Diamondback Fitness 910SR Seat Recumbent with Electronic Display and Quiet Magnetic Flywheel

I ordered the 910sr because of its cost on amazon ($623 vs $899 everywhere else I searched on internet) and features. I spent about 2 weeks over the period of one year looking at various recumbent bikes. Based on the specifications provided for this bike it seemed much better built than the Schwinn and Nautilus bikes I first came across. I admit that I didn't go to fitness stores because I just didn't have the time. I did not look at or get a feel for how well different recumbent bikes designed for home use performed. However, I have been using recumbent bikes at the gym and pretty much knew the configuration that I wanted. This bike was a perfect fit. I am not a thin person nor am I short so it was important that this bike had a weight rating that would work for me. This fit the bill perfectly.I am very surprised that this bike only has two reviews on amazon. The reviews are pretty good so the lack of reviews did not deter me from buying this bike. However, some of the reviews I read about the bikes at lower price points did give me pause and I eliminated them fairly quickly in the process.I am female and overweight but I have pretty good upper body strength so putting this bike together was not as difficult as I thought it would be. The bike is pretty heavy but the manufacturer ships a lot of the bike pre-assembled. However, that which does require assembly is not too difficult to put together. It's just awkward because you need to shift the bike into awkward positions to get the stabilizer bars (feet) onto the machine. Since I put this together on my own, I ended up using the Styrofoam the bike was shipped with to prop the bike on to get the stabilizer bars attached.The one thing that was a little frustrating is that the instructions are very detailed but the drawings are fairly small and are not as detailed as needed. I couldn't determine the front stabilizer from the rear stabilizer so I attached the rear to the front first and didn't realize my mistake until I tried to attach the front stabilizer to the rear.The only other issue I had was in trying to attach the rear handlebar assembly. Unfortunately the holes for the Allen bolts on the seat back mast were just slightly too small for me to get enough leverage to get the bolts in place once the mast was in place as indicated in the manual. To get around this I removed the mast and installed the rear handlebar horizontally so that I could apply pressure to get the bolt/nut assembly in place. This worked much better and assembly of the mast with the rear handlebar in place was just as easy.By the way the zippered bag that the instructions come in is nifty for storing the tools that come with the bike. The bag now hangs on the rear handlebar and can be easily accessed should I need them to tighten anything. By the way this bag was pretty hard to find in the box. I thought the instructions would be the first thing you see when you open the box. Since I didn't see any, I went to the Diamondback website and printed a set of instructions.All in all it took about 2 hours to put the bike together.The bike is not small but its profile is fairly narrow so it fits into my downstairs family room just fine with my treadmill as well as a sofa and a large desk. The room is about 22x30 so I still have lots of floor space in the center of the room to do hand weights and the occasional video.I am just under 5'9" so it was important for me to have a bike that was comfortable for my legs. My legs are fairly long and many of the upright bikes I've tried in the past were uncomfortable because the spacing between the pedal and the seat was just odd. Plus I have knee injuries that are easily aggravated. The recumbent style bike is more comfortable. I also like that this is a step-through bike rather than one I have to step over to use. If you are clumsy like me this is a really big deal.When I first looked at this bike I thought the seat would be too small as it has a fairly shallow profile. However, it pretty wide and since your legs are in constant motion the shallowness of the seat is not an option.The seat adjustment is very smooth. It uses a sliding mechanism rather than a pin and lock one. I much prefer the sliding adjustment mechanism.I'd looked at the 510Sr but ruled it out because of the seatback, maximum weight allowance and a few other features on the console. The price point was good but for just $200 more I could get this model. Considering this bike will be used on a daily basis during either TV time or as a definite workout in the morning, I wanted the bells and whistles. Also the seat back on the 910sr is mesh which I think will be much cooler than the solid back on the 510sr.I rode the bike for the first time this morning for 30 minutes with no program set and it took me a bit of time to get the seat in the right position. However, after getting to the correct position the ride was smooth and quiet. Let me repeat that again, very smooth and very quiet. I spent the bike ride listening to morning news.The fan works OK. If I am really working up a sweat I think my floor fan will be a much better bet. It is difficult to figure out fan setting. I think because the seat back is mesh, I did not get as uncomfortable as I normally do when using a bike.The seatback is more comfortable than other seatbacks I've encountered on bikes; lumbar support is good.The pedals are comfortable with a lot of space under the toe straps if you have shoes with thick soles or just have big feet.I am in the process of learning how to use the programs and doing the fit test. However, the control panel looks very intuitive.I like that I can play MP3 player through the speakers of the console. Since I will be using this as I watch television, I am not sure if this something I will be using very often.I would definitely recommend this bike. The bike is very well made, very sturdy, and functions well.

Short summary: the quality of the materials is good and the bike does feel solid, now that I can properly sit on the seat because it actually stays where I want it (a short story on that later). Also, the packaging was good. The 30-minute timer on the exercise programs and the lack of programmable options feel a bit limited.There were some shipping issues - the first carrier, Roadrunner, lost the bike at one of their shipping bays for nearly a month. Amazon sent me a replacement via another carrier. I am not deducting any stars for this, because it was carrier issue and not a manufacturer issue. However, there were definitely some manufacturing defects, which were not noticed until after I had unpacked this behemoth.I waited almost seven months before writing this review, because that is how long it took me to stop procrastinating on attempting to fix the various manufacturing defects. However, I wasn't the only one who procrastinated on attempting to fix this bike; after I engaged the manufacturer over the phone, it took about two weeks for them to actually ship the replacement parts to me. (Incidentally, the manufacturer is Diamondback Fitness, not to be confused with Diamondback Bicycles, which is a completely separate company. Diamondback Fitness seems to owned by the same company that owns LifeCORE Fitness, which makes the exercise equipment sold at Sears.)Four things were wrong with the recumbent bike and its attendant paraphernalia. For starters, the parts listed in the assembly instructions did not perfectly match the parts actually provided. However, with minimal thought, it became clear how the parts provided should actually be used and that the assembly instructions are likely out of date. Another minor problem was runs in the decals on the side of the bike; these are mostly unnoticeable though and I chose to leave them as is.After I had assembled the bike and had been using it for a couple of days, I noticed that the seat would not stay locked in position. I tightened various nuts and bolts on the seat slider assembly, but to no avail. I performed this process several times before I noticed that one of the bumpers on the slider was missing. The bumpers are used to prevent the seat from sliding too far and damaging the ends of the slider assembly. I thought that maybe the missing bumper was causing a misalignment in the assembly. I called Diamondback Fitness and they agreed to send me a new bumper. I also got advice about how a bent fork in the clutch box could cause the problem that I described. The representative claimed that I could take off the clutch box with the provided assembly tools. (This claim turned out to be false - I had to find an appropriate Allen wrench in another collection of them.) When I received my replacement "part" from the manufacturer, it turned out to be a replacement for the entire seat slider assembly, sans clutch box. Rather than replace the entire assembly, I tried to attach the missing bumper. That is when I discovered that the existing assembly is so badly misaligned that the screw holes don't line up enough to even insert the bumper screw. I could probably fix this by drilling out the outer screw hole some, but it is not worth the hassle.After living with the slipping seat track for another few months and having attempted to add the missing bumper, I became irritated enough to tackle the clutch box. That is when I discovered the most serious manufacturing defect. The clutch box is attached to the slider assembly by four bolts - only one of those bolts had a washer between the clutch box and the side of the slider. This caused the entire clutch box to be inserted on a slightly crooked angle. After digging up the appropriate hex key (not included with the assembly tools), I was able to remove the clutch box. Initially, I tried adding washers to three bolts which were missing them. However, this made the problem worse, because it caused the clutch forks to not catch in the teeth of the slider rail anymore. So, I then tried without any washers between the clutch box and the slider assembly and this fixed the problem by allowing the clutch fork to fully insert between the slider teeth. Apparently, someone in China thought it was okay to not add one of the bumpers in one place and then add an extra, unnecessary washer in another place. Shoddy manufacturing....

Très heureux de mon achat. Beaucoup de choix programmés pour les work-out, appareil super silencieux. Le seul bémol est sur le confort du banc. Facile à assembler.

Parfait, très bonne qualité

the bike works awesome delivery was on time.only complaint is that I did not get the water bottle that was supposed to be incl.