If you already own a recumbent bike and just want to get the feeling of riding a real bike at home, these 5 spinner bikes are worth picking up:

Fitness Master X Series Momentum Indoor Cycling Bike: a high-performance spinner bike with a 44-pound flywheel that does not take too much space and let you get a real workout at home. It has a holder place for your water bottle too.

Spinner® Sport Spin Bike: an adjustable spinner bike that can handle 250 lbs in weight and make you feel as if you are riding a real bike.

Motus USA M-RACING FUSION Indoor Cycling Bike: a professional spinner bike that has 8 levels of tension control, a computer, and a heart monitor. Not cheap by any means.

ProForm 290 SPX Indoor Cycle Trainer: a quite bike that supports 250 lbs in user weight. It has an adjustable seat too. Includes 5 years warranty on frame.

Sunny Health & Fitness Pro Indoor Cycling Bike: provides you with a lot of bang for your buck. It takes so little space, you should be able to fit it in any home gym. Has an adjustable seat and handlebars too.

How’s been your experience with the above bikes? What model do you own?

If you are looking specifically for recumbent exercise bikes, these 5 bikes are worth a look:

Nautilus R514 Recumbent Exercise Bike: one of the best exercise bikes all around. It has a 20-pound flywheel and 16 resistance levels to give you some flexibility on how hard you want your workout to be.

Diamondback Fitness 500Sr Step-Thru Recumbent Exercise Bike: it’s a super comfortable exercise bike that can make your exercise sessions more fun. Its eddy current brake resistance system gives you the flexibility to push your body as hard as you want. The built-in console tracks your time, pulse, calories, and distance.

LifeSpan Fitness R3 Recumbent Bike: it may have some fancy features not found in cheaper exercise bikes, but it’s a pretty solid bike even without those. It can support up to 350 lbs in user weight too.

Phoenix 99608 Magnetic Recumbent Exercise Bike: if you are not ready to spend $500 on an exercise bike, you can always pick one of these up. It’s still fairly quite and has 8 resistance levels.

Marcy Recumbent Mag Cycle: it’s probably the most affordable exercise bike that you may want to buy. It is pretty comfortable, easy to put together, and portable too.

Recumbent exercise bikes are decent exercise machines, but you will need to add other activities to your workout sessions to burn enough calories to stay on the right track. No home gym would be complete without them though.

Schwinn fitness has some of the best fitness gadgets around. As someone who personally has owned and reviewed many Schwinn fitness products in the past, I can tell you that most of their fitness gadgets are well designed and of high quality. Airdyne bikes are among the best exercise bikes that I have tried. You can always go for a professional grade bike, but those are not designed to be used in a home gym. Airdyne upright bikes let you get a good cardio workout in and lose weight fast.

Schwinn has two Airdyne bike models:

• Schwinn Airdyne Evolution
• Schwinn Airdyne Upright Classic

Both models are designed to let you get the best workout in the shortest period of time possible. These bikes not only let you work your lower body, but they are also great for upper body workouts as well. They are not very cheap, but with the all the features that you get with these bikes, they make a great alternative to elliptical trainers. 

What’s impressive about these bikes is not only the fact that they are well made but also the long term warranty that you get on these devices. So you can go on and challenge yourself and test these bikes to the limit, knowing that you are covered by Schwinn. All in all, if you are looking for a great exercise bike to get fit fast, Airdyne bikes are the best way to go.

Ellipticals, treadmills, and bikes are all great fitness equipments to own, and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. Exercise bikes are low impact fitness gadgets that help you build a stronger heart while improving your legs. If you get a dual action bike, you can get a lower and upper body workout at the same time. While bikes can help you burn calories, most don’t come any close in that department to ellipticals and treadmills. They may be easier on your body, but you can always challenge yourself with air or magnetic resistant bikes. Nevertheless, you can burn more calories with other fitness equipments. Besides, I always prefer taking my bike outside rather than doing the exercise at home.

Ellipticals are much more effective in burning calories, and they are easier on your joints as well. So for people who have aches in those areas, ellipticals could come in very handy. They do give you a total workout, so you get to exercise muscles that matter.  These devices don’t come any close to treadmills when it comes to burning calories but they are still much better than bikes.

Treadmills are the most powerful fitness equipments in this group, when it comes to burning calories in a shorter period of time. Your exercise on a treadmill could be as intense as you want it to be, but you do get to burn lots of calories if you are dedicated. You can walk or run on these, and you can always change the levels to force yourself to push your body to the next level. I still prefer ellipticals’ multi-dimensionality, but treadmills can be very effective when it comes to burning calories. And if you want to push it to the next level, you can always get a tread-climber. Treadclimbers are treadmills on steroids. They help you bring more intensity to your workout and burn even more calories. If you have always wanted to run up the stairs to test your fitness, treadclimbers are a great place to start.

Ultimately, it comes down to your individual taste when it comes to choosing the right exercise machine for your home gym. If you can afford to have all of the above devices, then you probably should. No gym is complete without having all these equipments. But you are going to need a big mansion to store all these fitness equipment. At the end of the day, there is so much cardio exercise you can do in a day. So pick your equipment accordingly to make sure you get the biggest bang from each exercise session.