The bike Schwinn Airdyne has been made and sold since 1970. But it is still competitive compared to recumbent exercise bike all built today with computerized workout routines, and magnetic disks? There's a reason why Schwinn can still sell this exercise bike?
The Schwinn Air-Dyne bikes introduced the fan strength training. The concept is simple. Ride the bike and the ride is a big fan of The faster you pedal, the faster the speed of the fan and theis difficult to turn. This increases the resistance as you pedal faster.
The handlebar is attached to the pedals, in order to move the handlebars as you pedal. You can "ride" with only the poor or even the legs or arms and legs. So someone can work with only the legs of an injury or just the arms.
When you press the handlebars and pedals, you really get a total body workout. The handlebars to work the whole upper body a vigorous workout. They not onlywork your arms, this thing works your arms, your shoulders, your back, really your entire upper body. Your lower body is worked on by the foot pedals. So it's a great machine for a muscle workout plus a heart and lungs routine too.
This machine is built like a tank! Every part of the Schwinn Airdyne is nearly indestructible. Every piece is heavy duty. That's why you can find a used one if you look for awhile. You literally cannot wear the thing out. You may get tired of it, but you won't wear it out. Of course you'll need batteries in the electronics and you might wear out a pedal or some minor piece, but this thing is made to last. Even the seat is super heavy weight and durable.
Mine was purchased used and now has 7,000 plus miles on it and except for a little rust from dripping perspiration and one worn pedal, it rides like new. Schwinn doesn't sell two of these to very many people. You can't wear it out.
What are the downsides? The bike is hard to move since it is so heavy. It does have wheels for rolling it around, but it's still hard to move. Secondly, it's noisy. The fan stirs up a lot of air and is loud, too noisy to listen to anything much while you pedal. That's about it on the downside.
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