I bought the bike on sale for $499.00, free shipping, and at that price this is a good deal. It is solid, quiet (belt-drive), and very adjustable. My wife uses it and she is 6 ft, and it seems to fit her fine. Taller than that and maybe you''re pushing the limits, though. The seat is a little hard, but my wife added a gel pad. The shock absorber is adjusted way too firm, no movement at all until you adjust it a bit. Although the bike comes with tools to assemble, there is no shock absorber adjustment tool provided. I used an oil filter wrench which worked well to adjust the big star-style nut under the spring. But you can only adjust a bit, and although it helps, the spring is still pretty firm. Not much shock absorption.The bike looks very nice, and doesn''t look cheap at all. It "rides" nice, with very little play or movement. Overall, well-made. When assembling, remember that one of the pedals is left-hand thread. The instructions don''t mention this, and it''s been years since I fooled around with bikes and I just plain forgot. It took me an hour figuring this out till I had my "duh!" moment. In the $500.00 price range this is an excellent deal for a spinning cycle; much, much better than the ones we saw at the local sporting goods stores. Hopefully it will last. If it doesn''t I''ll add to my review, but so far so good.
I gave the bike a 5 star because at the $500.00 price point it is an excellent deal. At the $8-900.00 range it would probably rate 4 stars, mostly because the shock absorber doesn''t really add to the riding experience. It needs to be better designed and more adjustable. And at the higher price point one would expect a spinning bike to handle a rider taller than 6 ft easily. But, all things considered, for $500.00 I''d buy the bike again.
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