Yosuda Bike Review

This is my official Yosuda Bike review, and in the next few minutes, I’m going to go through and explain each of the ten separate categories of the TailHappy Score and rank this bike on a scale of 0-100. At the end of this article, we’ll see how the Yosuda bike stacks up and compares against other similarly priced indoor cycling bikes.

Starting with the basics, I bought this Yosuda bike for $340 on Amazon.com (price may have changed), and it normally is listed at $400 on the Amazon listing.

The flywheel weight is listed at 35 pounds and the bike is belt driven.

It is NOT magnetic resistance. Instead, it has a felt pad with friction resistance.

The pedals that come on the bike are dual sided. They have a cage on one side and on the other side there is no clip in option. If you want to get clip-in pedals for this bike, you would have to upgrade and buy those separately.

DRIVE TRAIN FEEL

The first category is drive train feel, which is just, how does the drive train on the bike actually feel to ride? As I mentioned before, the flywheel mass is listed at 35lbs. However, this drive train is not the smoothest feeling drive train of the bikes I have compared. The flywheel does not have a whole lot of momentum or inertia compared to some of these other bikes with bigger, more massive flywheels (namely the sunny bike that has a 49 pound flywheel for about the same price – video review here).

The felt resistance pad on the Yosuda bike doesn’t really give the smoothest feedback. It kind of sounds loud and has a vibration through the resistance knob, and it’s really just not the smoothest feeling drive train.

Overall, for a drive train feel on the Yosuda, I’m going to have to rank this bike 4 out of 10.

MAXIMUM RESISTANCE

The next category is maximum resistance. This is a really important feature to a lot of people for good reason – you want a bike that has a good maximum resistance. And since this bike does have a physical resistance pad, of course it does have a really high maximum resistance. The maximum resistance on the Yosuda bike is greater than the Peloton Bike+.

However, I will say as you crank up that maximum resistance, it just really doesn’t feel that smooth compared to alternative magnetic resistance bikes, the resistance gets really choppy when you crank it up really high. So, you do get that high maximum resistance on the Yosuda and you can kill your legs on maximum resistance on the Yosuda. So since the Yosuda doesn’t really feel as smooth as magnetic resistance, it doesn’t feel as good in comparison to other bikes.

I’m going to give the Yosuda bike an 8 out of 10 for maximum resistance.

METRICS

Next is metrics, what kind of metrics can you get on the Yosuda bike? You don’t get cadence, you don’t get resistance feedback and you don’t get your power output. The important metrics are considered to be resistance and cadence, and power output in this bike really just doesn’t give you that. It gives you some basic stuff like speed, distance, calories and odometer, and you can cycle through those with this one single button.

However, if you want your cadence, you can simply buy a Wahoo cadence sensor. The Wahoo cadence sensor also integrates with a lot of other apps in terms of getting your resistance feedback. That’s just really not going to happen on a bike that has a physical resistance pad, so not on the Yosuda.

Additionally, you’re probably just not realistically going to get your power output metrics. You could install some power pedals in theory on this bike. However, power pedals cost more than the bike itself.

All things considered, I give the Yosuda a 2 out of 10 for metrics.

FEATURES

Next on the TailHappy Score is features. What sort of features does the bike come with?

So this is a pretty basic barebones bike. It does have a little mini screen on there to give you a little bit of feedback, and there is a little tablet holder (despite it being like fairly flimsy and plasticky).

It’s great that you can add your own tablet so if you want to do Peloton classes or any other classes. This bike doesn’t have digital magnetic resistance or magnetic resistance or a fancy knob. You do get one single water bottle holder here on the Yosuda.

The Yosuda bike earns a 2 out of 10 for features.

ADJUSTABILITY

The next category in the TailHappy Score is adjustability. How much can you adjust the bike?

First and foremost, this bike is three way adjustable, meaning the handlebars do not have the ability to move forwards and backwards. They’re locked into place in terms of going forwards and backwards, but you can move them up and down five different clicks and there are holes you need to click into you that are spaced relatively far apart compared to other bikes.

The seat does move forwards and backwards, although not quite as much as you see on other bikes. However, I think it is enough to get the bike adjusted properly.

For me personally, my major gripe with adjustability is the lack of ability to adjust the seat to fit my height of 6’5″, and I have an inseam length of 34″. I do believe that the Yosuda listing does have this bike listed as fitting somebody up to an inseam of 35″. I just really don’t get that leg extension that I need to for proper form on the Yosuda bike at 6’5″. In the manual of the Yosuda bike, the maximum user weight is listed at 270 pounds, but right here there’s a sticker that says 265 pound warning.

I give the Yosuda bike a 5 out of 10 on adjustability.

COMFORT

The next category on the TailHappy Score is comfort. And even though it looks like this bike was designed for comfort, it really doesn’t perform so well in this category.

Near the handlebars there is a plastic piece that kinda stabs you and it is kind of painful. Obviously, you could just remove this entire piece of plastic, but that does take away some of your functionality. I really don’t love the handgrip positions on the Yosuda bike personally. The material of the handlebars feels like a foam material, whereas on all the other bikes I have, they all feel like a rubber coating, making it more grippy/sticky. Personally, I don’t really like the foam feeling handlebars and don’t think it’s as comfortable if your hands get sweaty. I could see it being a little bit slippery.

The Yosuda has a very wide seat relative to most bikes. This is a very substantial seat. It does have a cutout in it, but I don’t love it. Honestly, being on this bike kind of makes me feel like I’m on a pogo stick – just kind of bouncing around.

The pedals have the steel teeth small surface area to put your foot on, which for me in the past has kind of cause numbness in my toes for longer rides. However, you know it’s about what you would expect for a cheaper, inexpensive bike.

Last, but certainly not least on a list of comfort, is the resistance knob, which it’s OK. You know, it’s not my favorite. It’s a plasticky kind of material. However, at least you get a resistance knob on the Yosuda. Overall this bike isn’t the most comfortable, I don’t like how those plastic things stab my hands and the seat is a little excessively squishy.

It’s not the most comfortable bike, and overall I give this bike a 4 out of 10 on comfort.

STYLE

The next category on the TailHappy Score is style. You know, what does the bike look like? Do you like the look of it?

This is really totally up to you, but I’ll tell you my opinion, though. It’s not my favorite looking bike. You know, it’s got that kind of gray look to it. It’s a glossy paint. The resistance knob looks kind of cheap. I really don’t think the Yosuda bike is the best looking bike. I think the Sunny bike is a better looking bike, and these bikes are in the same price point that you can buy an Amazon as well.

I give the Yosuda a 4 out of 10 for style.

CONVENIENCE

The next category on the TailHappy Score is convenience. How easy is it to jump on the bike and start a ride? This also accounts for how easy it is to join an instructor led class through a third party app such as Peloton or Apple Fitness+.

Do you need to hook up additional things to get your important metrics, such as cadence and power and resistance? So yes, you do have a little bit of work to do on the Yosuda. If you just want to hop on there and do an instructor led class, you can just get on and not know your metrics and do a ride. No problem. You know, it’s about as convenient as the rest of these bikes.

All in all, I give the Yosuda a 5 out of 10 for convenience, which is pretty much on par with a lot of the bikes i review.

QUALITY

The next category is initial quality impressions, and this is really just like my initial impressions of the quality right away. The screen feels very plasticky. The button feels very, just mushy, very cheap, flimsy material.

However, this doesn’t really account for long term reliability and quality of this bike, just my initial impressions on quality. The resistance knob is a very plasticky kind of feel to it feels very cheap. And from what I’ve read on Amazon reviews, people seem to have reports of issues with the resistance knob going bad over time, in which Yosuda has sent them a replacement resistance.

he Yosuda does come with an extra resistance belt pad, so if the original one wears down, it looks like they give you an extra one to replace it. It does have some inexpensive, very plasticky feeling components. I just simply haven’t had this bike for a long enough period of time to give it a true quality report, just my initial observations.

So after building the bike and spending a little bit of time with it, I’ll give it a 5 out of 10 on overall initial quality impressions.

VALUE

The next TailHappy Score category is value. This one is a tough one.

You know, it really just takes into account how much you pay for the bike and what you get and if there are any mandatory recurring fees (such as the Peloton Bike you have to pay a mandatory $39 per month recurring fee to use the bike).

You don’t pay any mandatory monthly fees on the Yosuda. You are free to use any sort of app you would like. You can do the Peloton digital app for $12.99/month or Apple Fitness+. However, I am going to have to take into consideration some of these other bikes you can also buy on Amazon and what you get for those bikes.

If you bought the Yosuda bike and this was the only bike you ever rode, you’d probably be really happy with it. You can ride this thing. You can get a great workout on this bike. No question about it.

However, like I said, as a person who reviews indoor cycling bikes and spent a lot of time on different bikes, I don’t think the Yosuda bike is at the top of the list for value. The Yosuda bike is an inexpensive bike and also I feel like it’s a bit of a cheap bike as well. So in the $300-$400 price point range, you have a lot of better options.

With all that being said, I give the Yosuda a 5 out of 10 for value.

BONUS: Ease of Build

This bonus TailHappy Score is how easy is the bike to build? The Yosuda bike is actually very easy to build, not nearly as difficult as many of the other bikes I’ve reviewed.

Total: TailHappy Score

Adding up all the individual category scores for this bike gives it a total grand total TailHappy Score of 44 out of 100.

As comparison, the Joroto X2 and the Sunny and the ProForm CBC TDF bike have all scored higher on TailHappy Score scale at a similar price point.

I have lots of other videos on my channel that I think you should consider before investing in a Yosuda. If you did buy just the Yosuda bike and it was the only bike you had any experience riding on, you probably would be really happy with this bike, and hence that is probably why this is the most popular best selling bike on Amazon.

>> See the Updated Yosuda Price here

FINAL THOUGHTS

Is the Yosuda bike the best bike for the price on Amazon? That’s to be debated.

I mean, it does have over 6000 reviews, and it is a lot of good feedback on this bike. And the value proposition for the Yosuda bike is pretty good if you take it and compare it to a $2500 Peloton bike. Plus, this is a fraction of the price and you can get a great workout on either machine.

Browse my TailHappyTV channel for other videos about other bikes in the same price range.

That’s all I have for you today. Thanks for reading.