Exercise Bike / Lifecycle 9500R Recumbent

I've had my Lifecycle 5500 HR fitness bike since 1997 and I've loved the workout I've gotten from it over the years. The 9500R is pretty close to it, except for the seat model. You get the same high quality digital control system that gives you all sorts of hill profiles, fitness levels, and programmable exercise time. The digital progress bar lets you see where you are on your workout and shows you the number of equivalent miles you have ridden as well as calories burned per hour. I haven't needed any type of maintenance done on it so far in the last nine years even with all of the regular use I've given it.

If you are going to purchase an exercise bike and you are serious about the time you want to invest in your workout and the quality you want, don't accept a cheap substitute. Spend the extra dollars and get a lifecycle. You won't be sorry.