Any recommendation for spin bike upgrade?
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Any recommendation for spin bike upgrade?
Hi everyone
I am looking to change my spin bike, and I was hoping someone could give me some advice here. I am currently using the JLL IC300 PRO, and I've been using it for almost a year now. I do regular HIIT exercise (min 3 times a week), so it's not just a coat hanger.
Despite all the good reviews on this bike and saying its one of the top ones, you can get I haven't been entirely happy with this bike. Since I had it one of the bearings on the wheel has become faulty, making a horrendous noise, so not as durable as they say.
However, the main reason I am looking to change this bike is low max resistance. The bike has 20kg belt-driven flywheel which I thought would be enough, but I'm always at max resistance, and I don't feel its enough. The max resistance on this bike is equivalent to 60% of max resistance of spin bikes I used in the gyms. I have even opened it to see if I can increase the resistance by putting a bigger magnet, but couldn't find compatible parts.
The second reason is even tho you have a lot of information on the computer; I can't fix it to show me the cadence number without changing (this is what I mainly use in my classes). So ideally something with a better computer. It would be great if it has a power meter pedals as well.
I was looking at Peloton, but £2000 is just too expensive. I was hoping to find something around £500.
Any help would highly be appreciated.
Regards,
Amir
I am looking to change my spin bike, and I was hoping someone could give me some advice here. I am currently using the JLL IC300 PRO, and I've been using it for almost a year now. I do regular HIIT exercise (min 3 times a week), so it's not just a coat hanger.
Despite all the good reviews on this bike and saying its one of the top ones, you can get I haven't been entirely happy with this bike. Since I had it one of the bearings on the wheel has become faulty, making a horrendous noise, so not as durable as they say.
However, the main reason I am looking to change this bike is low max resistance. The bike has 20kg belt-driven flywheel which I thought would be enough, but I'm always at max resistance, and I don't feel its enough. The max resistance on this bike is equivalent to 60% of max resistance of spin bikes I used in the gyms. I have even opened it to see if I can increase the resistance by putting a bigger magnet, but couldn't find compatible parts.
The second reason is even tho you have a lot of information on the computer; I can't fix it to show me the cadence number without changing (this is what I mainly use in my classes). So ideally something with a better computer. It would be great if it has a power meter pedals as well.
I was looking at Peloton, but £2000 is just too expensive. I was hoping to find something around £500.
Any help would highly be appreciated.
Regards,
Amir
