{"id":809,"date":"2019-04-26T21:15:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/?p=809"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:28:10","slug":"product-review-flexispot-desk-exercise-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/product-review-flexispot-desk-exercise-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: Flexispot Desk Exercise Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77EqdOHr5I4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I first saw this desk bike at CES 2019 and I had to have it.&nbsp; I\u2019d previously had a spin bike that I stopped riding because I told myself I was too busy to set aside an hour to work out.&nbsp; The desk bike would remove that excuse because a significant portion of my work involves me sitting at a computer screen, which I could easily do while riding the Flexispot desk bike.<\/p>\n<p>Setup of the bike was basically nonexistent, it came in 2 pieces that slid onto one another, fold out the legs and you\u2019re all done.&nbsp; The build quality is great and the materials are high quality with the exception of the calorie counter and timer, which is basically the exact same unit that has been included on every exercise bike since 1990.<\/p>\n<p>The bike has 3 different adjustment mechanisms:&nbsp; The seat and desk have over a foot of travel from their highest to lowest point, and the desk can slider forwards and backwards to get into the most comfortable position.&nbsp; The pedals come with an optional silicon cover so you can use them with bare feet (which I prefer to do)<\/p>\n<p>In practice the bike is almost exactly what you would expect:&nbsp; You\u2019re not going to be able to work as hard on this bike as you could on a dedicated spin bike.&nbsp; You probably won\u2019t be getting up out of the saddle, and it isn\u2019t going to turn you into Ariana Grande, but you do get your heart rate up and you will sweat (if you are trying to).<\/p>\n<p>Using the resistance dial I was able to get to a happy medium between feeling like I wasn\u2019t working out at all and working so hard I couldn\u2019t concentrate.&nbsp; &nbsp;I found that I was able to push my heartrate up to about 130 beats per minute (the equivalent of a light jog) while still getting work done.&nbsp; The arm rest on the desk does get slick if it gets sweat on it, but that\u2019s actually good because it means the sweat isn\u2019t soaking into it and can be easily wiped away.<\/p>\n<p>My only complaint about the bike is that the crank arms are a bit too short making it feel a bit like I was riding a children\u2019s bike.&nbsp; I think it actually may have been a conscious design choice because it makes leg movements less violent and allows your upper body to remain more still too do work, but coming from a spin bike and a background in cycling it felt a bit off to me.<\/p>\n<h4>Pros:<\/h4>\n<p>-If you\u2019re super busy like me this allows you to do two things at once: work and work out.<br \/>\n-Adjustability is phenomenal and I feel confident that anyone would be able to find a comfortable riding position on this bike.<br \/>\n-Materials are thoughtful and high quality<br \/>\n-Work out intensity can be easily adjusted with the resistance dial<\/p>\n<h4>Cons:<\/h4>\n<p>-Crank arms are shorter than my old bike which took some getting used to.<br \/>\n-For a product at CES the technology in the bike computer is shamefully outdated, but you aren\u2019t buying this bike to look at the timer.<\/p>\n<h2>Verdict:<\/h2>\n<p>The bike is great at what it is intended for: Light exercise while working.&nbsp; However, my experience is that if you came up with excuses in the past to not exercise on your old equipment, you will come up with excuses not to use this one.&nbsp; While the exercise bike has increased the amount that I was exercising infinitely (going from zero days a week to 2 is an infinite increase) I still find myself coming up with reasons not to work out.&nbsp; Next step: electronic motivation machine!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Buy the Flexispot Desk Bike (Amazon):<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VrPpCW\">&nbsp;https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VrPpCW<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first saw this desk bike at CES 2019 and I had to have it.&nbsp; I\u2019d previously had a spin bike that I stopped riding because I told myself I was too busy to set aside an hour to work out.&nbsp; The desk bike would remove that excuse because a significant portion of my work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title","gutenberg_elementor_mode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2322,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/2322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesmarthomehookup.com\/test_install\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}