Schwinn IC4 Indoor Cycling Bike Review

If you are using the upright stationary bike at the gym or your house, it’s not good to use the same exercise bike every day because it can put too much stress on your joints and cause injury over time. The bikes they manufacture are still worth what you pay for. Additionally, Schwinn bikes consist of high-quality materials. So they will last for a long time with reasonable care and maintenance.

Unfortunately, a lot of Schwinn bikes no longer fit serious riders. Schwinn IC4 doesn’t have a video screen, but it has a small LCD that shows your ride time, distance, RPMs, and heart rate, plus a USB charging port. A tablet or smart TV is the way to go to stream your workouts.

 

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Features of this Indoor Cycling Bike

• Connect With A Smart Device

You can connect with various app experiences from your smartphone or tablet. Compatible with iOS and Android

•  Membership

You can enjoy and experience the JRNY features free for one year with your IC4 purchase.

• Adaptive Workouts Coaching

It also supports your long-term fitness goals with having personalized, real-time coached workouts that automatically adjust as your fitness improves

• Explore The World

Enjoy your routine by experiencing some stunning virtual destinations you can explore quickly.

• On-Demand Classes

You can round out your fitness by having world-class trainers who inspire you mentally and physically with whole-body strength, cardio, and more

• Music That Helps You Focus

Stay on pace with an ever-changing lineup of new playlists like hip-hop, country, and more.

• Ease of Setup/Portability

Among the exercise bikes we tested, the Schwinn IC4 was relatively involved and time-consuming to assemble, similar to but slightly more manageable than the screen-equipped models. It took about an hour to get this bike from the box to ready to ride.

• Real-Time Tracking

You can experience unlimited all-in-one tracking for your household that celebrates milestones, achievements, and personal bests

Why Use Schwinn IC4 Indoor Cycling Bike?

The Schwinn IC4 Indoor Cycling bike is a great choice for people looking for a high-quality indoor cycling bike. Let us get to know in detail why to use this cycling bike.

Exercise Quality

The Schwinn IC4 impressed everyone a lot with the excellent exercise quality suitable for all fitness levels. The spin bike is stable and sturdy, with a 40 lb weighted flywheel and 100 micro-adjustable smooth, quiet magnetic resistance levels.

It can be used as a stand-alone spin bike with manual workouts or connected to popular apps like Peloton and Zwift, as well as the included JRNY app membership) for a studio or interactive virtual training experience.

On-Demand Studio Class

The IC4 is built around an impressively stable and beefy steel frame, even under the hardest out-of-the-saddle pedaling efforts. The frame supports a belt-driven 40 lb weighted flywheel with 100 levels of magnetic resistance. With so many resistance levels, you can micro-adjust it to get precisely the challenge you want during your workout, and there is ample range for riders of all fitness levels.

During testing, we rarely turned the resistance above 70, which was challenging for quad-busting intervals. The opposition is controlled by an adjustment knob below the handlebar on the frame, and the rider adjusts it manually whether you’re doing your workout or following along to an on-demand studio class.

Companion App/Connectivity

If manual workouts aren’t exciting enough for you, you can connect your device via Bluetooth and use apps like Peloton, Zwift, and JRNY. These apps all have a monthly fee but are worth the cost to access thousands of live and on-demand studio classes on Peloton or the interactive virtual training world of Zwift.

Comfort

We found the IC4 to be an impressively comfortable exercise bike throughout testing. It has loads of handlebar and seat adjustability to dial in the fit for a vast range of rider heights and preferences, as well as an agreeable performance seat and multi-position handlebar.

Maximum weight limit

The IC4 has a maximum rider weight limit of 330 lbs, although Schwinn doesn’t specify a recommended user height range. The handlebar and the seat are adjustable vertically and horizontally to accommodate a wide range of user heights. The seat post has 8.5 inches of vertical adjustment and 3 inches horizontal adjustability. Likewise, the handlebar has 4 inches of vertical height adjustment and around 3 inches of horizontal adjustment. All this adjustability means that you should be able to dial it in for your needs and comfort.

Our six-foot-tall tester with a 32-inch inseam could fit perfectly on this bike, although he had the seat height in its highest position. Since Schwinn doesn’t provide a height range, we measured the distance from the top of the seat to the pedal in its lowest place to find an approximate inseam range.

LCD Display

The LCD is centered in the handlebar and has a screen that measures 3″ L x 2″ W. The IC4 needs to plug in for the display and Bluetooth connection to work. The dark screen has bright numbers and letters and shows a wealth of information at a glance, including cadence, elapsed time, estimated calories burned, speed, distance, resistance level, and pulse. The display turns on if the padels trigger any push button or the RPM sensor after turning on. The screen automatically displays and records your workout information when the pedals start turning. Your workout automatically pauses if the pedals stop turning for 2 seconds.

Your activity ends, and the display powers off after 5 minutes of inactivity. Five buttons below the screen control all display functions, including Bluetooth, start/enter/reset, and up and down arrows. The Bluetooth button is there to pair with compatible devices and the heart rate sensor, while the others are useful to start a workout or input a time, distance, or calorie goal for a manual movement. The knob below the handlebar on the bike’s mainframe controls the 100 levels of magnetic resistance.

 

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Pros

• The bike is excellent.
• The build of the bike is fantastic.
• The price is justified in contrast with the quality.

Cons

• The three-point bike clips do not work in the clips provided.

Wrap-up

The Schwinn IC4 offers users a quality ride for a budget exercise bike. This sturdy spin bike has a 40 lb weighted flywheel and 100 levels of magnetic resistance, plus it can sync with your device to work with popular apps like Peloton and Zwift (though not perfectly) for the at-home studio and virtual cycling experience. We appreciate this versatility and the high-quality exercise experience it provides.