NordicTrack G LE Recumbent Bike

If you like recumbent bikes, the NordicTrack G LE is a comfortable bike to ride. I look at ergonomics pretty closely and I think this bike is set up almost perfectly. I am 5’ 11” and weigh 200 lbs. The seat had plenty of adjustment for both my wife and I to place it where we liked and it was really easy to adjust. Flip a lever, move to where you like it and lock it in place. The rollers on the seat were really smooth and did not bump or wobble like other bikes I have tried. The handlebars are mounted on the seat and my hands fell naturally in place. There are thumb controls (buttons) that are easy to grab and manipulate. I’m not sure I really like the cup holders at the rear of the seat. The console is mounted at a good height and I was able to watch tv over the top of it. It also has a really good book shelf and I placed my ipad on it while I rode. The distance from my eyes to the console was about equal to my computer distance. The console is pretty basic (no touch screen here) but fairly easy to manipulate. I uploaded the iFit app and was surprised by the information fed from the bike to my ipad. It was easy to Bluetooth with the app. I need to try out more of the iFit features and it looks like there is a lot of information and training there. The resistance was smooth and easy to pedal at different resistance levels. I thought the lowest resistance was a little harder than I liked for a beginner like me. I got tired pretty fast but with time I have been able to go longer. It felt to me like the pedals were a little wide (when compared to a regular road bike) but that’s probably because of the mechanism in the bike. It took me just under an hour to assemble the bike. I’m pretty meticulous about following the directions and they were detailed and descriptive. They include all the tools you need and they were decent tools, not the minimal crappy ones you usually get. Everything assembled correctly and was tight and secure. That hasn’t been the case with other fitness equipment I have used in the past. Overall, I was impressed with the quality out of the box. I’m looking forward to using it more! This is an incentivized review.