Concept2 Forum

Finally purchased the BikeErg several months ago after spending an enormous amount of time researching exercise bikes and wanted to share some thoughts. I discovered that magnetic resistance was being highly touted in exercise bikes and that it was better than friction resistance because of no maint...

... I am trying to determine if the resistance is sufficient.... There may be a slight misunderstanding of how the erg works here? The lever controls air flow and that simply impacts how fast the flywheel slows down. There is no change of resistance at all. If the flywheel slows down quicker/more (...

I also forgot to mention with the damper on 10. I am trying to determine if the resistance is sufficient to stimulate hypertrophy (buid muscle) in the legs.

Thanks. I also wanted to add that I phrased the questions in those terms because I am unfamiliar with things like drag and watts,etc.
I also wanted to know what would fail first in a max effort all-out sprint --legs or wind.

I realize this may be difficult to answer, but if a strong 200lb. man in good condition does an all out max sprint on the BikeErg AROUND how long might he last before having to stop (ballpark) and would the stop be due to muscular failure in the legs or from being winded?

I want to thank everyone for their responses. Some seemed conflicting so through the bike finder I found a gym 30 min. away that had several BikeErgs. I don't know how that reviewer could say that the resistance was rather light even at max. At first I set the damper on 10 to test it and when I peda...

Thanks for the replies. Most of the technical stuff mentioned is over my head. I was all set to buy the BikeErg because my son(who is going half with me) really wants it bad. What made me pause was this statement in a negative review I found: "I'm no great cyclist, but I found even the highest resis...

Hello,I'm looking for some guidance selecting an exercise bike for my home gym. My son wants the Concept2 BikeErg while I was leaning toward the Bowflex C6/Schwinn IC4. I am not a bicyclist. I want the bike for some cardio conditioning and I also like to use a stationary bike to build hypertrophy in...