Marcy Foldable Exercise Bike with Adjustable Resistance for Cardio Workout and Strength Training NS-652

Great value for indoor fitness. Easy to assemble and to store due to it folding up.

I have been perfectly satisfied and happy with this stationery bike. I didn't want something huge and space consuming or expensive or full of gadgets, just quiet and efficient. I use it to strengthen my thighs and lubricate my knees and it is just fine for that. I am 5'5" and the pedals are a perfect height for me with the seat in the lowest position. I am not sure this would work for someone 2 or 3 inches shorter. The bike is sturdier than it looks, quiet, and you just get on it and go. It does not tip over or feel like it will. I am using it without tension or with only the first notch of tension so I can't answer to anything else. I find I have to swing my leg over the seat to get on rather than lift my leg to get on in the middle at the cross but that is because of an injury to my psoas muscle, others might not have this problem. It was really easy to put together with my husbands help...I think it could be done alone as well. The parts and the directions were excellently marked and easy to follow. Impressive, probably the best I have ever seen. I haven't folded it up for storage yet and this is the feature I bought it for! It just doesn't take that much room. The display of time, mileage, speed and calories just takes care of itself. You don't have to turn it on or off, it has an automatic off when not in use for 5 minutes. The handles will not hold an iPad if that is important to you. I don't know if this is the kind of bike someone wants who is really into high speed and strength training and biking for an hour or more...but for me it is great. Exactly what I wanted.

Es una buena bicicleta, me gustó lo practico que fue armarla, me gusta que no hace ruido hasta el momento, llevo 12 días usándola sin ningún problema, si mides 1.60 está bastante bien, ya que en el nivel más bajo del asiento la pude acomodar bien, pero no sé lo recomendaría a alguien que midiera menos de eso ya que no va a alcanzar, cuenta con 8 niveles y está bastante bien si quieres ejercitarte un poco desde casa, otra cosa bastante buena es que es compacta, lo que hace que no ocupe tanto espacio!

I've had this exercise bike for about 7 months now, and have gotten a decent amount of use out of it during that time. I don't ride it daily or anything, I would guess maybe 2 hours per week on average, as a supplement to my regular daily walks that I take to try and stay more active. I'm 6ft 3in tall, and I can confirm that this bike does work for someone of that height comfortably. I'm not constantly bashing my knees into the handlebars or anything either (every once in a while I might lightly graze them, but that's about it.) If you're also 6'3" and concerned about whether or not this bike will work for you, it will. However, I do remember that the different versions being sold on this page had different models and height recommendations, so make sure you go with the "Upright White" one in particular if you want to be sure it will fit for 6ft 3in height. I don't usually use the collapsible features of the bike, and instead tend to leave it set up in a stationary place. If you do need to move it though, or store it away for a while, it weighs somewhere around 40lbs if memory serves, so it's not so heavy as to be impossible to work around. Do be careful though even then. I moved the bike around a lot when I first got it, intending to move it into the living room to use, and then back into the bedroom to store in a more out-of-the-way place. But it is a bit awkward to move around with something like that, and I tweaked my back a few times in a minor way from moving wrong while trying to carry and maneuver it through doorways and around furniture. So just be careful as you're moving it even though it's not super heavy. Ideally you can do what I eventually did, and find a place to keep it set up and stationary and use it as needed without having to move it around. And speaking of ideal, I would highly recommend you also get yourself a nice gel or foam bike seat cushion to put on it as well. They are not too pricey, perhaps around 15-20 dollars or so depending on the brand and model, and you'll want to double check the dimensions to make sure you get one that's a good fit, but the seat on this bike without a seat cushion felt uncomfortable, and before I had the seat cover for it, I couldn't comfortably use the bike for very long at all (then again, almost all bicycle seats are uncomfortable to me, so your experience may differ.) Adding a seat cover cushion didn't exactly make the comfort level go to 100% or anything, but it makes enough of a difference to be able to enjoy using it for an hour or so without issues. At first, i was super into using the little display that showed all the various metrics, and I usually just left it on the setting that cycles through all of them so I could watch the numbers change as I rode. But eventually the appeal wore off, and I ended up just removing the batteries and using the bike without worrying about the display, and that was fine. This is my first exercise bike I have owned, and I can say I have had a good experience with it, and continue to enjoy using it a few times a week. It has held up well, and I would get another one from this brand again in the future if it came down to it. For me the resistance settings are fine. I started with 4, but eventually settled on 5 as my ideal setting to just hop on and go without having to think about it. I tried 6 for a while and that was fine too, but some days for me it felt like a little too much resistance, where my goal was to ride for longer periods of time rather than push myself to reach higher and higher resistance limits, so 5 is where I keep it at most of the time, and I can just ride for longer periods with no trouble at all. Assembly was pretty easy too from what I remember, and the bike remains sturdy and feels like it will last for some time still. I don't have any concerns about build quality, especially not for the reasonable price for the equipment. It's also very quiet to use, so no need to worry about waking your housemates or causing a lot of ruckus in general. I think it's safe to say that I'm satisfied with my purchase, and feel like I already got plenty of value and use out of it even if it broke tomorrow. But I'm sure it will last for a long time, and I have no concerns about the overall quality. If you're also someone looking to get their first exercise bike like I was, and you're wondering if this will be a good choice, while I don't have experience with others to compare this bike with, I can recommend this one at least based on my own experiences with it. Just get a padded seat cover, and ideally find a good place to put it where you don't have to move it around too much, and you'll be set.

I've had this bike for 9 months now and it still works as expected so I'm still satisfied with my purchase. Would I have been happier with a proper spin bike? Probably. BUT, I bought this bike because I knew I wouldn't have any room in my tiny space to keep a full-sized spin bike. So every time I wish I could stand up and peddle but can't, I remind myself why I have THIS bike. The fact that it can fold up is the prime selling point. It definitely doesn't have the same resistance as a spin bike or probably even a regular stationary bike but I think it's still pretty decent at its highest levels (7 or 8) to give you a workout. I sweat when I'm on this thing. I use it anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour a few times a week to add some variety to my home workouts. The magnetic resistance is great because it's virtually silent. Occasionally, I've experienced the clicking noise that some other reviews have mentioned but it seems to be sporadic and doesn't happen all the time or only when I've been cycling fast and for a long time. I usually have ear buds in though so maybe it happens more often but I don't hear it over the music so it hasn't bothered me and hasn't caused any noticeable problems in pedalling. The seat is a bit hard as some reviews have said and I considered buying a cushioned seat cover at one point because it seemed to be causing some nerve compression down one of my legs but that went away eventually and I think I just got used to the seat over time or maybe I just figured out how to reposition myself so that it didn't bother me anymore. I personally have no issues with the height of the seat and I can cycle comfortably on it. The best thing about this bike is how easy it is to fold and unfold in literally seconds with the pin. It really takes up a very small footprint once folded up. I also like that it's made of a pretty solid sturdy metal so you feel pretty secure on it. However, the pedals are plastic and even if the bike feels sturdy, I wouldn't stand up on it because the weight might break the pedals or there's a risk of tipping over the front since it's not balanced the same way a normal bike is. The worst thing about this model would be the lack of transport wheels. This bike was a bit less expensive that the model with the wheels so I decided to save a bit of money since I didn't think I would be moving it much and I don't. I keep it in the same spot precisely to avoid having to move it. It's not impossible to move since it's only about 40 lbs but it's still a bit of a pain on the rare occasion when I do want to manoeuvre it and that's when I wish it came with the little wheels in the front so I could tip it and drag it. My hack is to place the front "feet" on a towel so that if I ever do want to move it to clean the floor, I can just drag it on the towel without damaging the floor. Putting the bike together was fairly easy. I just followed the diagrams and made sure to be organized and figure out where all the parts go. I've been using the bike regularly for 9 months and haven't had to change the batteries yet for the display. The display is OK but I'm really not confident about how accurate it is for things like calories. It seems to calculate the same number of calories per time spent exercising whether I go fast or slow at the different resistance levels. Also, one shortcoming about this model is that there's no heart rate monitor. It would be nice if there was a heart rate measurement to really know how hard you're working out. For what it is, this bike meets my expectations and is good enough for me. Not too expensive and does the job.