Schwinn Upright Exercise Bike for Home Gym - Indoor Cycling Bike with LCD Monitor & Adjustable Resistance - Perfect for Cardio Workouts & Weight Loss

Solid stationary bike. Assembling was fairly simple. The only step I had some issues with was near the end, when putting the plastic sheaths on to cover the flywheel, etc. It didn't snap in satisfactorily, no matter how many times I tried to re-angle and re-insert. Finally just accepted it wasn't going to snap-in with any loud clicks and just in a very unconfident whimpery way. Small bit of OCD. Doesn't seem to affect it any. It's on. It's not loose. So...maybe that's just how it's supposed to be. Did I mention minor OCD?The ride is smooth and quiet. There's a slight lag time as you increase/decrease resistance. I'm thinking if that annoys you, you aren't buying a budget stationary bike.Took about a week to ah...acclimate my nether regions to the seat. That's true any time I've done a stint of biking, so not unusual.While there are the typical built-in workouts, the real reason I purchased this was that it had bluetooth connectivity to the Zwift app. Now, the Schwinn 130 (MY20...not to be confused with the 130 made before 2020) can connect to Zwift as a power source. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of far more expensive bikes, but that's fine. In Zwift, you can choose training/workouts, or you can just ride. As a connected power source, Zwift is not going to change your resistance for you or anything, but I find that in training/workouts, where Zwift is telling you what power level to try to maintain, it's fairly intuitive to manually adjust the resistance on the Schwinn to keep your power level around what Zwift is asking you to do. Throw in their routes and all the other thousands of Zwifters cycling around you, and I find this approach to getting my cardio on so, so, so, so much more engaging.Now, there were literally no instructions on how to use it with Zwift, and the Zwift app itself is not helpful at all, and seems to assume you know what you're doing. Asking online tends to be pointless as the Zwift community (well, the vocal ones at least) seems to be filled with diehards (tryhards?) incredibly dismissive of anyone who would use an app like Zwift without a $3k bike. So, I'll just point out that when you open Zwift and have logged in, the app will ask you what you want to connect. Choose power source. Make sure the Schwinn 130 is in pairing mode (hold bluetooth button down for 3 seconds). It will show up as "SCH130/230" in the Zwift app. Once you're connected, and starting a training/workout or just riding, and you've loaded into a map/route, you'll need to press "Start" on the Schwinn 130 once to enter Manual mode, then press "Start" one more time to actually start manual mode. You should start pedaling at this point, and you should also see your power rating in Zwift start to change and your avatar start to cycle. The Schwinn 130 will pause very quickly if it doesn't detect you moving the pedals, so if you're too slow to transition between pressing "Start" and actually pedaling, Zwift will view you as being disconnected. Anyway, after a lot of trial and error, I got this process down smooth enough that I just keep my ipad permanently covering the Schwinn's display and just press "Start" once to turn the bike on, tap through the Zwift app to start a workout, then press "Start" twice in succession and immediately start pedaling.I have tried to use a stationary bike in the past for cardio, but never stuck with it. Like all indoor cardio, just found it too mind numbingly boring. Using this one in conjunction with Zwift has been a game changer. Ultimately still not as nice as actually getting outdoors, but for the first time in my life I've kept to a regular indoor cardio routine. Well worth the money (Zwift requires a monthly sub).