FitDesk Standing Exercise Bike Desk 3.0, Adjustable Height Indoor Cycling Trainer with Laptop Tray, Portable Stationary Fitness Desk for Home Office, Foldable Exercise Workstation, Supports 300 lbs

I started out looking at under desk pedal exercisers. But I wasn't convinced I'd use it, I wasn't sure I'd have under desk clearance, and I was concerned about noise. Then I found this and I thought, hey, why not. Well, I love it. I strapped my laptop onto the desk and I ride whenever I use the laptop. A couple of hours a day. Set up was easy. A nice touch is that you don't get a bag of bolts and screws. Everything is loosely attached where it is supposed to go, (like, three bolts with locking washers are screwed into the seat; you unscrew them, put the seat in place, and then screw them back in). So, you don't have to fish around for hardware. Everything is solid and heavy duty - holes lined up and everything fit together solidly. Wiring is all done; just plug the monitor in. Resistance control is already fully installed. It took a little over an hour to assemble, and I took my time. Couple of things. I'm pretty duck-footed, so my heels usually hit the crank on exercise bikes. On this the cranks angle out enough that I have good clearance. I can even use the pedal clips instead of putting my feet way out on the outer edges of the pedals. That wrist rest thing? I thought it was a joke, but it's essential. You rest your forearms on it to type or to do anything on the desktop. Without it you'd have to hold your hands and arms up in the air and that would get old quickly. The stretchy resistance thing I could take or leave, but I do fool with it when I just sit and read my Kindle. Seat is fine. I might pick up a cover some time, but it's not essential. I use a mouse for my laptop and there's no room on the desktop for that, so I'm using the touchpad, which is O.K. You could rig up an extension if it really matters. The machine is totally quiet. No sound from the bike at all and no vibration into the floor. The desk top slides forward and back, so you can adjust to get just the right reading distance for your laptop screen. I could go on, but the bottom line is that I'm delighted by this. It's solid; it works; it's good value. (I burned off 125 calories typing this review. Before, I would have done it on the couch. Sweet.) (FitDesk gives away a free bike to a school for every ten Amazon reviews that are posted. So, while I would have done a review anyway, I guess I should just note that non-monetary incentive for reviewers.) December 31, 2015 update. So, after 2,500 miles I started to get a clicking/grinding from the wheel housing that said "bad bearings" to me. I looked through Amazon comments and saw that this was a fairly common complaint about bikes bought around when I bought mine. Most people said the problem was promptly addressed. Not expecting much I went to the FitDesk website, found support, and sent a brief email asking if they'd stand by the bike. Get this. Email sent 12/28 at 3:30pm. Acknowledgment received at 4:10. Offer to replace entire main frame assembly at no cost and request for shipping address received at 5:01. On 12/31 entirely new frame delivered to my door. Twenty minutes later I'm on my new, reengineered, whisper smooth bike. Incredible. I love these guys.

Ok, two things you need to know about this product: 1) Its awesome. 2) Its awesome. I work from home part of the week and I noticed on those days I was moving significantly less than the days I go into the office and run from meeting to meeting. During the summer that was ok because after I logged off I could go for a run along the lake. However, living in the Midwest, winter comes in and ruins that whole idea with its polar chill. Now, in my previous apartment buildings there has always been a gym so I never needed to leave the building in the winter to still get in a workout. As winter approached this year though, I knew I had to figure something out or my “big boy jeans” would soon become my skinny jeans. Options: A) Join a gym. B) Find another solution. Let’s be honest, gym memberships are expensive and often begin to collect dust after a few months (I'm being generous here). No one wants to bundle up, trudge through the cold to the gym, get all sweaty, and then bundle back up to go back out into the arctic winter wonderland. On top of that, I'm not really a weight lifting person so I'd be spending around $90/mo just to use one to two piece of equipment and maybe take a class or two every once in a while. Somehow, that doesn’t seem worth it to me. Once I decided to find another solution, I took to the web and settled on finding something I could do in my home. My requirements were: it had to be relatively inexpensive, have a small footprint, and be something I would want to do over and over again. I considered getting an elliptical but they are far too large and usually on the pricey side. A treadmill seemed to have similar flaws though they do make ones that fold up. But I still wasn’t onboard with any of these options yet. Enter the FitDesk 2.0. As I’ve said, I work from home part of the week so being able to combine work and working out, is amazing from an efficiency perspective. Add to that the small foot print of this machine and the great price of it in relation to other similar ones (such as a treadmill desk) and I was sold. Putting it together was relatively easy considering I did it by myself with two curious cats trying to steal the directions every five minutes. The overall structure is very sturdy. I had one small issue with it out of box which was that the monitor was set to km when I really wanted mi. I emailed the company though and they sent me a replacement monitor set to mi at no charge within a matter of days. I cannot tell you how much that made me like the machine/company more. We’ve all had those situations where you send off an email and months later, if you are lucky, they respond and tell you to send the part in before they do anything about it. This means you are paying for shipping and losing time with the product if the part was crucial. I’ve been riding it a couple of times a week for the last couple of months and love it. I ride while I participate in conference calls, work on documents, watch tv, and even while I play games! The only thing I’m marginally peeved by is the comfort of the seat. However, that may be because I’m on it for two or more hours at a time… Overall, this is a solid product from a good company that does exactly what it says it does. Very happy with it and will definitely keep my eye on this company for future products.

Very good product. I originally purchased this when I was rehabbing a back injury, and walking around the neighborhood was too cumbersome/there was a good chance I'd have to crawl back home. It allowed me to get good exercise in while being able to work on my computer, which was invaluable as I wasn't able to take a lot of time off for my injury. The FitDesk has pretty solid construction, was relatively easy to assemble, and is very quiet, especially on a yoga mat, carpet, or other small surfaces. The desk-mounted fitness tracking device, while nice for measuring distance, doesn't seem to take resistance level into account for its calorie estimation, which makes it feel like a guesstimate. If you have a fitness tracking watch, this is a non-issue. The seat is fine, it's very firm and quite thick, but if you have Hank Hill butt like me, you may want to get some sort of seat support for long rides. The chassis also features a loop that you can thread a resistance band through to get your arms moving while you ride, which is a nice feature. The desk part of the FitDesk is a solid size, I can keep my MacBook Pro 18" and my phone on it at the same time, and it features a nice non-slip texture for stability. The total unit itself also has a pretty small footprint, especially when folded. We moved recently and was able to just throw it in my hatchback with some other things, no problem. It's also quite lightweight, making it very easy to move even from room-to-room. The only real issue I've had with the FitDesk is that the nut that pulls out to allow folding, seems to have gotten stuck over time, and I can no longer pull it out by hand. I'm guessing I'd need pliers, but haven't tried yet. When folded though, it takes up very little horizontal space, and is easy to throw into a closet or similar, which is fantastic for people in small spaces (like I was!). Overall, you get a well-built, durable stationary bike with a small footprint, a great surface to hold your computer/tablet/book/anything that fits, and the reassurance that you're not just sitting still while you go about your day. Considering how much I've used it, the price really can't be beat. Though there are a couple of similar products, they don't seem to have the same portability or feature sets. I'd highly recommend the FitDesk 3.0 to anyone who feels they're a little too sedentary at home, remote workers, people new to exercise who may not have the confidence to go outside and move yet, or really anyone who wants a simple stationary bike with the added bonus of having a place to put your devices. I've gotten a ton of mileage out of it and I think you will too!

There are a lot of great reviews for the FitDesk, so I didn’t want to be redundant adding another one…but it is such a great product, terrific design, and support is so outstanding that I feel compelled to weigh in. I’ve owned the FitDesk 2 for over a year now. Having completed 5 Ironman triathlons in recent years, I’ve put in literally thousands of cycling miles in training…so perhaps a unique perspective on the FitDesk. The reason for this review is a recent outstanding service example. The computer that came with the FitDesk finally packed it in…stopped working. Since it’s over 1 year old, I figured the computer thing was out of warranty so I contacted FitDesk to see what a replacement would cost. Big surprise…they just sent me a new one…free. As it turns out the new one has better buttons than the old one, and works like a charm. So as to the FitDesk itself. I’m 5’ 8”…my wife 5’ 4”, and my son 6’ 2” (yeah the postman is tall, but that's another story), and we all fit with the seat extension installed. I fit it without the extension, but added it to get the seating a bit more upright. The seat position is like a beach cruiser geometry with the pedals forward of the seat which I presume makes it more universally comfortable…as opposed to what I’m used to with road/tri bikes where you are sitting more upright over the pedals. I typically ride it at a setting 6, which I find an easy spinning pace at 90 RPM, easy enough for a conversation and working on my laptop. An hour with the new computer has been displaying around 22-24 MPH, and 500’ish calories burned, which seems about right. There are 2 harder settings, 7 and 8, and I’ll tell you that if you want a workout at higher intensity those will give it to you. No matter the settings, the bike and desk are solid. I have it sitting on a concrete floor with a short pile carpet on top. Solid. I have a 17” laptop that almost consumes the top of the desk, but still leaves just enough room for my phone to lay beside it...and a very handy drawer for other 'stuff'. I find the seat to be very comfortable…I’m more used to a hard, racing saddle, but I can easily ride the FitDesk for 90 minutes without even noticing the seat. My wife rolls along at a more leisurely pace and finds the seat very comfortable while watching a show up to an hour long. Not to be taken lightly, the FitDesk is invisibly quiet. Talking on the phone, watching a show, noise is a total non-factor. The FitDesk is addictive. I originally bought it to tide me over during an injury that kept me off the road bike for a few months. Now over a year later, it’s become part of my weekly workouts…just so darn efficient to be able to multi-task while spinning off the calories and miles. An absolute winner of a design with astonishing service and support.

After building a standing desk to balance out the 8-10 hours I spend working in front of a computer, I found myself wanting to do more than just stand. I considered getting a walking treadmill but price and size were discouraging. I also didn't like the idea of raising my desk too high to compensate for the height of a treadmill. I figured it would take an extra 4" of desk height to make this usable with a treadmill. I also didn't want to give up too much floor space and struggle with moving a large treadmill around the office. One day I was notified of an Amazon Gold box deal and discovered this exercise bike. For the money, I decided to give it a shot. I had actually considered getting a trainer stand for my actual mountain bike to try and use it at my desk. But again the amount of space it would take up, along with the question of whether the handlebars would be in the way, prevented me from trying that route. Assembly was very easy, with many of the bolts already in place, making finding the pieces much easier. It took me about a half hour to put everything together. I started by using the fully assembled bike in front of my desk, using the desktop as a surface for my keyboard and trackpad (a mouse didn't work too well without an additional mouse pad due to the rubberized top). The desktop area is optimized more for holding laptop anyway. With the keyboard and trackpad I found that I was actually able to work while cycling. But since I had to place the bike about a couple of feet in front of the desk, it made using my multi monitor setup challenging. I pedaled about 12 miles that first day though and broke out a respectable sweat. The next day I found that by removing the desktop part of the bike, it allowed me to position the bike underneath my standing desk. I just had to mount the bike's display onto the frame. This way I was able to leave everything on the desk and work just as I would while standing. What's also nice is that when I step off the bike, I can even remain standing just over the seat and work in standing mode. Throughout the day I could easily switch from standing to cycling to mix things up. I pedaled another 12 miles that second day. So far, the bike is working out well for my plan of squeezing in two kinds of work during my computer time. My only quibble at this point is that the seat seems to be cushy but actually isn't comfortable for a full day, which makes it good that I can go from standing to sitting on the seat easily enough. I'll try a gel seat like I use on my real bike to see if it helps. In the meantime I'm adding some additional cushion in the form of a folded towel. Riding the bike is a bit different than a traditional bike. You're not positioned over the pedals but you're also not quite in a recumbant position either. It takes some getting used to but I've found so far that it does place a good amount of emphasis on your leg muscles so that you can get a good workout even when pedaling lightly. The foot straps and back rest help out nicely too for this kind of pedaling. I really like that it folds compactly and is relatively light and easy enough to move completely out of the way if necessary. When folded, it takes up only about a couple of square feet. It's also nice to keep track of time, distance, speed and calories while using the bike. I manually log the data into my smartphone tracker but it would be a nice touch to have a way to automate the collection of this data (hint for FitDesk). Since the pairing of this bike with a standing desk worked out well for me, it will be interesting to see if FitDesk releases a standing desk version of the bike, without the desktop. In all I'm glad I got it and look forward to logging some serious miles as a ride towards better health for my work days. I've been averaging about 10 miles per day in the first week that I've had the bike. Oh and by the way, I wrote this review while pedaling on my FitDesk.

After comparing the FitDesk 2 and 3, I just got the 2, as there did not seem to be any updates that would make the increased price worth it for me. Below, I've broken down my assembly experience, pros, and cons: ASSEMBLY Took an unpleasant 45 minutes to put together by myself. 100% use your own socket wrench (1/2). A 15mm wrench would be helpful, too. I ended up using the provided allen wrench and screwdriver form the kit, because the cheap hardware started to strip my own tools. The instructions were relatively clear, but were missing instructions for some of the pieces. The booklet also advertised an app I could download for installation help, but I'm not about that life. Why an app that I have to download and put on my phone? Some of the materials were not mentioned in the instructions. For example, the FF knobs were nowhere on the manual, but were pretty easy to figure out where they went when I noticed they were leftover and the tray was all wobbly. Wear junky clothes when you assemble it. The provided pedals were oily and streaked on my pants as I put it together. PROS -It is what I wanted. A bike desk I can pedal at while working. I've been doing it 1-3 hours/day. -The flywheel is quiet. The very small amount of noise it makes is rather pleasant and constant. It has become a quiet white noise in the back while I work. - I don't have any issues actively working (writing) while on it, except that I can either write or have back support, but not both. If I'm watching something, then I can lean back for support. - The resistance is decent. The top resistance is similar to what you might encounter while working at about 75% of your max in a spin class. - It is unique and fills a niche. There are not many options for something like this out there and I'm glad it exists. - The desk height is good. Before I got it, I was afraid that the desk was going to be way too low and i would be craning my neck down to see my screen. However, that is not the case. The height is good and I am almost at eye level with the screen. - It is nice that the resistance band is there. I really don't use them very much, but it is nice to have them there if i feel like doing something with my hands. - Price. I thought the price for a 2 was fair. It wasn't great, but pretty good. - I like the cumulative odometer that shows all miles over time. CONS - Uncomfortable. It is not as customizable as I need it to be. I am 5'6" and have 27" arm length and relatively short legs. Even with the seat on the lowest setting (without the extension), back rest on the lowest setting, and the desk as close to me as possible, I can't have both my hands on my laptop keyboard AND my back in contact with the seat support. I can't imagine how this bike would be useful for someone shorter than me and would not recommend it if you are on the shorter side (even though it says you can use it at 4'10"). It makes me wonder if they did any product testing with a bunch of different body types (tall, short, long legs, short legs, etc) or just taller people with longer limbs. I want to be able to move the desk closer and the seat forward more. I also want more control of the tilt of the desk to make it more ergonomically sound. - Seat is particularly uncomfortable. I bike a LOT (road, travel, commuting, and stationary at the gym) and the beach cruiser style with the higher back lurches you forward and puts your weight directly on your butt bones (thus negating the cushioning) or pushes you forward all the way so that your weight is on your inner thighs and crotch. Your butt will go numb in twenty minutes on this seat. I would like to be able to tilt the seat slightly back into a more neutral biking position (and be able to slide the seat forward and back to adjust where the weight sits), but it is bolted in place. - some quality issues with provided hardware, as mentioned above. Screws and bolts are cheap and stripped both the hardware and the tools. I used my own tools for some of the time, as provided wrench is slightly too big for the provided bolts and leads to slipping/swearing. However, I went back to the provided tools when the hardware began to strip my power screwdriver. - I'm not sure why they bothered to put a calorie counter on the computer, as it laughably inaccurate and overestimates calories burned by 30 to 50% (i.e. says 400+ when should be closer to 130) Overall, I use it and I like it, but I am a little worried about the long term effects of using equipment that doesn't quite fit me perfectly and that I can't adjust to make as ergonomic as possible. You have to be very careful about your own posture and the way you are situated on this bike, as the bike is not going to assist you. If it were just a bike, I would return it because of a bad fit, but I'm willing to put it with it for the benefits of being able to bike while I'm working. It is a good start for a great idea, but just needs a little more design work to be truly great.

I bought the FitDesk on a Amazon Deal with the expectation I would try the product and need to return it because the quality was poor, it didn't work as advertised, it didn't fit, etc... As a result, I waited to write the review until I used the product for a few weeks. The good thing... I still have it! I looked over the reviews and noticed one particular issue that concerned me, specifically the "clicking" noise problem some people reported and am happy to say, after 3 weeks (riding it 5 days a week) and 300 miles on it, I have not come across this problem -- the bike is still very quiet to use. I was also concerned with a few people saying it was not stable (it can fall over) -- This is certainly not the case. I am 6'3" at 240 lbs and the bike is solid on the floor -- it doesn't move or wobble at all. It's a well constructed metal frame that is compact to fit in a corner (even folds to be stored) and is completely stable to ride on. I said I was 6'3" tall and the bike fits me just fine -- I was amazed it did as many products seem to be designed to accommodate people in the 5' - 6' range and are limited in their customization. With the FitDesk bike, the seat post can be raised higher for even taller people but the desk portion cannot. As setup, the bike is perfect for me with my computer and the adjustable arm bar works great with the foam pads to rest my arms on while working on my computer. The desk also slides forward and back so I can stretch out my back and change seating positions easily as I ride. I find myself spinning easily during certain online meetings I am attending where I need to speak or am writing emails, and spinning more aggressively when I need to sit and listen. The bike computer is more than adequate, it tells you the time on the bike, your speed, current trip mileage, odometer and calories burned for the session. I like that I can stop, take a break or answer the phone, come back and the bike did not forget my time, distance I traveled and calories burned when I stopped pedaling -- it picks up where I left off and only resets everything when I push the reset button. (the odometer, just like a car, always increases and isn't reset) I know some people want heart monitor functions but if you have a watch (polar, iWatch or other) you likely have a more accurate method of doing it already. I don't know who close the calorie count is, it's likely an approximation and should only be treated as an estimate but makes me feel good. (I have an elliptical in the garage which I feel is overly optimistic on how many calories I burn) The bike has a tension knob with a range between 1 & 8, with 1 - 3 being very similar (easy spinning) and 4 - 8 changing the tension more significantly. A good range of tension and will likely meet everyone's needs. The thing I don't like about the FitDesk bike is the seat. Others have said this and they are right, it looks like it should be comfortable but is not. I bought the Universal Adaptor as an option and put my own seat on it and am a happy camper now. I wonder why FitDesk doesn't just ditch the seat they provide and ship the bike with the Universal Adaptor and include a standard seat in the first place? Anyways, if you're looking at this bike, invest in the adaptor and you can select any seat you want for it. To summarize: Pros * Well made -- stable (won't fall over when you ride it), compact, foldable to be stored and very quiet * Fits tall riders (6 feet +) with a good range of seat adjustment * Really does get used! If you have to sit at a desk, why not spin (even if leisurely) Cons * The seat is horrible -- get the universal adaptor FitDesk sells as an option and pick the seat you want. I use this bike every day I am working, pedaling between 15 - 30 miles a day. It's an easy way to get exercise without stressing about getting enough time before or after work. ** Just did 70 mins & 25 miles too :)

Ohhh where do I even start. This is what happens when American businesses go to lengths, Chinese lengths, to cut costs. Not only do they cut costs but they also greatly sacrifice build quality and overall quality thus leaving us with a product which makes us realize yet again that you get what you pay for. I bought this thing based on the glowing reviews and the fact that it was on a $100 discount. I am really not sure what people were smoking who gave this 5 stars. Any way, I was like OK I lead a sedentary lifestyle working on my laptop all day long aching to get out and workout each day. So nothing better than getting a product that can help me be active while answering emails and being on conference calls. That is where the fairy tell ends. The product is great in concept but TERRIBLE in execution!! The instructions that this thing comes with are downright demented and brainless. I have built a countless amount of Ikea and other furniture dealing with tons of written instructions over many years but this item takes the cake in hands down the worst written instructions known to human kind. I have a feeling that they asked their Chinese counterparts to also put together the manual/instructions booklet. Because clearly if someone had half a turd's worth of braincells inside their skulls, they would never write an instructions booklet so badly. WOW!! I still cannot get over how aggravating the instructions were and how terrible my last three hours were in trying to build this thing which otherwise comes pretty much pre-built. Yes this dang thing comes about 70% assembled but that 30% makes you want to jump off the bridge. Trust me on that. And the instructions are just the start. Then comes the skull crushingly, teeth grindingly infuriating part of their nuts and bolts and the horrible wrench that they provide. So every bolt that requires a nut being tightened on it, the nut happens to somehow freeze half way down. And the areas where these nuts and bolts are to be tightened are in the WORST, most unreachable spots in the assembly. For example,tThe way things are positioned under the saddle or are so insane that getting a nut tightened becomes the most suicidal tendency inducing exercise that you have experienced every before. Picture this, there is this bolt sticking out and you start tightening the nut with your fingers because the piece of sheet wrench they provided won't fit into that space. Yes the dang thing just won't fit. So you try to tighten the nut with your fingers but half way down the thing freezes…HALF WAY DOWN. So your only option is to use this god awful wrench to tighten the thing further. And guess what that does, the wrench is so big for the space that it starts to tear the underside of the saddle because some chimpanzee excuse of an "engineer" in this company did not plan properly as to where would be the best locations or the right sized tools to deal with this monstrosity. Last but definitely not the least, you have CHEAP…..CHEAP build materials!!! OMG I cannot even begin to describe how cheap the laptop holder and the tightening knobs and all those things are. It is disappointing at the very least and downright disgusting to see how the company cut corners with the cheap build materials used for the laptop desk and for the massaging handles. The laptop desk, the handles feel flimsy, cheap and just bad. For the price I paid for this POS I feel short changed with what I got. This is terrible and I just cannot get over it!! The worst part is that I have now somehow not killed myself and got this assembled. I really want to return this AeroFlot dinosaur but I cannot because I would surely kill myself if I had to disassemble the crappy thing using the tools that came with it. At the end of it all if you are someone with ungodly levels of patience who does not get aggravated with bad tools or stupid instructions and who is not bothered by cheap materials and who just wants to have a contraption that can help you get your heart rate up and calories burnt then this is the thing for you. But if you care about simple things such as good build quality and meaningful instructions and the fact that the aggravation you experience while assembling this thing might make you want to shoot yourself, in that case do yourself a favor and DO NOT buy this!!! UPDATE: Having this cheap, cheap contraption taking up space in my home office I also realize that the material used for the laptop table is so nasty that it emanates this chemically rubbery synthetic smell which is downright obnoxious. Ever since I have had this FitDesk close to me for a day, the smell of that table has started to make me sick. It is causing me to have a runny nose and I am coughing every few minutes. I have no idea if these guys did any quality control to check that the material used is not toxic. By the way it is making me feel I do not think these guys did any due diligence in determining that the materials are not toxic. Please keep this in mind too before you make the mistake of ordering this item.

かれこれ半年ぐらい使っているがへたることはない。 机部分にノートパソコンを置いていたが振動で画面がゆれるので そこで作業をするというよりも遠くのテレビなどをみながら 何かぼんやり机で作業する……という用法の方がよいのかもしれない。

Jusqu'a présent c'est un bon produit. Quelque commentaires: Il me semble un peu cavalier de vendre en Europe un produit ou les indications sont données seulement en miles et pas en unités métriques. Le compteur n'est pas d'une fiabilité et d'une régularité exemplaire Il faut bien relever le pied pour passer au delà du cadre de l'appareil quand on monte ou descend

I bought this product a year ago hoping it would encourage me to get more exercise. Over the last 12 months, I've cycled 686 miles, the distance between John O'Groats and London, and have definitely seen an increase in personal fitness. I cycle while working from home, while watching Netflix, and while listening to podcasts. In the past, I used to get discouraged from exercising by the bad weather outside, but this bike has meant that I've been able to continue to exercise even when it's pouring outside. I find the seat really comfortable (unlike the pointy and hard seats of some other exercise bikes) and the desk portion allows me to use a laptop at the same time, which reduces the tedium of cycling. Despite a year's heavy use, it's still going strong. If you're looking for a reasonably priced but reliable exercise bike, look no further.

Rien à dire, pour l'instant on verra à l'usage.

Impossible to assemble and doesn't have enough resistance. I get 100bpm max heart rate on this. Can't even hit zone 2. Buy a normal excercise bike.