Needs a yoga strap or other canvas strap to work
I couldn't use this for actual exercise until I figured to wrap a 6 foot yoga strap under and around the back legs and then through a chair's legs. The nonskid feet are useless and you just end up pushing the pedaler away from you if you don't attach it.<br /><br />My display stopped timing after the first day, and the difficulty gauge doesn't seem to do anything.<br /><br />So why did I keep it instead of returning it? Because with my attach-it-to-the-chair-you're-sitting-in trick, and pedaling fast, I got my heart rate up to about 135 beats a minute for half an hour - that's in my target heart zone. We have a small house, it's tough for me to leave my very high-maintenance family for long enough to go to a gym, and the weather in Chicago often prevents me from regular bike rides. At least I get a legitimate aerobic half-hour in with this thing.
Rating: 2 stars