Merach Exercise Bike, Magnetic Friction Stationary Bike with Brake Pad and Exclusive App, Low Noise Indoor Cycling Bike with 300lbs Weight Capacity, Tablet Mount and Fitness Courses for Weight Loss

This is an excellent exercise bike! It is very stable and quiet. You can get an excellent workout and it even has exercise programs that you can capture using your phone or iPad. It is easy to assemble and provides smooth transition from easy to harder resistance

Excellent and quiet exercise bike! I have gone through 3 walking treadmills when I decided to try this. Works fantastic and has a great build quality. I was very impressed for the price.

After about 2 months of regular use, I can say this is a great bike for the value. The phone stand is large enough to fit an iPad. Easy to assemble with full video guides available to help. Pretty stable as well. I personally found the seat comfortable. The only downside (and reason for 4/5 stars) is that the adjustment feature to move the seat forward and backwards is not built to stay in place and will slide back. I personally found there to not be a huge difference, but would definitely have preferred the seat to stay where I set it. Overall though great sturdy bike for the value!

This is my first exercise bike. I didn't want to shell out a whole lot of money. I mainly use it for when it's raining outside and I can't go biking or during the winter which is what I really got it for I bought the silver model. Almost every picture I saw was the black and I noticed that the handlebars are more tilted at least on this model, but I actually prefer it that way compared to the flat ones I've seen so I don't know if it's just a newer design or if they're designed differently between the two colors it's same bike though so I don't know why it'd be different I ended up having an extra screw for the handlebars as well or maybe it just didn't have a drill hole for it, but it works perfectly fine did a quick 30 minute exercise on it and had nothing wrong with it for $250 you can't beat a price like that it's actually built pretty well for the price as well. I would recommend getting either a new seat or a comfy seat cover and that's what I did for mine It's super easy to adjust once you find your size it takes a minute to get used to the dial system. I don't plan on using the app or getting a membership for another app I mean if you have YouTube on like a TV or obviously on a phone there's plenty of fitness guides that are free or just watch TV. Everything shows up on the dial anyways except for resistance which is a little disappointing but at the same time like it'd be nice to be able to track it but it's not necessary the only thing I've noticed obviously after using it I had to re-tighten down the bolts but you get what you pay for and it takes 2 seconds to tighten bolts and I'm sure on other bikes you'd have to do the same thing after using them it is quiet as can be obviously if you are a little overweight like I am, you're going to breathe heavy and and your breath is way louder than the bike. I don't even think the bike makes noise. I would say if you're trying to get into fitness this is a great bike for the price. At some point I might honestly upgrade but I literally use it for rainy days when I can't go out biking and for this upcoming winter I just don't know how long the belt will last or how well it will keep up over time but if you're trying to get into fitness this is a great starter bike and maybe upgrade over time. What I would recommend is definitely getting a new bike seat or a bike seat cushion cover (to be honest all bike seats are uncomfortable just try to find one that works for you a cushion cover will do just fine for most) and buy rechargeable batteries I really like the fact that you don't have to plug this in. It's super easy to move around once you get it set up. It's a little heavy when it's in the box definitely recommend if you're taking up flights of stairs or down to have somebody else to help you. The only thing I don't know is how long this bike will last over time but since I'm using it seasonally I should get a decent value out of it compared to people who will use it daily and that's the one concern that I have is how long will this bike last before it has problems but if it lasts 3 years that it's worth the value that's less than $100 a year I actually personally like riding this bike more than I like riding my mountain bike. It's a lot of fun.

Edit: Merach customer support has reached out to me directly to offer solutions to the problems I outlined in my review. Specifically a partial refund due to the shipping damage and a replacement seat for the bike. They were polite and apologetic and went above and beyond to make me feel whole. Original review below: As an exercise bike it is exceptional for its price point. It feels sturdy, the resistance is easily adjustable and as a beginner quite substantial. It's super quiet, and easy to adjust the height for multiple riders. The mobile app could use some polish but is functional. I wouldn't mind a little more space between the phone holder and the cupholder. Putting a shaker bottle in the cupholder I have to be careful to not drop my phone when taking it out. As someone on the higher end of the safe weight range of this bike, the seat is torture and should absolutely be replaced. Finally, my bike arrived slightly damaged. It's purely cosmetic but having a deep gouge in the finish of my 260 dollar purchase is annoying.

I was a spin teacher for many years. Owned the spin bike and sold because of a move. This bike replaces that and oh my gosh...it is awesome! Comfortable, easy to ride' best feature that you don't get often...it is quiet when you pedal. Kuddos to the developers of this...probably precious spin bike teachers LOL!

I hate to write negative reviews. I almost never do it. It makes me feel bad, but I feel like it is needed for this one. I feel ripped off by all the good reviews and even the positive reviews on youtube. I feel people who are thinking about buying this bike deserve to know my experience with it. I have had the bike for a month now. Unfortunately just missed the window to return by one day. There is alot of stuff I don't like about this bike. 1.The pedals are spikey, you can not ride without shoes. 2. I hate the resistance on the bike. All the other bikes I have had in the past had a dial with levels of resistance you could turn to. You always knew what level of resistance you were at. This bike has a dial that is not specific. Its just turn one direction for higher resistance and turn the other direction for less. It's very tricky to get it where you want it, especially if you live in a household with multiple users who change the resistance all the time. So, I absolutely hate that about it!! 3. The handle bars feel so far away from me, I don't like to be hunched over while riding, I like to sit pretty much straight up while I ride. I feel like the handle bar placement is awkward, feels very unnatural. I have nothing to hold on to. I know that the handle bars are "adjustable" but only with a screw driver. My past bikes handles were movable at anytime. They were truly adjustable and they were close to you. So it may just be that this bikes handles are just different form the way I'm use to, either way I hate it. 4. The seat is stupid. I had read reviews that the seat the comes with the bike is very uncomfortable, so I had seen they do sell a bigger more confortable seat for the bike separately, so I bought that and put that on the bike. They claim the bike is so quiet and the bike itself truly is, that is the one positive thing I can say it is you can not hear the bike while pedaling at all, it is silent. But, the seat creaks like no body's business. It's very distracting even while playing music. The seat moves around while you ride due to the "4 way seat feature" and it creaks so loud. I hate that!! 5. The app does not work properly. I have wasted so much of my very little time I have available to workout on trying to get my bike to connect with the app, and then once it does to keep it working properly. I gave up on it was not worth my time and it was very disappointing to me. 6. The digital monitor on the bike is next to useless. It will stop and restart your progress if you stop pedaling very quickly. Other moniters I've had would stay on longer, this one shuts off and zeros out alot faster and I dont like that. 7. No matter how hard I try, I just feel like I am not getting a good work out on this bike. I'm very sad to say that. I have not in a whole month working out on it 3 sometimes 4 times a week, I have yet to have finished a workout on it and feel like I had a great workout. I have had 3 bikes prior to this bike and this one is by far the worst I have ever had. I feel I have waisted my money, but that is my fault because I missed the window to return. I wanted to wait and give the bike a fair chance. I wanted to like the bike so much that I thought it had to be at least good enough to get the job done. But so far it is proving to not be. I will Write a new review if I change my mind. But so far this is my opinion. The bike is not good, and there are other bikes in the same price range or even cheaper that are better than this bike. I don't want to leave the review with out mentioning anything I noticed that is positive. There are some positives but the negatives way overweigh and out number the positives for me. #1.The bike is very solid and sturdy. The reason the bike got 3 stars instead of 2 is because the bike is so solid and sturdy. I was pleasently surprised by the heaviness and sturdiness. #2. I do really like the cupholders, where they are placed and the fact that there are two of them. I wish I had more positives to list.

Just arrived, so this is an initial review. We're off to a good start; solid construction and easy assembly. What I find lacking at this stage are the instructions regarding the electronics. As basic as the functionality is, why oh why when the English speaking world is a/the target market does the manufacturer not reach out to someone who actually speaks the language to write the instruction/user's manual? I'll be back once I've put a few miles on it - if that's what the readout is actually telling me... A few more comments after a week on this bike. (1) It should have been obvious from the product images, but after riding it's clear the bike is configured for those into competitive racing. If you're looking for more of a recreational experience, this bike might not suit. No matter how you might configure the seat and handle bar heights, you'll be leaning over the handle bars and necessarily be putting a fair amount of stress on your wrists/arms. My wife who rides with the seat at it's lowest position and the handle bars at the highest cannot ride for more than 20 min before her arms tire. (2) I'm 6' and even with the seat at maximum height, my legs come nowhere near full extension. Tall riders with long legs be advised. (3) The onboard electronics are very basic but suffice for our needs. There is a calorie readout mode which I wonder about since there's no way to register rider weight. Though there's an app that might support customization, I've not looked into using it. (4) Though seat offset from the handle bars is customizable to a few inches, I've found that the knob used to secure seat position is insufficient to hold it there. We've had to place a wedge in the guide in which the locking bolt slides to prevent it from always moving to the most rearward position.