 Hey everybody, I'm Lance Goinke and we got a new bike. So Allison's decided her trek list rides are a little high and she's kind of turning over a new leaf. And she's in PA school right now, which is in my opinion, probably the most intensive graduate program that you could be in. They do like two thirds of med school in the first year. They just load so many topics. It's kind of crazy. She's pulling a lot of all-nighters, got to put in a lot of work just to hang. But that means that there is just not as much time for exercise. So the idea here is we're gonna set this bike up here in the living room. She's gonna be able to put her notes on her laptop or her iPad right up here and just prop it up on the bike. And then she'll be able to get a lot more cardio in and kind of prioritize heart health as well as school. So my job in all of this was to do the research because I liked to shop, I guess. And I found a Soul Fitness SB900. They have a 2020 model and the 2021 model. So we got the newer model of this. The reason we chose this, I was back and forth between this and the Peloton or the Nordic track one. There is a nice diamond back, a series of bikes. And I kind of like them all, and I'm sure they're all fine. The biggest thing that I wanted was one, I wanted it to be super sturdy and this was very made of metal. And then two, I didn't really want the screen. I wanted to be able to track stuff when we're doing our exercise, heart rate or whatever. All of that you can just, you know, you put on your heart rate monitor and it's fine. The only thing that this one didn't have that I wanted it to have was a wattage because power output could be pretty cool. But we can just approximate that with distance traveled as long as the resistance is pretty set. The other thing that I really liked about this is I don't know if we plug it in. Doesn't have to be plugged into a wall and that's, you know, that's part of what you get when you don't buy a giant screen on your bike. So we're pretty excited about this. What I'm going to do is just go through an unboxing today. No reviews, just kind of show you all what this thing looks like, what it's like when you open it up. I will say two things for the shipping. It came in on a freight truck. They had to call and schedule delivery in a time window between nine and one a.m. or nine a.m. at one p.m. for us. It came in around noon. And it's kind of heavy. It's not too bad. I mean, you probably saw me in the intro. They're flipping it down the hall. It's really not too bad as long as it doesn't slide on the slick floors. But yeah, the biggest issue is just that the box was filthy and we didn't want to totally ruin our floors here. So let's get this thing opened up. We got little tape here. Lots of staples in the box. Those straps were nice and sturdy that we just snipped. I'm thinking we're probably not gonna try to save the box, but I'm gonna save it just in case because I know we'll be moving again here in at least the next year or about the next year. I did lay down some cardboard on the floor just because the box was so filthy. And I was thinking we might be able to open it up like a book, but it's not looking too good. So I think we're gonna have to just yank it all out. I am relatively certain this is gonna be much harder if I try to save the box. But let's see what we can do. I'm pulling stuff from here, but it's just coming. It's coming out, but it's not sliding the styrofoam at all. I got little, something to grab. I won't call them handles, but something to grab under here. And as long as I keep the box still, it's coming out. You think I could do this like a tablecloth? Getting a two-person job. Evidence of some cracking that might be just for me tilting it, but I know it's been through a lot of shipping. But you can see there's these little plastic things here. That looked like they were taking care of it. Let's try to open something up. There's a lot of tape, looks like a handle bar. I don't think you're supposed to need any. Though having some won't hurt might make life easier. Those are the two halves of the styrofoam. It's just taped on, taped together. So post-processing. All right, I mean, this is the bike though. It's covered by a bag. You probably can't see it very well, but this is it. Instructions yet? I'm the type of person who follows instructions and reads them because I'm a rule follower. So there's stuff underneath on the other side. And here we go. But yeah, there we go. Homer's Manual SB900 Indoor Cycle. Please read the entire thing before using. Cool. There's a registration process, hardware steps, stabilizer tubes. Okay, and then we're just going right into it here. So it looks like first we put on the frame, we put the stabilizer tubes on the bottom, stabilizer cover, then the console, then the handlebars, then the pedals, then the tablet holder. And yeah, it seems relatively straightforward. I'm sure it's not gonna be quite as easy as we might think. One of the reasons that I wasn't too worried about not having a screen on it is because a lot of apps now just, they have their own apps. You just put it on your iPad or whatever and play it there. You just put that up in the tablet holder and now you've got your Nordic Track bike or your Peloton bike, but this is a $900 bike instead of a, I think it was about a grand, instead of a $2,100 or $2,400 bike. Let's check this out. We'll see, I guess we got some more stuff over here too. This looks like the vacuum cleaner attachment. Cool. Joking. So, I guess to get going on building this out, I've gotta get the tube so I can set it upright, but the bike is pretty much together. It's not like I gotta screw the wheel on. It's all right here. Cool, let me get it stood up so you can see it at least. And then, I probably won't go through the whole assembly process. We'll leave that for another video. The stuff for the first step yet, a little crossbars for the legs. That's cause it's on the other side of the styrofoam. There's one. Get this out of the way. Nice and metal, got it falling apart. It is hollow, but I'm not too worried about that. I think it feels nice and sturdy. Let me clean up the area and lay everything out for ya. All right, check that out. It's the Soul SB900. I found when I was taking it out of there, the, I think it was the seat, but maybe it was this. No, I think it was this actually. The handle bar thing isn't locked. So, I was trying to lift it out of there. It was just moving that handle bar thing. So, I had to find other places to grab. I got pretty good holds on here. I did try to grab the wheel at one point and that obviously just spun on me. And I got a good grab right here in the center bar. But that works super well. Can't wait to put this together and give it some due diligence. Hope you liked the video. Thanks for watching. If you like to hit the like button and subscribe to be notified when I release new videos. Stay tuned for the assembly video and maybe a little review too to see, is this worth the price that we pay it? I mean, it was about $1,000. This is not a cheap bike. There are much cheaper options on Amazon. So, if you're not too worried about it, for me it's really important that it's nice and sturdy. Cause I just, I hate when a bike is rattling side to side. Especially if I'm gonna bike and put my phone up there. Like I don't want it shaking, cause I don't want it falling. So, we overspent a little bit hoping that this will last us a really long time. So, stay tuned for that. 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