VA 530 Exercise Bike

Overall I am very satisfied with this purchase. It looks good, to my eyes, is whisper quiet in operation and has a rock solid build quality. Also, the comfort levels are way beyond those of a regular exercise bike, important when you have a slipped disc, so an hour long workout leaves you exhausted but not crippled. That mesh seat back is supportive and cool when things get hot and sweaty. Brilliant! This is all rounded off with a few nice touches such as the heart rate monitor, the iPod holster, a forward grab handle for the less steady, a solid handle at the rear to help to lift and wheel the unit away when not in use (mine is left out on display) and an easy to use manual which is written in proper English. So now to the display. It is so simple to use that even my technophobe mother can use it. The graphics are quite funky and they do push an exercise is fun message, even if some of the programmes are anything but. Combined with its jog/shuttle type dial the display is actually a real pleasure to use. It is due to the display, however, that I raise a few gripes. There are two omissions on what, to this point, is the bikes best feature. Firstly the lack of a backlight. Those graphics do tend to be a bit detailed in places to show up properly without extra help. This is ok once you know the layout and all of the readings are large and clear. Secondly, there is no readout or scale given for the selected tension setting. If you like to alter thing yourself, such as setting your own intervals, you lack a clear guide as to what is going on without counting the steps the bar graph moves. That rainbow scale at the side is too far away to be of any use as well. Repeatability, while not impossible, is a somewhat tricky affair. For the majority of users this would not be a concern; just for the odd few control freaks (yep that's me). Those final two points are suggestions for future improvements and for myself have not proved to be deal breakers. My back loves this piece of equipment so I have given it 4 stars, although 4.5 would be closer to the mark. .

En panne après 2 ans, hors garantie bien sur.

Mon compagnon et moi même l'utilisons régulièrement. Mes problèmes de santés m'ayant pousse à choisir ce modèle je le conseil vivement. Cependant ... cela fait 1 an qu'il est utilisé et petit bémol l'élastique de la ceinture commence à lâcher et je ne trouve pas d'endroit où le racheter. Ceci ne m'empêche pas de le recommander