DeskCycle Under Desk Bike Pedal Exerciser - Stationary Bikes for Home & Office - Standard and Adjustable Height Versions

This DeskCycle is the Cat's Meow...whether or not you own a desk. And to think I was within moments of purchasing one of the cheaper ones, I should say, one of the 'non-magnetic resistance' ones. Then somehow I stumbled across this one, and am so glad I did. I never knew cycling could be this smooth and quiet. I see no way for any part on this unique little machine to ever break down. Just wait until you see how it works. You can actually see the mechanism working as you cycle, thru the dark transparent top down into its smooth working innards. But you'll never hear it. Sweet.... I stumbled a bit putting it together, not paying enough attention to which end was the front, but once I recognized what I'd done wrong, everything was a piece of cake after that. I will emphasize what the instructions do, and that's to tighten down very tightly the pedal screws. You don't want the threads eventually stripping, which is the only thing I can see that could possibly go wrong with this cycle. I'm using the cycle with a very small fold-up round seated chair and sit back comfortably there and watch TV. Maybe tomorrow I'll read a book instead (currently working on the 1400 pg. 'Sacajawea' by Anna Lee Waldo...great book!). I think that will be a very pleasant time with a very pleasant cycle. I have no problem whatsoever with the cycle moving forward or anywhere else on my very short carpet. I can pedal it downward (as suggested in the instructions) or pedal it forward, it makes no difference, it stays securely where I've put it. This is a high-quality made exercise cycle. It's heavy enough to remain stable when on a carpet, but not too heavy to pick up and carry around. Although I think it would be perfect for placing under a desk, it's certainly not made for that purpose alone. Anyone who wants or needs this kind of exercise should be thrilled with the workout you can get with this cycle. And...you can take it easy on Setting 2 or 3, which you probably should anyway in the beginning, or set it on an upper number for a real tough workout. Don't worry about not getting enough 'resistance' with it. I can see now that I could never pump it at a setting of probably more than about 4 or 5 (it goes to 8). Oh...the pedals. I don't need the straps to go over my shoes so I just pedal on the straps (don't know if that's okay or not). I was pleasantly surprised to find that pedaling barefoot or with just socks (directly on the pedal) is equally comfortable. Somebody brilliant must have invented this cycle. And somebody equally brilliant wrote the instructions. They're clear and straightforward (a rare thing) and it should take you about 10 minutes to put this together. The pedals were just a little challenging for me...just be patient and make sure you start threading the screw in the right direction for each pedal. Then screwing it in all the way takes just a little muscle, but be sure the screw goes in all the way and to make it a very tight fit. (Don't keep screwing it in if you think it's not in the right threads...just start over til you're sure.) I wish everyone could afford to buy this cycle, and can just say it's more than worth saving up for if that's what it takes to have one. My advice to those who can't buy it right away is to either save up, or ask for it as a Christmas or Birthday gift. I would have been thrilled to receive it as a gift. Oh yeah, it comes with a one-year standard Warranty. If you're not sure between buying the DeskCycle or the MagneTrainer, write to 3D Innovations and they'll send you a chart that shows the similarities and differences between the two. The folks there are very friendly and helpful. I came down on the side of the DeskCycle because of its low and smaller profile. Well...I'm a lady and no spring chicken. And I don't work for this company. But I do think this DeskCycle is awesome! I'm looking forward to getting a lot of use out of it and having a lot of fun with it for a very long time. I highly recommend this DeskCycle to everyone who's looking to buy one. P.S. I just ordered another one for my daughter today (17 Dec). She tried out mine and fell in love with it. I think she knew if she raved about it enough I'd take the hint and get her one for Christmas. I bit the hook because she really wants it and I know it will help keep her healthy. What more could a mother want! lol

i doubt that cycling under my desk is going to result in my figure looking like it did when i was practicing muay thai 13 hours a week, or even when i was spending an hour and a half on an elliptical trainer each night, but what i can say is that it is AWESOME to know i'm burning at least a handful of calories extra each hour than i otherwise would. here's my quick and dirty review after two days of use: this product is, as everyone else says, shockingly well made. despite the hundreds of reviews indicating its high quality, heft, smooth rotation, and absolute silence, i was skeptical, and couldn't help but wonder if perhaps everyone just had lower expectations. well, i can vouch: it is high quality, heavy without being forbiddingly so, and rotation is absolutely smooth and there is no noise at all. i cannot tell you how many people have walked by my desk in the past two days who didn't even know i was cycling unless i pointed it out. so that right out of the gate: if you want to try an underdesk cycler, don't go cheap to save $50, and don't waste your money on the $300 versions. start here. even if it ends up not being for you, it WON'T be because it's cheap or squeaky or impossible to put together. which brings me to the next thing: it is, again, as others have mentioned, painless to put together. i did it in about ten minutes, and it only took that long because people kept stopping by my desk to ask me wtf i was doing. as for results, it's too early to tell, and again, i don't expect them to be shocking, but what i can say is that my thighs and even glutes are already noticeably firmer (not sure how my glutes are, since i'm just SITTING, but indeed they are). the most surprising benefit, though, is already tighter abs. when i woke up this morning, i expected my legs to be sore - they weren't. it was my CORE that ached, and it was a delicious sort of ache. this is because if used properly, you will be sitting on the edge of your chair, holding your stomach in, and relying on your core for balance as you pedal and type at the same time. which brings me to an important note: you definitely want to observe correct posture,, and NOT try to use this sitting back in your chair, because if you don't, your lower back will begin to ache in as little as five minutes. also, regarding those who have said they don't like peering under their desks to look at the display - i can't speak for older versions of the machine, but at least in the new ones, there's a long cord and stand so that you can put the adapter on your desk and monitor your progress. i will say that i'm a little flummoxed by reviews here and elsewhere that indicate averaging "ten miles a day", or even 40, because at least if mine is calibrated correctly, i did 97 my first day and 104 today. i hit 7 miles within the first ten minutes of my workday today. of course, i have resistance set at only 2, and am pedaling quite fast, and doing so *most* of my workday (290 minutes yesterday, 300 today), but i have a hard time believing i'm ACTUALLY pedaling at 23 to 25 mph, which is what the meter indicates. so i'm skeptical i've actually hit THAT distance. either way, this is probably the best $160 i've spent in awhile, and even if i don't end up looking like i spend three hours a day in the gym as a result (and i won't), it's awesome to not just be sitting and spreading ever wider the nine hours a day i'm behind my desk. also, as others have stated, my coworkers are fascinated. the skeptical ones: "we'll see how long you stick with it," and "there's no way that mileage is correct." the curious ones: "that's so cool! if you start seeing results, i might get one too!" the enthusiastic ones: "let me try it! oh wow, this is awesome!! where did you get it? how much? can you send me the link?" all in all, again, if you want to go an under-desk cycle route, don't even hesitate to go with this product. oh, by the way: regarding the calorie counter, don't get excited. i'd supposedly burned 2000 calories by noon yesterday. even the literature that comes with the cycle says "don't trust the monitor, it's wrong." go to the website they give you and plug in your age, height, weight, resistance, distance, and time, and it will give you a theoretically more accurate calorie count. for a profound example, by the time i left the office today after 5 hours of cumulative peddling, i'd supposedly burned over 4000 calories. when i plugged my numbers into the site, it gave me a far more realistic read of 687. not as exciting as four grand, but still, 687 calories more than i'd have burned otherwise. in summary, you can't go wrong with this - though if you are tall or your desk is weirdly low, you'll have issues - but you would have issues with ANY of these products, in that case, and probably none that would be so smooth and silent and well-made. this is a shockingly high-quality product for the price, and honestly, i kind of can't believe how inexpensive it is relative to its worth.

Since 'they' say sitting is the new smoking, I wanted to be doing something while sitting in front of my computer all day. I was planning on getting a less expensive model, but after doing a lot of research, this specific under desk bike kept coming up as one of the top models. Boy am I glad I decided to purchase this! Here are some of my concerns I had prior to purchasing. 1. I saw a few reviews about assembly. I was worried about it being too difficult. It was not at all! I did it myself in under 15 minutes. The directions were great! Not only pictures, but actual words of how to assemble it (other things I have put together only have pics and it drives me crazy!). You basically just screw everything in with the tool they give you. Easy peasy! See my first pic for the pieces it comes with. 2. I was worried that my knees would hit my desktop. They do not. However, I do not have a center drawer or lower keyboard shelf. Your knees might hit if you do. See the 2nd pic of it sitting under my desk. 3. I have wood floors and was worried my rolling desk chair would, well roll, when I was biking. Yeah, it kind of does. A strap comes in the box so you can wrap it around the chair and the bike to stabilize it. I did not use this strap because I wanted to be able to move my chair when needed. I found that I can put one of the chair wheels in front of the back part of the bike and this does the trick! See my 4th photo - I circled the chair leg. Other things I like 1. The 'monitor' can be unattached from the bike. I have it hooked up and sitting on top of my desk, so I can see it. Much better! I'm not sure how accurate it is - I don't think I am really traveling that many miles - but its good for me to see anyway. 2. It is QUIET!!! I did not expect it to be this quiet! I can even use it during work phone calls without anyone knowing. 3. The resistance dial really works! You can feel it and so do my legs..... 4. The "ride" is very smooth. I was pleasantly surprised. I don't use the foot straps (and there are directions on how to take them off if you want) but I just put my feet on top of them. No problems with my feet slipping off the pedals. I am very happy with this purchase! Now I hope that it shows in my health!!

The bike itself works fine - I did have to raise it up a little so the right pedal doesn’t scrape the floor, but that’s minor. It’s quiet and smooth. The one issue I have is the display. They give you an extra stand so you can set up the display separate from the bike (you absolutely cannot see it if it’s under a desk and attached to the bike), but the longer cord they give you has two male ends, so it’s useless. In order to be functional as an “extension” it’d need one male and one female end.

I bought this since after I graduated school and started working, I quickly put on 50 pounds and lost my flat abs that I used to have. In school, I at least was moving around a lot (due to a large campus), and I suspect age helped as well. But sitting for 8+ hours a day was very bad for my health. I tried a few things over the past few years but nothing did enough or stuck as a habit. I was able to stop the trend of adding pounds, but reversing it is altogether different. Then I saw a news story about them putting pedals on elementary school desks to let kids burn off energy while sitting in class, and I thought that there must be something like this but for adults who sit all day but need to exercise and maintain their health. I found this and gave it a shot due to the high reviews. I've had it for almost a week now and so far, it's met all my expectations! It's too soon to see if it will have a long-term impact on my weight and overall health, but I know what a workout is supposed to feel like, and it definitely gives me one. I have it set up under my desk in my cubicle at work. I swapped out my foot reset for this. It's obviously taller, so I was worried that I might not have enough leg space to use it effectively, being 5'10". The bad news is that my knees do knock up against the underside of my desk, but since I'm using a corner desk, I was able to back up my chair a little bit so that my knees come up in front of the desk. The downside is that if I want to use my keyboard, I have to have it on my lap, and can't pedal. But I do have a lot of time where I'm just waiting for tasks to finish on my computer so I can put the keyboard on my desk and just pedal away. I do martial arts practice and ran a lot in school previously, so my legs already were pretty strong. I was able to pedal pretty well at full tension, but I found that tired me out very quickly. I backed it down to about 3/4 tension (it has 8 levels, so this would be 6) and am able to use that as my "easy-medium" setting. I push it up to 7 for more tension, and back it down to 5 for a cooldown. I've been trying to do interval-style training with it, and I find it is very easy for me to start doing regularly. Since it's always under my feet, it's not a disruption or an effort to actually go and do it. I can start pedaling on a whim. What's handy is it also has a digital readout that, while it can be mounted to the device, also has a stand that lets you put it on your desk. It helps me see how much I use it day-to-day. This gives me motivation to match the amount of effort I put into using it. I usually try to match or exceed distance day over day and put in at least an hour of cumulative exercise. I also wear a Fitbit Surge so I can monitor my heartrate during exercise, and it also gives me a better metric for calorie burn than the readout on the machine (which, like all exercise bikes, can't be completely accurate). Before I got this, I had a hard time hitting 3000 calories burned per day. Since I got it, this has become much simpler. I've watched my heartrate hit my peak zone several times with intense cycling using this machine. I have great expectations that it will help me achieve my goal of weight loss. It also is a great workout for my legs, for which I need to build up my strength in my martial arts practice, so it is a great complement to that as well. It is incredibly silent when you pedal. I can barely hear it. The most sound I hear is my clothes from my motion. My coworkers have commented on how silent it is as well. It is heavy (but not overly so), so it remains in place on the floor as I work. I do have to hook one of my chair legs over the stand though, since my chair tends to roll back as I pedal. Also of note, when I'm not using it, it's low enough that I can rest my feet on top of it so it makes a comfortable footrest! I also sometimes just sit with my feet on the pedals (like if I'm typing, as I need the keyboard on my lap), so it's not really obstructing my ability to sit comfortably when not in use. Setup is easy. It just requires tightening a few nuts and bolts for the stands and the pedals, which can be done with the included wrench. Nothing feels wobbly. Sometimes when I pedal, I do feel a little hitch each rotation, but I think that depends on the direction my feet are pressing, and it doesn't feel like it's broken. I only mention it because it can potentially be an audible sound, though it's still very silent. Overall, I'm very happy with it and definitely would recommend it to others! It's a well built piece of machinery that does its intended job very well. It might end up being just the thing I needed to get my health back on track!

I have previously owned and used the original DeskCycle, and I liked it a lot, but ultimately replaced it with a Magnetrainer (taller version, longer cranks, same company, I owned one before and gave it to a friend), a recumbent and a rotating line of cheaper mini and full-sized exercise bikes. I'm back to needing some rehab, so I needed a smaller crank rotation, and this time I got the DeskCycle 2 so I could try the 1" lower pedal adjustment. I'm a lot fitter than I was 2 years ago, but I can easily get my heart rate up to where I need it to be without raising the resistance much. Would this be an amazing workout for a bike racer or mountain bike rider? Probably not, but honestly it's good for most people to get some real exercise, and if you use it at a slower speed to keep your legs moving, it'll work for you. It's worth mentioning that my prior experience with the manufacturer's support is that it's very good. Not only are they helpful, they seem to really know the product and seem to care about making customers satisfied. They were helpful this time, answering my questions about the differences between the DeskCycle and the DeskCycle 2. I'm loving the DeskCycle 2 so far. It's extremely quiet, the action is extremely smooth, and it turns out I really like the lower position as it's more comfortable to use with my knee issues. Read a book on your Kindle, and the time pedaling goes by without noticing. I use my DeskCycle 2 on a hardwood floor, and not only does it not move while pedaling, it's very difficult to move further away when pushing it away with your feet. I imagine at high resistance it may move away, but I can only use it at lower resistances. I figure my calorie burn by heart rate, age, weight, etc, so I don't mess with the online calorie counter. Basically I don't need the monitor at all - my phone can time my rides, and my heart rate monitor tells me when to speed up or slow down. But I still enjoy checking the numbers, so I'm happy that the monitor comes off and lets me put it where I find it most useful. The online calorie calculator is very low compared to what literally every calculator and heart rate monitor I own reports, but it does show some other interesting data. I will continue to log my calories burned at MFP using other means. Not a problem. Regarding a few of the negative reviews, I'm puzzled. The people who got a used return from Amazon, why didn't they exchange it? Amazon is great with returns and exchanges, and it makes no sense to give the product a lower review because someone at Amazon messed up. Some of the people who say this is noisy may have put the pedals on wrong, but I keep wondering why they don't just contact customer service to have the issue fixed rather than feeling done to, keeping a bike they're not happy with and writing a negative review. Nothing is perfect, no matter how much you spend - sometimes parts have issues, but this bike has a warranty and good customer service. I've owned 4 mini bikes from 3D Innovations, and every one was very quiet. If you're like me - rehabbing your knees and ankles, and needing a smaller range of motion - or if you want to use an exercise bike under your desk or while watching TV, in my opinion, the DeskCycle 2 is a great option. If you don't need the pedals to be at their very lowest setting, you can save a few bucks by getting the DeskCycle, but I'm glad I got the version 2. For my needs - and I realize everyone has different needs - the DeskCycle 2 is the best of the many underdesk, folding, recumbent and upright exercise bikes I've owned. It's on the heavy side, but that helps keep it from sliding on the floor. I'm happy I got this, and my knees thank me ;-)

I was hesitant to get this product as I'd had a cheap version of this years ago and it didn't go well. Well let me tell you, they have come a long way since then and this product is amazing! I wish I'd looked this up sooner.It is well worth the $200 price tag. Solid and sturdy quality similar to what you'd find at a gym. It is also easy to assemble. You a total of 6 major pieces to put together. Tool and screws come with it. And it is so quiet, no noise at all. I actually did a client interview while using it (On tension 1) for 30 minutes and it gave me a good workout while at the same time not disrupting my flow. In fact, I find myself organically putting my feet into the pedal straps and pedaling while I'm at my desk. After a while I forget that I'm pedaling and I'm just focused on my work. A word of caution to Diabetics, this thing WILL give you a *true* cardio work out and will lower your blood sugar like crazy. Be sure to keep something sweet nearby, incase you get too low on this thing. This is perfect for the home office or the office at your company. It's portable, but it's a bit heavey, not too heavy to transport it to the living room LaZBoy or couch, but you probably won't be doing that too often. Anyway, check this out: At the time of this writing 30.Nov.2021- Amazon has these deals that let you get this thing for $75. So I went to buy this product a few days ago on and it said that if I signed up for an Amazon credit card (with no annual fee) then Amazon will give me a $100 gift card off this product, making it only $99. Then the seller had an additional coupon that knocked off an additional 24 dollars, so in total I only had to pay $75. Isn't that wild? I can't wait to see how my health looks 6 months from now. I know I'm going to shed some of this weight and baggage and look and feel so much better....gonna look so good like movie star! lol Update 12/8/2022 - I have lost 60 lbs and have been able to get off all but 1 medication since using this cycle daily for at least 45 minutes to an hour AND dieting , i.e. carefully tracking my calorie consumption. This is a really high quality item!

Liked the desk cycle enough that I gave the one I had to my mother for exercise/flexibility while recovering from knee surgery and got a second one for myself so I didn't have to go without. It's quiet, heavy enough not to slide around on the minimalist carpet in my office, and has reasonably difficult settings. My stationary bike at home has 8 difficulty settings and I use setting 8, on the desk cycle I'm using setting 5 (also out of 8) and it's about the same level of difficulty. It's quick and easy to assemble.