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https://www.schwinnfitness.com/ic4/100873.html
$999- $200=$799
This is a decent exercise bike that is returning to pre-pandemic prices. 4.5 Stars.
Retails for $999 on Schwinn site. It's been over $900 on Amazon for months (t's now $829.99) (less other sellers).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WZXS...N92KCKEQV4
Those of you who have been holding off until prices drops, like me, it's happening!
Product Overview
Designed to work with the Peloton® and Zwift® apps, allowing you to stream thousands of classes directly into your home and compete against others in a virtual world that motivates you at every mile.*
Access the Explore the World™ app and digitally immerse yourself in a world of virtual races, exotic locales, and stunning trails from around the globe.*
Smooth, magnetic resistance
Full color backlit LCD display
Media rack
Slim, comfortable Bluetooth® LE (BLE) heart rate armband
3 lb. dumbbells with easy-reach cradles
USB charging station
The Schwinn IC4 Bike provides a premium, heart-pumping indoor cycling experience and features a 40 lb. flywheel with an intuitive resistance knob, 100 levels of magnetic resistance, a beautiful backlit LCD display, and easy-reach cradles for 3 lb. dumbbells. Digitally immerse yourself in a world of virtual races, exotic locales, and stunning trails from around the globe with connectivity to popular cycling apps like Peloton, Explore the World, Zwift, and more. With the IC4, you'll escape the everyday and stay on track for a life well-lived.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwin...SellerId=0 NLA, see FP for more options via Target.
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We got the IC4 in May 2020 after waiting ~6 weeks or so back order from Schwinn.com. What a lifesaver this bike was during the pandemic! We love it.
High quality spin bike, works well with Peloton Digital. I use the app + IC4 + Apple Watch for HR. Wife uses the wrist heart rate monitor that comes with the IC4. Apple Watch performance with the app is spotty - it frequently loses heat rate for stretches of time in both the watch 2 and 3. The included heart rate monitor is extremely reliable.
We've done 340+ Peloton bike workouts on it over the course of a year, averaging almost a workout per day! (Overall we've done over 1200 Peloton workouts in that span, often stacking other workouts or stretches in tandem with rides)
In April last year peloton gave a free 3-month trial and that was my first exposure to the service.
About the IC4:
The unit in box is quite heavy AND is not shaped in a way 1 person can easily lift... so if you have front steps make sure you get help from the delivery folks.
Assembly is pretty straight forward. It may be a bit intimidating just getting it off the cardboard and moving it around, but stick with it and you'll be done in less than of hour of focused effort - or 2 very relaxed hours. Nothing is too difficult about it.
The flywheel is nice and heavy, seat is adjustable. I like the placement of the weights.
Benefits:
It has toe cages so you can use it with any shoes you want; it can also use cycling shoes and even comes with a pair of cleats (the screw in connectors, not whole shoes!) for you to attach to your own shoes if you own or add them later.
You can ride the bike stand-alone and track your workout with the reporting console or you can pair it with any number of apps, Peloton Digital, Zwift, pretty flexible.
What it's not:
It's not a direct replacement for a Peloton cycle. If you're used to the experience you get riding a real Peloton bike, you'll only get 95% of it. You'll have access to all of the workouts, live or recorded. You'll get badges. But you'll lose out on leaderboards and the power metric.
Peloton has chosen to limit the app. I think the main reason is that leaderboards are based on a power output metric that is some propriety combination of cadence and resistance. The issue is that while the IC4 and Peloton can go from 1-100 resistance scale, the intervals are different.
For illustration:
Ic4 25 resistance is similar to peloton 40; ic4 33 is similar to P 45 resistance, then IC4 49 is equivalent to P 50.
So when you use the Ic4, it's useful to have a conversion chart available to follow the workouts. And, since it isn't on official hardware, there's no way for the app to know that your bike is calibrated or even what resistance you're using to create the power #.
Peloton digital you pay per account, but each account only costs $13/mo. The peloton subscription if you own the peloton equipment costs $39, but you can set up individual profiles for the whole household for use on peloton equipment. (Of course this also says that 3 users are the break even point)
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Better question, is the wife happy with it???
$829 on Amazon
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Better question, is the wife happy with it???
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https://smile.amazon.com/Schwinn-IC4-Indoor-Cycling-Bike/dp/B07WZXSDKW/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=... [amazon.com]
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Also, great bike. Got it for wife and have been using it a lot myself.
It make noise after some usage .
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Schwinn.../891755220
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It make noise after some usage .
I have had one for about 8 months so far and I have no complaints. I use it regularly with the Peleton app. I have seen complaints about the pedals but I have to imagine that is due to assembly error (at least one side has reverse threads to prevent it from coming undone). The only thing to note is the resistance is off from Peleton (about 30 points). My wife used the Kinetic app to find the difference but I just use a difference of 20 to push myself a little harder. Also, I am 6'2" and I rarely hit my knees on the cup holders.