Sunny Health & Fitness SF-B1709 Bike

I love this stationary bike. I would absolutely recommend that this is the one that you purchase. Even if you're looking for an entry-level price-tag, spend a bit more and get this bike. You won't be sorry. Let me tell you why. 1) It rides incredibly smoothly, silently and is very comfortable. It accommodates tall, big people. I am 5'9" tall and weigh 200 lbs. My daughter is 5" 11" tall with ridiculously long arms and legs and weighs 120 lbs. My husband is 6'3" tall and weighs about 220, with enormous size 13 feet. All of us fit this bike properly. There are lots of ways to adjust it to your comfort level and for what you will be doing. I love to do The Trip by Les Mills. This has a lot of standing and I want my handlebars to be in a very specific position. Absolutely no problem. My daughter likes to work on her singing as she rides the bike by singing along to videos. Her adjustment needs to be different from mine. No problem. My husband just likes to get on the bike while watching TV and get some exercise. Absolutely no problem. This bike adjusts just as well as, if not better, than the bike I used at the gym, which I really liked. I'm sure that, even if you are short, the adjustment will be no problem. 2) THIS IS THE RESISTANCE MECHANISM YOU WANT!!! Why on earth would anyone use one of those stupid turning knobs for the resistance, when you can just use this perfect lever??? I honestly just don't get it. The bikes that they had at the gym that I used to go to had levers and I wanted a lever as well. However, I initially cheaped out and got a horrible bike that had the knob that you turn. It was awful. All the turning and twisting when you want to go from a light resistance to a heavy resistance. Ridiculous. On this bike you just push down the lever to the resistance level that you want. It's instant. It's smooth and it gives you great incremented resistance. When you do The Trip, they want you to go from heavy climbs, right into fast downhills. I would miss part of the workout while spending all that time, energy and attention twisting the stupid knob. Forget that! I just push the lever up or down. It's fantastic! 3) This bike is STURDY (and easy to assemble). This bike weighs right around 100 lbs. About 25 pounds more than the crappy bike I first purchased. This thing feels good and sturdy. Hubby and I aren't light-weights, but the bike feels perfectly capable of handling whatever we dish out to it. Also, it was very easy to assemble. You're given all of the tools you need and the instructions are pretty clear. Also, it's not all that complicated. I could have figured it out without any instructions at all. I wasn't rushing when I put it together, just taking my time, and I put it together, by myself, in about 45 minutes. Most of that time was spent unboxing the thing, which is REALLY well packed. The health monitor on this bike is functional, if rudimentary. I might look into a better monitor. Or maybe not. I really am just interested in the calories burned and the results that it has given me have seemed to be accurate. Someone mentioned that they didn't like where the water bottle bracket sits between the handlebars. I found it to be very convenient, and, again, sturdy. I'm watching the TV which is mounted on the wall in front of the bike, so I don't need an iPad mount or anything of that sort. I did not use the seat that came with the bike, as we had purchased a much better seat for the other crappy bike, to replace it's horribly painful seat (I purchased the TONBUX oversized seat, which is great). I will say, though, that the seat provided with the bike looked very good and comfortable, and probably would have worked without being painful. I just have an extra seat when needed. I have only had this bike for 3 days, so I can not attest to how well it holds up over time. The other crappy bike broke within 45 days (the stupid turning knob froze up), ONE DAY BEFORE I COULD NO LONGER RETURN IT. This one feels very well made, however, and I will update this review after we've had it for a while. I did purchase the extended warranty, however, just because the warranty isn't that great and boxing this thing up would be a nightmare to box up and return. Overall, I would challenge you to find a better bike for any price. This is the one you want to buy. BTW, the crappy bike that I purchased first and returned was the "pooboo Magnetic Exercise Bikes Stationary Bike Belt Drive Indoor Cycling Bike Fitness Bike for Home Cardio Workout Bike Training with LCD Monitor". DON'T BUY THAT ONE.