Why should any purchase an upright magnetic bike when the newer recumbent bikes are saturating the market at similar price ranges? This a question that many people ask, as they assume that when something new comes out it is somehow better than what was offered before. The fact is upright bikes may be one of the oldest forms of home exercise, but they are in no way inferior to the newer recumbent style frames.

In fact, many people still favor an upright magnetic resistance bike even after trying out a recumbent for awhile. The position of the recumbent bike may be a little more comfortable than most uprights, but they also are lower impact and do not offer as much toning benefit to the body. An upright bike will work not only your legs, but your core and upper body as well as you balance on top of the seat.

By Robin O’Brien

Upright magnetic exercise bikes are also much closer to the experience of riding an actual bike outdoors. There are even some models now that will allow you to ride in race position and some include race style handlebars to help with this.

In addition, this type of bike will deliver a great workout without taking up as much room in your home. The stretched out design of a recumbent bike requires extra space, but an upright bike is more compact and can be easily tucked into a corner or other less obvious spot in your home.

If you want the increased intensity of an upright bike but have physical or medical problems that require extra back support or less lower body strain, try the Stamina Magnetic Fusion 7200 Recumbent Bike. It is designed like a recumbent but the seat is up a little straighter so it mimics the upright bike position at the same time.

Semi-recumbent bikes are actually becoming more popular to combine the benefits of each type of frame for what may very well be the ultimate indoor biking experience ever.

If you do not specifically need a recumbent bike and have serious fitness or weight loss goals you are determined to meet, then an upright magnetic bike is going to deliver the smooth, quiet, yet effectively intense workouts that you need. They will take up less room in your home all the while offering all the features you can find on a recumbent without reducing the muscle-building tension that biking is supposed to create for your body.

By Robin O’Brien

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There is one thing that is very puzzling to me, and that is why recumbent bicycles are rarely seen in the United States? Everywhere I go, I never see anybody riding a recumbent bike. As a matter of fact I can only remember seeing people riding recumbent bikes only two times in my life. I really don’t know how the bent, as they are called, caught my eye but I now own two of them. I have a long wheel based over-seat steering and a short wheel base under-seat steering bents. I brought mine from a flea market used bicycle dealer. They where not in the best of condition and were not shiny and beautiful but for the price of forty dollars for one and fifty for the other, I was very happy without any complaints. Recumbent bikes are priced from $495 to $5000. And I am sure that is one of the reasons they are far less popular then the traditional bicycles I see everyday.

The bicycle is the most used mode of assisted transportation in the world. There are twice as many bicycles then automobiles the number of about one billion the world over. Using the same energy it takes to walk, one can travel about ten to fifteen miles an hour as opposed to three to three point five miles an hour riding a bicycle.

Everybody just about can ride a bicycle, we all learn at a very young age. It is the second form of transportation where there is a learning curve to master, of course walking being the first. Cycling is a good form of exercising too.

I think the recumbent bike should be more popular then the traditional upright bicycle. They are much more comfortable as sitting in a chair type seat then with a small saddle type seat poking up to be perched upon. This makes for a very uncomfortable condition with the hip bones suffering the most. That is why the rider of the upright bike sits awhile and stands awhile for comfort. Riding the recumbent bike uses different muscles than the traditional bike which makes it a little difficult to learn to ride. It seems a bit tiring at first but after a while your muscles will adapt to this new riding position.

By Bobby Joeheart

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