Recumbent Exercise Bike Range Guide
Recumbent bikes as so-named because you sit back, in a recumbent angle, like you’re sitting in that nice comfy chair in your lounge room.
Because of its angle, this is a much more comfortable bike than other forms, such as spin bikes (with their tiny road-bike seats!) and upright bikes, where all your weight pushes down on your backside.
They’re also easier to mount. Being lower to the ground, people with limited movement, or injury, are often sent to us to acquire a recumbent exercise bike.
Recumbent bikes also use slightly different muscles than a normal gym bike. Because of your angle, you undertake more of a pushing motion rather than the cycling motion we’re all accustomed to on a bicycle.
If you’re not sure which type of bike is right for you, we would definitely encourage you to watch our YouTube video on the subject. It shows the difference between upright bikes, spin cycles, and recumbent bikes, so you can choose the best one for your home gym and your exercise aims.
There are also a few recumbent bikes which have been paired up with a rowing machine. We call these “rower-recumbents” and the benefit, of course, is that you can undertake 2 forms of exercise for the cost, and the space, of one gym machine.
Whilst recumbent exercise bikes are excellent in Australia, let's take the opportunity to provide our exercise bike buyer's guide again just so you can be sure!
Which Type of Exercise Bike is best for you Compare spin, upright, & recumbent cycles.