Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike Review – Beefier And Better!

Who says you need to spend hundreds or thousands of hard earned dollars on gym fees just to get yourself in shape?!

With the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike, you can get the exercise and workout you need minus the hassles and the fees!
Coming with a compact and comfortable design, the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike comes with its guns blazing...boasting a lot of high quality and high level features of its predecessor (the Schwinn 213) and a whole lot MORE!

For one thing, it includes a nicer and easier to read instrument panel that comes with a 3 position angle adjustment. It also comes with slightly lower pedal height that gives you a more comfortable riding position coupled with an easy step through frame.

And those are just to name a few by the way. 16 resistance levels, handlebars that come with an integrated heart rate monitor...built into the grip. We'll have a closer look at the rest of the added niceties later.

With those different add ons, the handiest, however, without any grain of doubt is the anatomically designed recumbent seat. This offers dual position lumbar support for additional comfort as well as a micro adjustable fore/aft seat slider that can take care of different body types and sizes...easily accommodating them.

Let's see how the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike fares after actual use. Check my review.

Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike - A Closer Look
The Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike - let's not beat around the bush, I'm giving this recumbent exercise bike 2 thumbs up! I love it...PERIOD!

Assembly:
Putting the parts and pieces together is a totally painless process. The package comes with a small booklet which elaborates everything you need to do step by step.

There are some pages that look really complicated because of the exploded illustration of the smaller parts. BUT believe me, it's NOT. All you have to do is read the instructions instead letting yourself be confused with all of those features.

Five out of five in the assembly department!

The Build:
Before anything else, I must say that the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike looks way better than I expected. It comes with a more futuristic feel and looks great in my living room. Some of the parts have a little cheap feel when you touch like the front flywheel which is contained in a plastic which can easily crack.

Aside from that, the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike, in general has a solid feel to it. I'm expecting it to last a long time.

The Workout:
When it comes to the workout and exercise it delivers, the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike is unbelievably silent. This is incredible, especially for someone who came from Cycleops Trainer. The only thing I could hear when I'm exercising or working out with the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike are my workout pants. Watching TV while working out with the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike is GREAT!

When I start to pedal, the recumbent exercise bike wobbles a little. At higher intensities and greater resistance levels, this makes it hard for me to read books. BUT that's no biggie. And the seat that the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike has is very comfortable...so comfortable that I won't mind holding a book while exercising even if the bike wobbles a little.

Bottom line: the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Exercise Bike gets my highest recommendation!