Buying a used, reconditioned exercise bike is a great way to start off with exercise equipment that will keep you feeling fit and staying in shape. Should you be starting out a new business and opening a gym, refurbished equipment is probably a good way to build up your equipment base, and you can mix it in with some brand new equipment to offer clients a variety of models to choose from. There are shops that will refurbish used equipment, check to make sure all the parts work well, and sand-blasting hardware down in preparation of a fresh coat of paint. You’ll have an almost-new piece of equipment at a fraction of the cost of new. Let’s take a look at the advantages of buying a reconditioned exercise bike, one of the most common pieces of exercise equipment on the market today.

Reconditioned exercise bikes provide the same level of physical fitness than a brand new one, and you can usually find one with as many bells and whistles as you’d like. Buying a bike to recondition is fairly easy, as there are a lot of people who start exercise programs with plenty of motivation, but they go about their program the wrong way and give up after becoming frustrated or injuring themselves. Check your local newspaper for ads or go around the garage sales on weekends to see if you can find a good deal to bring right into a repair shop, or visit reconditioning businesses to choose from their selection of pre-reconditioned exercise bikes.

What’s Involved In Reconditioning?

Once they receive a piece of equipment to work on, workshops will usually take the bike completely apart and check all the mechanics to make sure pieces all work properly, are moving well and aren’t stiff. Most reconditioned exercise bikes have new chains, drive belts and some new hardware or clips. The repair shop will put your newly-reconditioned exercise bike back together and give it a new coat of paint. You should allow a few weeks for the shop to complete working on your reconditioned exercise bike, as many places warn clients that the labor takes two to six weeks.

The wait is well worth the time. Your reconditioned exercise bike will look brand new and will have been tested head to toe, each part checked out for ease of functioning. The cost of reconditioned exercise bikes is around half the price of a brand new model, but keep in mind that the warranty on reconditioned exercise bikes is usually limited. A good maintenance plan and taking care of your refurbished equipment will keep it working just as long as brand new models.