definitely smooth - very nice peddling, comfortable, with lots of functional hand positions. I quite like the handle bars and the phone holder is nice. This is the bikes strong suit - the ride experience being smooth and consistent, with a nice range of resistance adjustment. Seems stable even when standing and really cranking on the pedals. .5 point deduction for intermittent sound issues (more below).Build Quality - 3/5. This is the biggest complaint so far about the experience. First, we have had intermittent noises and squeaks come from various components. The seat post squeaks at times - so we've had to keep it lubricated and actually learned to back-off the adjustment screw a half turn or so to eliminate that squeak. Then the drivetrain makes a creak periodically - and we can't seem to do anything to make that stop, but it does go away on it's own - seems like it makes that noise <5% of the time when the belt gets into a certain position...? There's also an occasional click that can happen <5% of the time too from the drivetrain. Without taking the whole thing apart - not sure where these are coming from. I've added bike specific lube on appropriate points to try to help with all of this. There is also a small tear forming in one of the seams of the seat (which isn't a huge deal). Lastly, the resistance knob assembly screw failed. The screw completely stripped out after only one year of operation. This rendered the bike pretty useless because without any resistance on the wheel, it spun freely and didn't offer much of a workout.Customer service - 5/5. After the resistance knob failed, I reached out to customer service who responded promptly clarifying what part was broken and assuring me they would send the right replacement at no charge. Sure enough - within the week the replacement part along had arrived along with a how-to-video to show the replacement process. New part has been installed and the bike it back up and running smoothly again.Overall - I think this bike is good, not great. I'm happy enough with it at the price point and given it's ride quality/smoothness. This is 95% of the bike we expected at this price point. Would I buy it again... probably not. If there were only one or two small flaws, I could give them a pass... but with multiple flaws, I can't say that it's something I would buy again. In the future, I'd probably try for something slightly more refined or higher quality even if that meant more expensive, but I'm also glad we didn't spend $1500 on a "high end" product. This is a good option if you can concede some minor flaws.