Schwinn 240 Recumbent Exercise Bike | 
| Brand: Schwinn
Category: Sports
List Price: $599.00
Buy New: $449.00(as of 9/5/10 04:14 PDT - Details)
You Save: $150.00 (25%)
New (2) Used (1) from $374.99
Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 295
Shipping Weight (lbs): 117
Dimensions (in): 67 x 13 x 26
Model: 100170
UPC: 708447506009
EAN: 0708447506009
ASIN: B00275R23E
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Recumbent exercise bike for the home with 16 resistance levels and 20-pound flywheel | | • | 17 workout programs, including 8 course profiles, target heart rate, 2 user profiles with custom workouts | | • | Telemetry-enabled, integrated grip heart rate system for easy fitness monitoring | | • | Seating system with padded ergonomic seat and dual-position lumbar support | | • | 300-pound maximum user weight; 5-year warranty on frame, 1 year on parts and electronics |
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Product Description
The Schwinn 240 recumbent bike delivers a challenging workout in a relaxed position, with dual-position lumbar support. It features BioFit comfort with a padded ergonomic seat and an adjustable console. BioDyne performance offers a perimeter-weighted flywheel for a true road feel and smooth, consistent workouts, while oversized stabilizers and levelers are built-in for a solid workout platform.
Amazon.com Product Description
Save money on monthly gym fees and get in shape at the same time with the comfortable Schwinn 240 recumbent exercise bike. It offers a compact design and the feel of a more traditional outdoor bike while relying on core, stabilizing muscles to balance your body weight. Features include a 20-pound flywheel, 16 resistance levels, 17 programs, adjustable seat, and both telemetry and contact heart rate monitoring. It also includes the following exclusive Schwinn features: BioFit Comfort: - Seating system with padded ergonomic seat and dual-position lumbar support
- Adjustable console and seat
The Schwinn 240 upright exercise bike for the home. | BioDyne Performance: - Perimeter weighted flywheel for a true road feel, and smooth, consistent workouts
- Oversized stabilizers and levelers that are built-in for a solid workout platform
BioConnect Feedback: - 17 workout programs, including 8 course profiles, target heart rate, 2 user profiles with custom workouts
- Backlit, multi-color console for easy viewing
- Schwinn Advantage workout tracking, an easy way to set fitness goals and measure your progress right on the console
- Telemetry-enabled, integrated grip heart rate system for easy fitness monitoring
Features & Specifications: - 16 resistance levels
- 20-pound flywheel
- Eddy Current Brake (ECB) resistance system
- Adjustable handlebars and console
- Walk-through frame
- Water bottle holder
- Reading rack
- Magazine storage rack under the seat
- Transport wheels
- Switchable from miles to kilometers (KM)
- Maximum user weight: 300 pounds
The Schwinn 240's exercise console (see larger image). | 
The 240 features a walk-through frame, allowing for easy access. | Manufacturer's Warranty
5 years on the frame, 1 year on parts and electronics, 3 months on wear parts, 3 months on labor
Compare These Recumbent Exercise Bikes |
| Schwinn Active Series 20 | Schwinn 220 | Schwinn 230 | Schwinn 240 | Nautilus R514 | | Resistance Levels | 8 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | | Resistance System | Magnetic Eddy Current Brake | Magnetic Eddy Current Brake | Magnetic Eddy Current Brake | Magnetic Eddy Current Brake | Magnetic Eddy Current Brake | | Number of Programs | 11 | 12 | 6 preset, 10 courses | 17 | 17 | | Heart Rate Monitor | Grip Heart Rate Sensor | Grip Heart Rate Sensor | Grip Heart Rate Sensor | Grip Heart Rate Sensor | Polar heart rate system with chest strap | | Display Type | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | | Display Readout | Time, distance, pulse, watts, speed, calories, RPM | Time, distance, pulse, watts, speed, calories, resistance | Time, interval time, RPM, watts, distance, pulse, speed, calories, and resistance | Time, interval time, RPM, watts, distance, pulse, speed, calories, resistance | Time, interval time, RPM, watts, distance, pulse, speed, calories, resistance | | Dimensions | 58.5 x 26 x 36 inches (L x W x H) | 56 x 25 x 38 inches (L x W x H) | 63 x 25 x 46 inches (L x W x H) | 63 x 25 x 46 inches (L x W x H) | 67 x 25 x 52 inches (L x W x H) | | Product Weight | 58 pounds | 97 pounds | 103 pounds | 117 pounds | 119 pounds | | Weight Capacity | 275 pounds | 300 pounds | 300 pounds | 300 pounds | 300 pounds | | Warranty | Frame: 3 years, non-expandable mechanical and electric parts: 6 months | Frame: 5 years, mechanical and electric: 1 year, wear parts: 90 days | Frame: 10 years, mechanical and electric: 1 year, wear items: 6 months, labor: 90 days | Frame: 5 years, mechanical and electric: 1 year, wear parts: 90 days | Frame: 10 years, mechanical: 2 years, electric: 1 year, wear parts: 6 months | | Other Features | Transport wheels, fore / aft seat adjustment | Reading rack, rear stabilizers, transport wheels, switchable from miles to kilometers, fore / aft seat adjustment | Reading rack, water bottle holder, rear stabilizers, transport wheels, switchable from miles to kilometers, fore / aft seat adjustment, oversized pedals | Reading rack, water bottle holder, rear stabilizers, transport wheels, switchable from miles to kilometers, fore /aft seat adjustment, oversized deluxe pedals | Reading rack, water bottle holder, fan, rear stabilizer frame levelers, transport wheels, fore / aft seat adjustment, oversized pedals, oversized saddle | |
About Exercise Bikes
Despite the competition from trendy new fitness inventions, exercise bikes continue to be popular options for home exercise. They offer the same aerobic benefits of riding a bicycle at any time, in any weather, without leaving the comfort and safety of home. Exercise bikes don't take up much space, require little or no balance or coordination, and can provide an effective workout for all levels of users, from beginners to serious competitors. While the same could be said for a number of other types of home fitness equipment, the exercise bike is one of the few that allows you to watch television or read a magazine while you work out. For many people, having convenient access to quality exercise equipment is critical to sticking with a long-term exercise program.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 64 more reviews...
 Schwinn Recumbent Bike August 27, 2010
Petunia
I love my Schwinn recumbent bike. It is easy to use while giving a good workout.
Very nice August 25, 2010
Andre' Dufour (Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania United States)
I've been using the bike for 4 months now. I use it almost daily. This bike is very well-built and easy to put together. It is also very comfortable. As someone who can easily jog 10+ miles and is very active, this bike should have enough power for anyone. There are plenty of nice features. The price is great. I can burn 500+ calories in a workout and be totally comfortable. The seat is great.
 Schwinn 240 August 16, 2010
GBAusTx
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had two different experiences with the Schwinn 240, the initial and later. The initial experience involved a lot of frustration with the poor assembly manual (pictures with little explanation). What should have taken about 1 1/2 hours took more than twice that amount of time to put the bike together. Then it didn't work properly. The resistance wouldn't change no matter what I did. Two separate shipments of parts and one tech visit later, it was working. The console apparently had a bad connector and once that was changed out, everything worked fine. One note: the wiring harness for this bike seems cheap and flimsy. I hope I don't encounter additional problems in the future. Now the bike works as it should and it is everything I hoped it would be. The ride is quiet and smooth and the available resistance adjustments are more than enough to challenge most riders. There is one other thing that might help you in putting the bike together. They assume you will know that to install the seat frame assembly that you will have to take the seat rail off (7 bolts) but no where is that made clear until you figure it out realizing there is no way to do it any other way.
Great Bike - Schwinn 240 - Wonderful August 10, 2010
Roger Brav (Murrieta, Ca United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Review by wife:
We decided we wanted a recumbent bike to start getting in better shape. After reading about and searching for reviews, we decided on this one. A few minor things people discussed in previous reviews were the shipping (box comes banged up, pieces broken or missing parts) and the computer. I did read throughout many reviews that the manuals available on the website were better than the ones printed out. I figured I could work around those and decided to give it a go. Ordered the bike on Wednesday morning 449.99 - 50.00 (instant savings) = 399.99. No shipping and no sales tax. I have seen it around for up to 200.00 more. We were offered 2 day shipping with amazon prime for 0.00 or 1 day delivery for an extra 3.99.
We received the bike on Friday afternoon (this was considered one day delivery - with one day for processing). If you already have Amazon Prime, like we do, might as well take adavantage of it. Box was in PERFECT shape. We put it together later in the day (I had the manuals up on my laptop during the process, just in case they were needed-NOT REALLY). The manual that was provided in the box was plenty (even though it was missing the last couple of pages - (how to install foot pedals, straps and overall check to make sure things were tight). IF it took 45 minutes, I would really be surprised (including unpacking the box and going through everything), I think that hardest part about it was getting rid of all the styrofoam and cutting up the cardboard. We have put a few things together in our time..
Minor issues of other reviewers: We pulled the cords through and held them in place while putting the handle on the bike. Had to take part of the bike apart to attach the seat and then put back together, the numbers/letters of the bolts/nuts do not correspond properly. These issues we worked through very easily. If you know about them ahead of time, it makes things a little easier. I am sure the tools provided would have been sufficient but we used our own tools.
The computer, hubby programmed it (might have taken me a bit longer to figure things out), YES-THEY COULD HAVE MADE IT EASIER-but, its not that hard to operate...Have used it for the first 2 courses and it is very QUIET and very STABLE. It fits everyone in our family hubby-(5'11"), wife-(5'5") and 13 year old daughter-(5'9").
Would purchase again in a heartbeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Some strengths, some weaknesses August 5, 2010
L. Mullin
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're not handy, don't buy it. The instructions for putting together are terrible. They are printed on regular sized paper folded in half and the images are too small to understand. In addition, to identify the screws shown in the diagram, you must turn back and forth to a conversion table in front of the manual. It's extremely amateur. In fact, on mine, some of the pages were printed upside down. I doubt if they spent more than a quarter printing it.
The console instructions are equally bad. They are unclear. For instance, you can set up a personal program, but the instructions don't tell you how to access it except to view it, edit it, or delete it. I still can't figure out how to make the personal program record my workouts, and I'm a highly technical person. Those instructions are a disgrace.
I bought the bike because my other one was getting too noisy. This one is very quiet and works well except at the easiest levels. If you plan to use the easiest levels, the seat rocks and the bike makes quite a bit of noise.
On the bright side, it's quite comfortable and sturdy.
I think Schwinn should be embarrassed by their documentation.
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