While cycling is an excellent workout and one of the best exercises to improve your mobility, it can be hard to create an exercise routine that you can commit to. For instance, sometimes an outdoor cycling or spin studio session doesn’t fit in with your schedule or work with the weather forecast.

That’s where an indoor exercise bike comes in.

The best indoor cycles can make it easy to burn those calories right from your living room. From tracking your workout intensity to never having to adjust your seat height, there are loads of benefits to adding an exercise bike to your home gym. If you have no idea where to start, we found the best exercise bike for every cyclist, including models from Peloton, BowFlex and more.

We’ve listed three different options here, including exercise bikes with smart features that allow you to participate in live classes or access on-demand workouts, as well as other upright exercise bikes.

Best exercise bike overall: BowFlex Velocore

BowFlex has worked hard to make its Velocore series something anyone can enjoy. The upright exercise bike is surprisingly modular, and its magnetic resistance system allows you to get a whole-body workout without making excessive noise. The big front wheels make it easy to move around, offering a smooth ride, and while you can use the big speakers on the front of the display, it also works great with headphones over Bluetooth.

The truly unique part of this design is the ability to lean into your rides, thanks to a locked hinge offering a core workout while you ride.

What makes this exercise bike stand out is its extremely flexible software. If you want a growing set of classes to give you a clear set of instructions for working out, BowFlex has quite a bit to offer through its subscription service. If that’s not your thing, there are loads of other options, including watching Netflix, Hulu or even Max while you ride. Very few other bikes do this unless you bring your own screen, and BowFlex does it with ease.

Pros

Sturdy design without being loud

Great display and speakers

Versatile software package

Cons

Not enough training courses for full-body workouts

Screen doesn’t turn left or right

Best exercise bike for classes: Peloton Bike

If you’ve been looking to buy an exercise bike, you’ve heard of Peloton. It has a reputation for higher-than-average build quality, a large, crisp display and slick branding. Peloton bikes are frequently compared with Apple products when it comes to look and feel, and it’s not hard to see why. The frame can be easily adjusted to suit a variety of body types, with a frame that’s easier for many kinds of cyclists to use.

The Peloton experience is most known for its classes. It offers a wide variety of highly interactive experiences that allow you to see your performance in real-time compared to others who have taken that same class, and each is recorded in actual Peloton studios with expert instructors. You can even take part in live classes, where you could get a shout-out from an instructor as though you were right there in the room.

Pros

Best-in-class build quality

Immersive classes

Killer display

Cons

Very little to do if you don’t want to take a class

Expensive monthly subscription

Limited full-body options

Best budget exercise bike: BowFlex C6

Don’t let the Peloton folks hear this, but not everyone wants or needs a big screen on your bike with a class instructor shouting at you. For some folks, an inexpensive tablet sitting on a simpler bike playing your favorite show to help get you through an hour of exercise is enough.

If that sounds good to you, the BowFlex C6 may be exactly what you’re looking for. The frame adjusts for all sorts of body types and riding positions, so anyone from novice to century riders can climb on and get a decent workout with minimal effort.

With its simple display to show you your distance traveled and heart rate if you connect the included armband monitor, you can get plenty of information from your workout on this comparatively simple yet effective exercise bike.

A Bluetooth connection to the bike will allow you to use just about any cycling app, but performance-focused cyclists will find the speed and cadence data it pushes to apps like Zwift isn’t as accurate as other bikes.

Pros

Simple, sturdy construction

Works with almost every tablet and phone

Cons

Bluetooth data could be more accurate

Takes up more space than most

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