Nordictrack Commercial Studio Cycle

Update 7 Aug 2024: NordicTrack recently released a beta version of the iFIT software powering their studio machines. It’s a phenomenal improvement and my S22i is performing better than it ever had out of the box before. Additionally, after long-term regular use, I’ve now not had the bottom bracket snapping noises in a few months. I believe this is because the lubricant I’ve applied has made its way around the pivot sufficiently. After the iFIT update, saddle upgrade, and stable maintenance, I’m now fully satisfied with the machine. 100% recommend. — Original Review — I've had the S22i for almost a year now. While I'm still satisfied with it, and probably happier than I would've been with a similarly-priced Peloton, I have some mostly-minor complaints. The good: - Engaging, scenic, trainer-led rides, with destinations around the world. If you really like a destination ride but outgrow its challenge, you can scale the resistance up as needed to keep it beneficial. - Operation is mostly quiet. Even changing incline is pretty quiet considering the motor involved. - Bike fit is pretty adjustable, so most adults can use it. Adjustments can be done easily, so your partner can use it too. - This model year had a screen-wide fan below the display. It's absolutely fantastic. - The 22" display size is right in the sweet spot for most rooms. It's immersive and won't demand much more horizontal space than the bike itself. The bad: - Most features are subscription-locked. The subscriptions are murky at best - individual subscriptions often aren't available on iFit's site, so I've got mine through Amazon. - The bike requires much more maintenance than usual. The bottom bracket on my bike doesn't seem to have been lubed well, so every week or so I need to spray it with silicone spray or it will start clacking during incline changes. - It's heavy. I was (barely) able to lift it up a flight of stairs in my house alone, but many people won't be able to. - Stock saddle sucks bad. Any $20 saddle you find on Amazon which roughly fits your sitbone will be far superior. - Responsiveness of the Android system is bad. Menus frequently freeze for seconds at a time, entering a ride takes a while, and videos are often getting stuck for a couple seconds. These aren't connectivity issues, just a woefully underpowered tablet. This is very common with "smart" equipment, sadly. - The packaging is horrific. While breaking down the box, I had to dispose of four 39-gallon bags of styrofoam. Be better, NordicTrack... I'll also note, but I'm not putting it under the "bad" section since NordicTrack made it right, that the bike was missing parts when it arrived. There were two voids in the styrofoam blocks that should've been filled with pedals. A fairly quick couple of emails with customer service eventually got pedals shipped to me. In the meantime, since they're standard pedals, I just stole some from a bike in my garage. I would suggest the S22i while it's on sale. Especially while you can get individual plans, it's a far better ongoing deal than a Peloton. Compared to the Peloton, the S22i offers incline and focuses on scenic, hilly rides more than on studio rides. However, the S22i doesn't have the competitive engagement of a Peloton. If you're not interested in the competitive/social nature of the Peloton, the S22i is a better deal.

So I’ve been cycling since I was in middle school. Been spinning the cranks for over 40 years. Had a couple friends in the last 6 years killed by texters or drunk drivers. I desperately needed to find a way to stay in shape, do something I enjoy, and not get hit by a motorist. I researched all the big companies and tried several in person. The most important aspect to me that made the Nordictrack stand miles ahead of their competitors was the auto-adjustment, caliber of the trainers, and the feeling like I’m actually on the street riding and tackling the terrain. I hate spin classes and I didn’t want a spin bike. Im all about the journey from point A to point B and if I happen to get some good exercise as well, then great. I didn’t want something that was going to be boring or just about cardio or spinning the cranks. I wanted something that would keep me coming back again and again. Well the S22i is exactly what I wanted/needed. It is fun, works flawlessly with adjusting the resistance and incline, and has a huge library of different rides. I can choose to ride some of the Tour De France roads, travel through the streets of Vietnam or Japan, or tackle the mountain trails of Utah. All from the convenience of my house. The unit is extremely quiet and has all sorts of ways to adjust your ride to make it perfect. My wife works from home so the ability to pair it with a Bluetooth device was incredibly important. I put my own cranks on it from my Trek as well as my saddle and it feels just like my road bike. The integrated fan also really helps when breaking a good sweat and feels like a good downhill breeze in the face. My wife, who’s NOT a cyclist loves the fact that she can still use some of the trainers and do Yoga or a huge variety of other workouts that don’t require the bike. She simply turns the screen to the side so she can see all the action. She gets all the motivation and activity she needs. I’m so glad I bought this from Amazon. It was super easy to assemble, the price was perfect, and it is better than the bikes my friends have from Peloton or Bowflex. They are actually jealous of my bike. If you are looking for a good and safe replacement for city riding, then look no further cause the S22i is for you.

Edit: Before buying this, please Google "Nordictrack class action lawsuit" or "ifit class action lawsuit" (ifit is nordictrack's parent company) . This bike has been busted for months now due to an update they pushed out, and getting it fixed has been a painful and expensive experience. Assembly was challenging. The parts did not fit smoothly together (you don’t want to force these things together- they should fit snug but smooth) Application UI is atrocious. Think “bad Android app” and you’re mostly there. Doing basic things like looking for workouts, leaving a workout are all completely non-intuitive or just plain unavailable. Using the app is just a headache. Streaming quality is an absolute farce- blocky, laggy, you name it. I get 500+ Mbps at the bike’s location yet it looks scrambled, like streaming circa 1998. That tells me the problem is NordicTrac. Bike pedal broke in less than a week. They shipped me a replacement in two weeks, free of charge, which was nice, I suppose. As a bike it’s a decent device, when it works. Unfortunately the bike is tethered to a mediocre platform that you can’t get away from. Wouldn’t buy again. I’d try the Peloton and if it was as bad as this, I’d just do the Schwinn + iPad thing and spend the extra money on something useful.

There are older reviews on here that describe the older model bike, do your own research on YouTube to gain a better perspective. This is the newer model. I’m not a pro, I’m not being paid for this review. I’m 6’3” 270lbs (of pure muscle of course 😂) and this bike holds me very well. My knees don’t come close to the handle bars at all. The motors make a negligible amount of noise, truly silent. The screen is great. Touch response is slightly slow, but I didn’t expect it to react like an iPad. It works very well. Having great internet speeds help. The classes are fun and have levels from novice to expert. Also offer class series which are fun. The automatic incline/decline and resistance is perfect. If I want to go manual I can. Great perk. Sure these can fail, but for the price, if I have to replace the motors beyond the warranty, I feel like I’ve invested wisely considering I’m getting healthy in a fun way. Assembly is easy if you are used to assembling toys for kids and have moderate strength. This is a heavy bike, so may take two of you, but the difficulty really lies in the weight. I assembled myself in an hour. Given the price ($899 on Black Friday), quality, classes and warranty, it was a no brained to pick this up over Pelaton. Even at full price, do your research and factor in full cost to own a pelaton before making your choice (shoes, subscription etc)

We bought this model because we own a nordictrac treadmill which is brilliant. From how the treadmill works we knew we’d like the bike adjust incline and resistance on its own during the exercise, and that sold us on this brand and model over similar brands with out these features, and other brand such require membership to use it.. As well as knowing like with our treadmill we can use it on manual mode which some of Nordic track competitors cannot do. Bike is good and we’d buy it again. Feels stable as we are using it and the noise level is good, audio from the music and ifit coach are louder than the machine working. Set up was easy enough but this is a heavy bike. You can move it, however where you set the room where it is going to stay. The controls on the Handel bars are easy to use, the fan controls are easy to reach. The large display is ideal and easy to navigate to get where you want. We bought the larger seat online, it’s more comfortable then the original seat but it is something we are getting used to as not being bike riders. We got this bike for low impact workouts for our knees and this is definitely been a great benefit to us. The bad. We have one of the pedals which clicks during use. A bearing or something is bad. We are just going to buy a new pedal set when we find one. The support system for nordictrac is so backwards. We literally couldn’t register the device, they didn’t include the warranty card for registration. You take a picture of the photo icon that came on adhered to the display, they text you back taking you to a link with a blank forum to fill in the data. What is the point of taking a photo of that image if none of the pertinent data to register machine is there? I do not know the model number and I’m not going to crawl around the machine to locate the serial, although it is a smart device so maybe it’s loaded somewhere in the menu, if it is there’s no instructions on how to access it. Our treadmill bought a few years back was easy to register and we bought the extended warranty through nordictrac. We will not get the opportunity to do so with this bike, the company put to many obstacles in the way of registering this. No doubt someone getting is a raise at a local board meeting for cutting down the warranty costs. Maybe they should think about all the warranty money they lost. We would’ve paid them for the piece of mind, and I doubt we would have needed it, as our treadmill never had any issues. Moving on to IFit, we never had the membership for the treadmill but we’re going to buy it for the bike because we could use it on both. Honestly the fitness trainers and programs are good and thought out. The trouble is our machine, the newest 2022 model came with 12 month membership in ifit. As of December 25th ifit refuses to recognize this promotion. It was on the box the bike came in and part of the paperwork included with the bike. We contacted them twice for support only to be contacted once then ignored. This is something they should make right. Like the warranty we would have paid in advance for years of membership to ifit for the piece of mind knowing we could keep it as part of our exercise routine. Again there probably some board member congratulating themselves for making the company money by refusing to honor the 12 month membership their exercise machines came with. We feel this is bait and switch so will continue to use the bike on manual. Honestly this bike is a really good product , a upgrade from the profit mode. But the let down is the company decided to cut cost in consumer relations. We would buy this bike again.

I ride everyday usually 10-20miles but it’s getting cold and not great roads around here, no shoulders no sidewalks and crazy drivers. So this is my fill in when I can’t get out. I have a iFIT treadmill so made sense to stick with them. Got it together pretty easily i unboxed it outside put the wheels on and just pushed it in. Ifit programs are pretty cool, it’s definitely a challenge but I think a good trainer for real riding. You don’t really get the downhills being indoor which is generally where I stand up and relax a bit so essentially your basically riding the whole time uphill and flat uphill cause there’s always resistance. Im digging it though just trying to figure out my geometric comfort but you go through that on any bike. Soon as you pass that 45 minute mark little things effect your comfort. Nothing beats a real ride outside but nice alternative I’ve worked into my regimen. I haven’t had any issues, ifit is a bit weird to search if you aren’t used to it. I’d recommend getting the app on your phone and favoriting ones you want then it’s speeds up the clicking around when you go to workout, I do the same with the treadmill. I use a Bluetooth heart rate tracker connects the same as the treadmill no issues. Just watch the cables in the handlebars it’s not a ideal set up in there. Smart adjust is nice gotta play around with the settings find your comfort zone. I’ve tried peloton this is on par maybe comes down to which exercise programs you like better but neither program is cheap if you have ifit already this is a no brainer. I’d recommend you find a place in person that has them or a friend and try it out before you buy. And get a seat, no bike comes with a great one anyway so I ordered one when I ordered this. I didn’t measure it but looks universal to me, take the bolt out and hammer out the post equipment in the middle. Good luck and enjoy!

I purchased a Nordic Track S22i Studio Cycle using Amazon.com and received the product on March 5, 2021 and assembled it without any trouble. One word of caution is to carefully follow the assembly instructions as I believe some of the problems encountered by others was improper assembly. It is very easy to cross thread the bolts which then can't be totally tightened. We (two of us) started using the Cycle on March 7 and have been spinning just about every other day until today, August 30, 2021. No hardware problems have been encountered to date except for an decline error of 2 degrees on startup which is no big thing. Software have been updated as required without problems with the exception of a few training session restarts which were successfully competed. The cycle is complemented by a exceptional iFit broad spectrum training program across all Nordic Pro products. It is top notch and offers any array of training from individual live and group sessions to self created sessions. iFit has some great motivational trainers with sessions all over the globe. We are very pleased with our purchase and would highly recommend it to others. I did in-depth research into other products like Peloton and and Nordic Track/iFit has it hands down.

First off, when I was able to actually RIDE this bike, the experience was great. The trainers made it interesting, the scenery was great, and the workouts challenging. But that's where the positives end. Here are the problems that caused me to return this bike: * Membership: Neither NordicTrack nor iFit make it easy to understand for someone new to indoor cycling/spinning that in order to use iFit on this bike, you MUST buy the $39/month iFit Pro membership. There is a deceptively reasonable iFit Train membership for $15/month that works with some equipment, but not machines with built-in screens. Such a subtle difference that most people won't realize this means you're out of luck with this machine. * Display: This display, although large, is PAINFULLY slow. Every tap takes forever to respond and load. While using the built-in workouts (very few, by the way), it would take several minutes just to navigate to one of the free workouts and start riding. * Connectivity problems: Every single day, after going through the frustrating process to actually start one of the workouts, when I hit "Start", I would be presented with an error that it couldn't connect to the actual equipment and told me to power-cycle the machine. I would do this, wait many minutes for it to power up again, then start the whole workout selection process again before I could actually ride it. I REALLY wanted to like this bike. But I paid a lot of money to get features that I now have to pay an additional $400/year to use, and even then, it's painful every time I get on it and want to start a workout. For much less money, I can toss my own ipad on a cheaper machine and get everything except the incline/decline feature, and pay 1/3 per month. What a rip off.

Picked up on warehouse deals - acceptable rating. Missing a bit of hardware (screws) and weights (not relevant for me) and one bit of plastic trim broken (not an issue) but otherwise mint. Purchased for less than a 3rd of the price or just a 3rd of the price after taxes. A steal. Bearing that in mind, do I think this is worth a 3rd of the price or the full price. Yes in both cases. I have a sister company spin bike I picked up which has similar elevation functionality for a similar price and will retain both. The ifit is worthwhile, fully immersive and a lot of fun to distract you from thinking you are home. I'm not a studio cycle guy but prefer the outside rides. The picture quality is amazing and the fully interactive aspects of the rides are a lot of fun. Overall, a great warehouse deal and a great bike even at full price.

Just got it from amazon the price was good around $1636 with Tax and Delivery So far it is good very solid made and after five rides not any problems would definitely recommend it you can get it for a good price. Should make winter riding a lot more fun

Très impressionné par la qualité de fabrication, douceur de roulement et que dire des programmes qui font en sorte que le vélo s’ajuste en résistance et en inclinaison de façon automatisé. WOW très motivant un incontournable à avoir dans sa salle de gym. Je recommande à tous un sans faute! De plus surprise !!! Abonnement IFIT 1 an gratuit !! Le meilleur achat effectué jusqu’à maintenant!!

Have had this for about a week now , it was fairly easy to assemble, skip the manual and download the 3G assembly instructions, those were very helpful. Overall the machine is good and performs as i was expecting. Do not pay full price for this as it is the older model without the clip pedals and improved audio. A couple things that annoy me . 1. the video glitches , even though i have gigabit internet and connect on 5G. 2. the fan is extremely loud 3. there is no screen saver sleep - watch out for burn in if you don't unplug it. 4. its slow booting if you do unplug it. The good. 1. Great exercises. 2. The resistance levels are a bit of a misnomer. When the incline changes , the resistance increases behind the scenes as it should but without changing the resistance level that it is set at so although it says 24 levels, the combinations of incline and resistance makes it seem more. 3. Everything is laid out within reach, quite well designed. 4. integration with apple health a nice bonus. 5. workouts are challanging. 6. pretty stable ( I am over 250lbs) and it handles offseat riding well. 7. easy to change from riding to floor workouts ( some trainers alternate between the 2). So in summary , its a well built exercise bike. I was a bit dissappointed that it was an older model than the current one but not so much so that I would return it .

Great bike with lots of features. I recommend it.