YOSUDA Under Desk Bike Pedal Exerciser - Magnetic Mini Exercise Bike for Arm/Leg Exercise, Desk Pedal Bike for Home/Office Workout

Very solid, quiet, fully functional as advertised, easy to assemble, heavy enough to not slide easily along the floor, light and compact enough to carry in one hand, made of good quality materials, and looks good. I am really feeling its benefits as I recover from knee surgery. My wife had asked for it for her general fitness and health, and I am happy I bought it for her because I now see we will both use it.

I bought this machine after seeing a few physical therapy YouTubers recommend this type of gentle, gliding motion for improving knee strength and cartilage. I've only had the machine for about a week, but I find it relaxing, definitely delivering a mild workout for an unfit senior, and something I can do when the weather is bad. I think it's the perfect prelude to venturing into a more strenuous fitness program.Incidentally, there are videos on YouTube that show ways to make the machine an interval training workout, as well as routines for working the upper body while pedaling. So it's not just "stationary bicycling".The machine is attractive, easy to assemble, with necessary tools included. It's a bit heavy, but that's necessary for stability. The motion is perfectly smooth, and produces only a faint whirring noise.The readout is quite handy. I prefer to track minutes, and the KMH monitor is most useful to show you when your effort is flagging and needs to be stepped back up. I am using it for my arms as well, as the smooth motion also seems to be giving my shoulders, elbows and wrists good exercise.I'm starting all the way at the bottom of the resistance setting. That's what my knees can handle.

I have a spine injury and I need cardiovascular exercise. Many people do not know that it is arm movement and not leg that takes you into cardio heart rhythm .I was looking for an arm bike and ordered it. My HSA paid for it through Amazon which made me happy and it was less expensive.I have been very happy with it. It had no assembly except to snap on the arm bands. Easy peasy!Now I need to get my hub on board lol he needs it too!!The only thing I do not love about it is where the display is... would be better if there were another display lower on the machine but I am going to try using the app with my phone.

I've owned a bunch of under desk bikes, but I had specific needs when I bought the YOSUDA Under Desk Bike Pedal Exerciser - I wanted a heavier magnetic pedaler with the cranks as close to the front as possible so when pedaling with my arms, I wouldn't have to reach forward. Judging by the videos and pics, this was it.The YOSUDA has a little rubbing noise - probably the belt - but it's still so quiet that it doesn't wake up my husband in the next room, and it doesn't affect the pedaling motion, which is super smooth. I've owned the MagneTrainer and the DeskCycle, and they're both silent and smooth, but for my arms the YOSUDA has a good crank rotation (8" compared to 10" with the MagneTrainer), and the pedals are much closer to the front than the DeskCycle. The DeskCycle and MagneTrainer are better built than this bike, but it's fine, and I love the handle. I've owned several $50 and under bikes, but there were universally louder and much less smooth than the YOSUDA.I found the YOSUDA is also good for pedaling using your feet - it sticks to the floor pretty well when used at low resistance, and the pedaling is smooth. If you turn up the resistance, you may have to put it on a rubber mat to keep in in place, but at lower resistance, it stays where you put it.My only issue about this is that the display is impossible to read in lower light. Since I use it in lower light, and don't care about the metrics, I just use the stop watch function on my phone to keep track of my time.The YOSUDA Under Desk Bike Pedal Exerciser is pretty much what I expected from the description, the pics and the reviews. Mine has a little rubbing noise when I use it, which I wasn't expecting, but it's super quiet and otherwise IMO this is a very good pedaler for feet and arms. I got it for $125, and it's often on sale for that price or a little less, and for what I paid, I'm giving it back the star I removed for the soft rubbing noise and hard-to-see display, putting it back up to 5 stars. If it was $200 or more, I'd give it 4 stars, but it's a good bike with forward pedals, quiet and smooth operation at a reasonable price, so it gets 5 stars from me.