ProForm - SMART Power 10.0 Exercise Bike - Black

So far I’m enjoying my new stationary bike. Assembly definitely takes at least two people and a couple of hours. I really like the iFit app. It has a lot of different courses at different levels. The only cons is that the seat is really uncomfortable and my hands hurt from the handle bars. I just ordered a gel cushion seat cover and cycling gloves from Amazon. I had one injury stepping off the bike. Be careful when you step off! I didn’t move my leg and the pedal spun around and scrapped the top of my foot really bad. So painful because the pedal is medal and not smooth so it’s scrapped kind of deep. I was wearing sneakers but included a pic from the next day after hurting myself. User error for sure but I was exhausted and not thinking. Other than that, I’m glad with my purchase. Almost forgot, the weights are included with this model.

Nice bike. Seat too hard. Have ordered a replacement one. Geek squad assembled it and it had 2 right sided hand weight holders -no left sided one. Assemblers said they would order part and be back to put on. Have not heard from them since. Tried to call local store where I purchased it but after waiting on hold for greater than 30 min X2, I gave up. Hopefully someone reading this will take care of my issue.

This bike seems to be well made and the iFit app is great. However, if you look around on various iFit reddit groups and the iFit Facebook page, you'll find that a lot of riders have the same two problems: 1) The bike does not sync with the trainers as it should. For example, on studio rides if the instructor says they are turning up the resistance, it goes down. If you are riding uphill, the resistance goes down. If you are going downhill, it goes up. It's incredibly frustrating and impacts any enjoyment of riding while "following the trainer." I have had to manually adjust the resistance on every ride. It's not a big deal, but for a bike this expensive, it should work as intended. 2) This bike is hard for beginners. iFit seems to think that EVERY ride, at least the 20 or so I have tried, should have the resistance set above 14. Given that 14 and up is in the top third of resistance, that seems excessive -- especially on warm ups and cool downs. The upper tier of resistance feels like peddling uphill in the mud. If I had it to do over again, I would get a bike without the built in monitor and use my phone for the bike and cast to a tv in the room or I would go for the crazy expensive NordicTrack bike with the incline/decline feature. This bike seems confused by the lack of incline/decline. Proform and iFit customer service seem to know if these issues, but if you contact them will still ask for an excessive amount of information. So, expect to lose days of your life if you try to contact them. I can deal with adjusting the resistance myself and I get a good workout on this bike, but, if I could do it again, I'd buy a different bike.

I'm really trying hard to like this bike but I'm not overly impressed. The touch screen on this bike is terrible. A 5 yr old Amazon tablet has better touch capabilities than this screen. I'm also really disappointed in the sync between this bike and iFit. iFit was obviously designed for Nordictrack and not this bike. It doesn't appear they've made any changes to accommodate this line of bikes. As a result if your doing a ride and it involves uphill or downhill the resistance level is opposite of what it is on this bike. ie an up hill ride has a lower resistance than a down hill ride. This should be super easy to address with software so there's no excuse for this. I'm also disappointed in what they call a beginner rides. I'm a total beginner at spin bikes and they really don't have classes aimed at beginners. I could barely do anything labelled beginner from start to finish. It's been a month and I still can only do one here and there. It would be nice if I could find a series of beginner rides meant for me to help get me where I need to be. If you want an open ride out and select beginner and intensity level of 1 you usually get recovery rides. The resistance of the one I tried tonight started at 12 and went up to 19. I don't consider that a beginner ride. Why have resistance levels of 1 to 22 if all the classes start at 12? I bought this bike because of the fact that the bike adjusts itself. Because iFit is so integrated in this bike and a Proform is like the ugly step child I'm really not sure I can recommend this bike to anyone. I'd suggest you spend the extra money and go with a Nordictrack or buy a different bike.

I don't write reviews, but thought I would on this since I took a gamble on even though many reviews weren't that great. So I thought I would share some feedback as I have been impressed so far. First of all, the Best Buy process was seamless with pickup at a nearby warehouse, that was a first. As to the bike, it's excellent for the price. My expectations were set for a connected bike between $900-1000, not a $2500 bike. As such, I did not expect the Ferrari when I was only willing to buy the Honda. My expectations were exceed. It wasn't difficult to put together and the quality of build was better than expected. My only hesitation was the 10 in screen, as all the higher end bikes are at 20 in plus and I thought that would disappoint. It didn't and I actually wonder if the larger screen would be too much sitting so close on the bike. The 10 in screen works well and is good quality. Several other points in older reviews seemed to have been improved, electrical connectors lock together, the handlebars have grip on them and the seat is a normal bike seat. If you haven't been riding, any seat is an adjustment. The first workout was excellent and the rest of the family has used it as well. iFit seems great so far and I am excited to continue working out on this. If my assessment changes over the next month of use, I will update, but so far this is better than I expected for the price. To be cleat, it doesn't have bluetooth for audio, but I am testing transmitters. It was worth the gamble given the reviews, it was available immediately and its meets what I wanted for the price I was willing to spend.

There is no HDMI port nor is their Bluetooth on mine. I cannot connect to external heart rate monitor.clearly proform lied in their description and manual Otherwise as good as peloton .

Let me start off by saying while the bike is lacking in features, you will not find a bike with a cadence/rpm display and electronic magnetic resistance at this price point. If you are looking for a bike to use with another app and want a simple solution this bike will fit the bill. I weigh 250 lbs and am 6’1” tall and this bike was stable for me despite what I’ve read elsewhere. I wish the handlebar would come up one more notch, but my posture seems to be what most have in spin classes. This bike seems to lacking in basic features, I assume this is to keep the more expensive Nordic-Trak/Tour De France in line with the price point. Biggest missing “feature” is no Bluetooth audio. You must use headphones with a 3.5 jack which isn’t very comfortable while on the bike, let alone when you have iFit workouts where you get off the bike and do floor exercises. There is also no power switch, the manual states to unplug the unit when not in use, I ended up buying a cheap power strip to act as a switch instead of wearing out the plug on the wall or the back of the bike. Also there are no stops on the height adjustments, the first time I went to adjust the handlebars I pulled it clean out of the frame. No damage was done but it was unexpected. There is no ledge to set anything on either, I hope this is just a design choice/oversight and not a way to try to keep you locked into the iFit service. I have two large issues with the bike. First the cords in the back of the display are terrible, they look like S-Video plugs and there are no markings to assist with lining them up which made this step of the assembly the longest. They also do not “click” or secure once plugged in. I found this out when I turned the monitor to do a floor workout and one of them came unplugged powering the unit off. Second as much as iFit touts itself as alternative to Echelon/Peleton, I don’t think it is. When looking into which bike to purchase I wanted to compare the classes that all three offer, but all three keep their actual class structure and offerings obfuscated until you join. If iFit has live streaming classes at any point I have yet to find them, despite them advertising so. I assume they add new rides/classes but again I couldn’t tell you how many are added each month, if any. This is fine for my free 1-yr trial, but it is not worth the same monthly price as the Peleton app which has scheduled live streams and a library that grows daily. One thing that Proform/iFit did do right is there are a handful of workouts built into the bike, which Peleton does not offer from what I understand. The Best Buy guys who did my delivery were on time and courteous, other than the issue with the display noted above assembly was easy.

Quility is great had a little issue with seat carriage but part on its way.My wife loves the programs ,both on and off the bike .Setting up app easy on phone but a little more difficult with bike software.I let a friend try it he ordered his this week,he was concerned about moving bike but easy to move.