Refurbished Fitness Equipment: Life Fitness R3 Recumbent LifeCycle with Basic Console Review

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(More customer reviews)After owning a Life Fitness 5500R for 15 years (bought in 1995), I decided to upgrade to the the current "R1" (with the optional advanced console). While I was in the showroom, the salesperson convinced me to pay the extra $600 for the R3, primarily to get a seat with an adjustable back rest. While the seat looked better in the showroom (and felt better to sit in), when you get home and start a vigorous ride on the bike, your back presses into the mesh seat back, where there is a horizontal steel bar (inside the backrest that goes across the seat) which begins to dig into your back. If I could do it over, I would have bought the R1.

The R3 also has an internal generator that means you don't have to plug the bike into an electrical outlet, but that wasn't a significant factor in my decision.

I like all of the other aspects of the bike, especially:
1. Routines that work with a heart monitor (it changes resistance to take you between 65%-80% of your target max heart rate)
2. Allows for 2 user profiles, which keeps track of your calories burned cummulatively
3. Very solidly built -- feels like the bikes in the gym

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Product Description:
The R3 recumbent LifeCycle exercise bike combines the ultimate in comfort with exceptional attention to detail. It provides the smooth, quiet ride and durability you'd expect from the #1 brand in health clubs world wide. With thoughtful additions like reclining seat with a breathable mesh fabric back, the R3 is sure to deliver a comfortable ride. And the self-powered R3 model doesn't require cords or outlets, so you can place it anywhere in your home. Warranty- Frame: Lifetime- Parts: 3 Years- Labor: 1 Year

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