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Not one of my most high-tech reviews here on BasicDog.co.uk, but I really feel that it is worth a serious mention...

The V-Fit Mini Bike is a very simple device which can be used in the same way as an excersise bike, only with the lack of seat and handle bars you can use it sitting on pretty much any seat in your house. If you are like me and you find yourself sat infront of a TV or computer on a regular basis for extended periods of time, and you realy wish that you could stay healthy while maintaining your time doing these very important activities, the V-Fit Mini Bike is a fantastic way to carry on without fear of losing that very handy muscle mass.

The distributers (Argos) are selling the V-Fit Mini Bike as portable, and while this is true I can see no reason for you to want to take it anywhere outside of your house.

Heres the technical gumph:
Tubular steel main frame
Chip Resistant silver grey coloured frame finish
Adjustable resistance with polypropylene friction tape and micro tension controller
Self presenting pedals
5 function exercise monitor
Weight 4.5kg
Assembled size (H)29, (W)36, (D)40cm

Why!?!
I bought this funky 'Mini Bike' for a few reasons, the main one being that it was only £20 so I really had nothing to lose, if I got bored/frustrated after a few hours I could throw it away with very little guilt. Of course the other main reason was a feeling of apathy and shame that I am sure we all experience after a night doing nothing but sitting on your behind after a day at work doing exactly the same thing.

I would have liked to see a version of the Mini Bike which utilises the more modern magnetic system for the resistance of the pedals, rather than the simple belt option that it has. The simple reason for this desire is that it can feel cheaper when peddling and for a time it did squeel as if a small rodent had crept in overnight and was being slowely mangled inside.

The excersise monitor features:
Calorie calorie burn (theoretical)
Counter of total revolutions
Revolutions per minute
Time spent peddling in minutes and seconds
Scan Cycles through all modes at time intervals

All of these features are nice to know, though as I use it while watching TV or at a computer i find myself ignoring the small screen on the front of the bike. The theoretical calorie burn indicator is very theoreticla indeed, as I quickly discovered that the resistance of the peddles had no impact on the amount of calories burned per revolution.

Where did I leave my Mini Bike?
It is so small compared to other excersise equipment that you can store it pretty much anywhere; under the bed, in the bottom of a wardrobe, in a cabinet.

Conclusion
The Mini Bike is not without its faults, though for the price and that it doesn't seem to have any competition you can't realy complain. I personally believe that there should be many of these on the market, and the only thing i can imagine that has stopped this is no one knowing it exists.

If this review has made you curious or even want one of these, i have only found them being sold in the UK by Argos and the link is here