Exercise Bikes can provide a low impact cardiovascular exercise and are excellent for toning the lower half of your body. Hospital physiotherapy departments often use them due to the low impact on the human body and safe cardio vascular exercise it provides.

Exercise bikes have the advantage of being small compared to treadmills and cross trainers especially folding exercise bikes and so are a popular option for people with limited space in their house.

Standard exercise bikes are called 'Upright' and the advantages of exercise bikes in general include:

• • Low impact exercise - gentle on backs, knees, hips and joints
  
• • Suitable for a large range of training needs
  
• • Great way to strengthen quadriceps, gluts, and hamstring muscles
  
• • Low maintenance and thus costs
  
• • Relatively small in size and can fold up
  
• • You can read or watch TV while exercising which helps alleviate boredom while working out
  
• • Excellent aerobic capacity
  
• • An easy way to warm up leg muscles and knees before participating in your fitness routine
  
• • A range of shapes for all types of sitting methods
  

An alternative to cycling for weight loss and general toning is to use Vibration Trainers.