Schwinn IC Elite Indoor Cycling Bike

by Schwinn

Product Features

• Designed to withstand countless hours of intense Exercycle program use
• Bicycle components include Shimano sealed cartridge bottom bracket and cold forged crank arms
• Smart Release system offers benefits of a fixed gear with a unique coasting feature
• Fully-adjustable seat position (fore and aft, up and down)
• 50 by 22.5-inch footprint; 300-pound weight capacity

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed to withstand countless hours of intense Exercycle program use, the Schwinn IC Elite cycling bike lets you experience the feeling of being on a road bike in your own home. It features a customized fit, sleek racing bike geometry, true cycling components, and Schwinn's revolutionary Smart Release system--which offers all the benefits of a fixed gear with a unique coasting feature. The high inertia drive system composed of a 38 pound flywheel and direct drive gearing. It offers easy-to-use handlebar and seat adjustments to help you quickly determine preferred comfort setting and corrosion-preventing stainless pins that can be quickly threaded tight for a secure hold on the sliding tube.

Its large-diameter leveling feet provide floor protection and stability, and reinforced axles offer increased service life for standard toe clip/strap pedals. Texturized pads provide a non-slip surface for stretching and transport wheels make storage and relocation easy while protecting floors.

Feature Detail:

• Infinitely variable resistance levels with linear increase throughout resistance range
• Bicycle components including Shimano sealed cartridge bottom bracket and cold forged crank arms that accept clip less pedals
• 22-inch wide stabilizers for better rider support and stability
• Includes with toe clips
• Two composite water bottle cages hold bottles up to one-liter in size
• Fully adjustable seat position (fore and aft, up and down) with easy to use stainless steel locking pop pins
• Compatible user size: 4'11" to 6'8"
• Footprint: 50 by 22.5 inches (L x W)
• Weight: 130 pounds
• Maximum user weight: 300 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty
Fifteen-year warranty on frame, two-year warranty on parts, one-year warranty on labor, six-month warranty on wear items

Product Description

Schwinn IC Elite Indoor Cycling Bike Schwinn IC Elite Indoor Cycling Bike offers industry-leading features including our patented Smart Release mechanism. The red flywheel and seat differentiate the IC Elite Bike from users in multi-bike settings.Schwinn

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 130 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B000E130IY
• Item model number: IC Elite Upright spin bike
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #408,693 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comedy of errors but all's well that ends well., June 16, 2006

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J. Korn (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schwinn IC Elite Indoor Cycling Bike (Sports)

I did my homework and investigated various brands and models of spinners in person. I went with the schwinn ic elite because, at the time of purchase, it was be sold for less money than the model below it, the ic pro. I had originally planned to purchase the ic pro but that made no sense when the better model was cheaper. I wanted a gym quality spinner that i planned to ride regularly and would not need to ever replace. I read many reviews on amazon that talked about the equipment being good starter equipment and if the buyer actually wound up using it, they'd upgrade later. That's not my style. If I'm buing it, I'm using it! The ic pro and the ic elite are both built to last a lifetime. I didn't order from schwinn because i would have incurred an additional charge for delivery and installation, mandatory, plus a hefty new york sales tax. Had i ordered directly from schwinn, who send a nautilus representative with the bike to put it together, the trials and tribulations that followed would probably been avoided. First, amazon sent the wrong bike. They sent the ic pro instead of the ic elite. I had to request a replacement and a pick-up of the incorrect bike. I had to tip the delivery people to help me get the very heavy/sturdy bike back into the box for return shipping. The correct bike came a week or two later. The bike comes mostly assembled and I had no problem putting it together. It really just requires putting on the stability bars and pedals. Unfortunately, when I got on the bike, which is supposed to be gym quality, it provided a terrible ride. The wheel seemed to wobble, it was noisy and there was some sort of grinding going on which made the whole bike vibrate. I requested a serviceman come out an fix it. Customer service people were nice, but somehow the service order didn't make it through to the service department for a few weeks. I finally got a serviceman out and he said that the wheel and it's assembly would have to be replaced. The wheel gets assembled in china and this particular job was faulty. He ordered a new wheel be shipped to me and another ten days went by until the serviceman could return to replace the wheel. We opened the box of the replacement wheel and found that schwinn had sent the wrong wheel! Again they sent the ic pro instead of the elite. New wheel ordered, another couple of weeks to get service. The wheel replacement did the trick and the bike rides like a dream. I am now totally happy with my spinner. Four stars instead of five because it took a couple of months to get happy with my purchase. I purchased the it on April 5. Today is June 16, the red letter day that the bike finally works well. For me the cost savings purchasing through Amazon was worth a couple of months of inconvenience. I might have felt differently if it were winter when I'd rather stay home and ride than go out to the gym.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Schwinn IC Elite, March 20, 2007

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Peter (New Mexico, USA.) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Schwinn IC Elite Indoor Cycling Bike (Sports)

I knew I would like the bike, as I've been using an identical one at the local gym. Ordering and delivery was fast and painless. Assembly was simple. Then I was disappointed to find severe vibration at low speed, which I thought might be the same as that noted by a previous reviewer (flywheel problem). The bike was useable, but clearly not right.

I contacted Schwinn directly, who were helpful, but did not seem all that knowledgeable about the bike or its problems. They immediately offered to set up a tech visit to fix it, but called back the next day to say that they have no techs in this area (New Mexico), and that the only solution was to return it to Amazon. I said I'd see if I could diagnose the problem first, which, not surprisingly, they thought was just fine.

After removing the chain guard, the problem was obvious. The chain was so tight I'm surprised it hadn't snapped. Poor quality control on the assembly line. Adjustment of chain tension at the flywheel end is fairly easy, and cured the vibration. Hopefully there will be no more problems.

CONCLUSIONS: These are great spin bikes, and seem well made, but quality control may be an issue. One of two IC Elites at the local gym had a warped flywheel on delivery - a manufacturing rather than assembly fault presumably. In contrast, ten older Schwinns have had few problems. The lack of any service availability here makes me wonder how easy it will be to get warranty work done if needed. I guess I should ask.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good item, bad shipping, March 5, 2008

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M. Deibler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schwinn IC Elite Indoor Cycling Bike (Sports)

In short, this item does not ship well. Our first shipment was in such bad shape we should have taken a video of it and posted it on YouTube. The box was severely damaged and parts of the bike were sticking out at weird angles. The first thing the UPS person said was, "you probably want to refuse this." And we did. Amazon was great at shipping out another bike, but even that shipment was delivered in very questionable shape. At 130 pounds, this was no light shipment. After unpacking the bike is in surprisingly good shape. A couple slight blemishes, but nothing major so far. The problem here is that this is very heavy, and the box/shipping materials are not up to the job. I don't see how this bike can be shipped via UPS without any damage.

Oh, and because this is over $400, Amazon will set up a signature requirement with UPS, so you have to be at home to take delivery.

There are a couple things not included that you'll need to assemble the bike. 1) an adjustable wrench in addition to the wrench they supply, 2) Some grease used as anti-seize, 3) Schwinn brake bad lube. I had the first two, but don't know what the third is, or where to get it. It would have been nice to have two little packages of grease and lube included with a $1000 bike.

I'll update the review with comments on the functionality of the bike after we've used it for a couple weeks.

2 stars because this is basically unshipable without a high probability of damage.