The Technogym Excite 700 SP Upright Bike with TV is a great workout machine for beginner to novice fitness enthusiasts and a superb training tool for serious cyclists and triathletes training for a big race. Boasting an aluminum-welded frame, the stationary cycle weighs a mere 135 pounds, making it quite mobile and portable. However, this strong construction enables the bike to accommodate riders up to 400 pounds. Its Eddy current drive system and 25 fine-tuned levels of resistance means a quiet running machine that is very versatile. And the comfortable seat, with added padding to cushion the bum, has nearly a dozen height settings to ensure riders of all sizes can comfortably enjoy the bike.

The Technogym Excite 700 SP Upright Bike with TV has a whopping 23 pre-installed and fully configured workout programs from which riders can choose. In addition to the Manual and Quick Start modes, which allow riders to customize their workout based on their weight, age and other pertinent factors, the treadmill boasts a heart rate-based CHR workout; several “Goal” programs in which riders can measure their progress in terms of distance, calories and time; a whole host of pre-set and customized “profile” based regimens; a weight loss/fat burning mode; a custom setting, and the patented Training Zone program—in which the console challenges riders to hit certain fitness rubrics.

The advanced LED user interface on the Technogym Excite 700 SP Upright Bike doubles as a 15 inch television screen, on which riders can watch streaming TV, Movies and Videos over the wireless Internet feed. The console also tracks an assortment of fitness-based figures based on the workout that was chosen. These milestones include distance, resistance, time remaining and time elapsed, calories burned, METs, Watts, and more. Best of all, the double hand sensors and Polar telemetry keeps track of the user’s heart rate during the course of the workout.