Nordictrack Commercial Studio Cycle

I did a lot of research and chose the Nordic Trac as I wanted the realistic experience of doing a road bike ride. I decided to order thru Amazon given the friendly return policy (vs. directly from Nordic Trac where you have to pay $$). I opted for the $20 delivery indoors to the room, which was worth it as its quite heavy/bulky.The setup is straight forward- there is a video on the NT website to follow. All of the screw holes line up, but I did have a problem getting 1 screw to seat correctly to screw in- took me about an hour to resolve this. But other than that assembly was pretty straightforward.The bike is as advertised. Takes a little bit to find the right seat/handlebar adjustments but once you do its great. I opted for the 15 inch screen which is plenty large for my needs. The automatic resistance/incline changes has worked great. The fan is also quite useful- I have the bike in my basement right next to a window I can open, however once I get going I turn the fan on low and it helps. The bike does not have a power switch, so I ordered a surge protector outlet where I can just press a button to turn the machine on. My only complaint - on the roads when you are going downhill you coast to catch your breath - on this bike you have to keep pedaling albeit its much easier when going downhill.As for iFIT, its pretty good. I do a combination of instructor led road bike rides, along with google map rides that either they have created or I create myself. The instructor rides are true videos with narration, where they will tell you the target cadence you should be shooting for. This is quite helpful when they are doing intervals in the workout. I like the length of the workouts also - most are around 30-40 minutes, with some being longer. If I have an hour planned i'll do 1 instructor ride followed by 1 google maps ride.The google maps rides adjust incline according to the terrain, however its not always lined up perfectly with the image. Every 3 seconds or so you get a new image- a lot of them were taken pointing backwards from a car which is a little annoying as you are on the other side of the road. In addition occasionally you will get a random picture of something crazy inserted in for 1 of the shots. They do have interesting rides- i'm just finishing a 10 ride set of colleges in the US which is interesting.They also have mountain bike instructor rides (which I've done and like for variety), and separately have spin classes which I have not tried yet. Overall though I give iFIT a thumbs up. You can map out your schedule ahead of time on the computer (choosing the rides you want to do), and once you finish the ride it moves it into the 'complete' zone and records your stats.Overall i'm quite pleased with this purchase - its not cheap but I've used it more than I expected in my first month. Note I did also purchase the Amazon warranty for 3 years - I figure that for something with so many moving parts/electronics it would be worth doing this. This also comes with annual maintenance. The way I look at it i'm not going to the gym anymore as i'll just do this, so after 2 years it will pay for itself.The only thing I dread is one day moving this thing out of the house- it is quite heavy! But overall I highly recommend this!

I bought this bike right before COVID hit and started riding it. We couldn't have had a better choice right before the gyms shutdown then I got hurt working in our backyard, so I had to stay off of it for about 3 plus months. I decided to wait until I got back onto the bike to measure then and now before writing a review. Here are some things to consider:1). It is pretty easy to assemble if you can read and have a minimal mechanical ability.2). My wife is only 5'2" and it really sucks for her because basically you need to be about 5'5" in our opinion to get to use it. Her legs are just not long enough and regardless of how much you adjust the bike it won't work for her, so she quit using it.3). The programing is pretty good, but the interface could be better and I hate that I have to log into it every time that I want to use it. However, the trainers are really good and the video workouts are excellent.4). It doesn't power on and off, so I have to use my power strip to turn it off when I'm finished with it. That's a bit of a hassle and something to think about not unless you want it setting there drawing power when you are not using it. I'm no enviro wack job, but I don't like to waste electricity.5). The seat started to sink in the back regardless of how many times I tightened the mounting system, so I had to create a wooden brace that I put between the back of the seat and the support bar. It works great, but it really shouldn't sink like that and I am not a heavy person.6). The seat is really uncomfortable, so I just bought a replacement seat and for the price you would think these guys could put a really nice seat on it.7). It doesn't take up a lot of room, so I love that and it's incredibly easy to move around once assembled. It's very sturdy, except for the seat attachment and I doubt that it will every wear out.8). I like once you pay the fee and join the club so to speak that you get access to all types of workouts not just bike ones. It's a full fledge video archive of everything that you would want to workout on your body.9). The website is very easy to use and Nordic does not SPAM you to death. Really, they leave you alone even during my recovery with none of those dumb emails saying they miss me.10). The WIFI component is very good.11). The bike is very good at automatically doing the tilt and resistance, so you are not messing around with knobs during your workouts unlike other bikes.12). You can see what others are doing and compete with them if you chose to do so or do your own thing.That's the ins and out as I see them after using it for three months then getting hurt then coming back three months later. It is a better buy than its competitors. Nordic Trac also stands behind their equipment, but I doubt there is much they can do about their not so good seat design. One last thing I did buy the maintenance plan from Amazon because if that screen goes out then you will be paying as much to fix it as as the bike cost. It's worth the few bucks to protect it even though it is a bumper to bumper plan.