Body Rider Exercise Upright Fan Bike

February 2015. An excellent basic exercise bike. I had used this exercise bike when visiting in New Orleans, so when my ten-year old Vitamaster exercise bike died (broken seat, replacement parts no longer available), it was an easy choice to buy this exercise bike. Assembly took about thirty minutes, although if I had to assemble another one of these it would take half that time. Well-packaged in its shipping box, and the instructions were easy enough to follow. Having the various screws and bolts in a card-mounted blister pack, plus the necessary tools (multi-size spanner wrench plus two hex wrenches) was an unexpected bonus. Two hex wrenches are needed for assembling the main rocker arm shaft.I am full 6' feet but found this exercise bike to fit fine, although I did have to place the seat post at its highest available position. I like the foot rests; you can use then with or without the foot holders.I particularly like the adjustable friction strap, which gives you analog adjustment. The digital read out works fine, and is sufficiently large to be easily readable while sitting on the exercise bike.Buy the supplemental padded seat, though. The O.E.M. seat is indeed hard, which I confirmed while adjusting the seat height, before adding the fortunately also purchased Schwinn padded seat.All in all, and excellent price for a basic exercise bike, which is all I was interested in.April 2017 update: It's two years later and the tensioner belt finally wore out. New tensioner belt available from the manufacturer for $22, but installation of replacement belt more difficult than it should be due to need to transfer keeper clip spring from old belt to new belt. For $22, the replacement tensioner belt should come with its own, captive, clip spring. See photos. Still rate this as an excellent exercise bike, though.Further feedback: Body Rider Sports called me and offered to send an extra clip spring free of charge. They explained that you have to order a spring clip along with a new tensioner belt, if that's what you want. But for a customer replacing the tensioner belt for the first time, you wouldn't know that. Also, if these are sent as separate parts, you will still need a vice and needle nose pliers to open bend the eye hook end and then re-bend the eye hook close after the tensioner belt has been inserted. Not every customer is likely to have access to a vice and needle nose pliers. Really, any order for a replacement tensioner belt should come with the belt having an already attached captive retainer spring. But kudos to Body Flex Sports for having a Customer Service department that lives up to the name.