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Echelon Connect Sport 2 Indoor Cycling Exercise Bike (ECH-SPT) on sale for $145 - 10% coupon code
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$130.50.
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Details:
- Optimal Comfort: Bullhorn handlebars and comfort grips on the Echelon Sports Bike 2 are ergonomically designed to maximize the ease of your workouts.
- Personalize Your Workout: Easily increase or decrease the intensity of your exercise bike workout with 32 levels of resistance.
- Adjustable Features: Adjustable seat helps align the body and provide maximum comfort. Foot straps on pedals are adjustable, ensuring feet stay put during your indoor bicycle workout.
- Track Your Progress: Track calories, speed, distance, and your spot on the leaderboard for every indoor bike workout through the Echelon Fit App.
- Max load of 300 lbs
Top Comments
Community Reviews
The Echelon Connect Sport 2 is a basic magnetic-resistance spin bike that works well for home cardio, especially when paired with the QZ app and Peloton app instead of Echelon software. The no screen setup keeps things simple, and the bike can provide useful metrics like cadence, speed, distance, resistance, and watts through Bluetooth. Fit and comfort are the main tradeoffs, with some riders replacing the seat or pedals and noting limited adjustment for taller users. Firmware updates and app changes can affect QZ support, so leaving it alone matters.
Common Questions (5)
Yes. The bike can pair with QZ over Bluetooth and then feed metrics into the Peloton app, including speed, cadence, distance, resistance, watts, and heart rate if you have an Apple Watch or HRM. Several comments also say to avoid updating the bike or installing the Echelon app if you want to preserve QZ compatibility.
It has limited fit range and may max out around 6 feet with a 34-inch inseam, with the seat able to move backward but not much higher. The stock saddle is often replaced, and some riders also swap in clipless pedals for better comfort.
Long-term reports describe it as a basic magnetic-resistance bike with few mechanical parts to fail, and some units have run 4-5 times per week for 5+ years. Reported issues are mostly electronics-related, such as a dead screen or a speed sensor that drifts, and warranty replacement has covered at least one screen failure.
No built-in screen or computer is included. The bike is meant to be used with your own phone or tablet, which is why QZ or another app is commonly used for metrics and display.
The box may not include printed instructions, so the manual may need to be downloaded. If the pedals do not turn after assembly, the shipping lock or brake may still be engaged and needs to be removed.
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I don't have this specific model but similar
the angles are all wrong compared to a real road bike, for the seat and handlebars and they have extremely limited adjustment
you are far better off getting ANY kind of cheap low end 10-12 speed bike and putting it on the Thinkrider trainer when it comes on sale below $200, it's been as cheap as $150 with aliexpress.us codes
just my 2 cents, $130 may seem cheap but you will want to re-buy something else soon enough, these devices are only as good as you are comfortable enough to use it often, otherwise becomes a clothes hangar
https://slickdeals.net/f/19479315-thinkrider-x2max-smart-bike-trainer-2000w-18-climb-simulation-in-power-meter-169-free-shipping
wait for another sale if you want to use an indoor trainer often and want something comfortable
if i compare this type of bike to a upright stationary bike, this type of bike a better work out than a upright stationary bike?
if i compare this type of bike to a upright stationary bike, this type of bike a better work out than a upright stationary bike?
is it better than some cheap wireframe fake indoor cycle? sure
but if you are serious about staying in shape if you can't run, etc. for some reason and plan to ride an hour a day indoors, what I am saying is take that $130 and put it towards something decent
even the cheapest road bike is far more adjustable and can use far more accessories than these clunky things
so in hindsight I wish I had snagged the thinkrider trainer around $150 instead with a cheap road bike on it
plus the thinkrider has a real power meter built in
you may think well it has speed and cadence so that is enough
but watches like Garmin will not track your cycling fitness without a real power meter feeding it actual effort levels, it won't even try to guess your vo2max
it all comes down to how serious you are going to be
if you are going to ride an hour daily and need motivation, get the thinkrider and save the $130
you don't even need a functioning road bike, any thrown away bike because of bad wheels will do as long as the chain flows, you can get a stand for the fork instead of a wheel
I found a PDF of the manual and assembled it, but the pedals won't turn (I did pull the shipping lock from the front "wheel").
Does it "need" app connectivity to unlock the pedals? Based on other posts, I downloaded QZ app, and it found the bike and connected fine. I have not downloaded the Echelon app for fear of locking my bike w/ current firmware.
Edit: This is where the physical manual vs trying to view it on my phone would have helped, but I found the shipping brake that was being fastened by 2 6mm hex bolts on the bottom. Reviewing the manual on my desktop vs phone, I see it on step 2...
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