Life Span R5i User manual

R5i Recumbent Bike Interactive Trainer
Owner’s Manual

Congratulations on Purchasing Your LifeSpan R5i Recumbent Bike!
At LifeSpan we take pride in the quality, safety, and reliability of our products
as well as the professionalism of our sales support and customer service teams.
Making it our number one priority that you have an exceptional experience using
our products.
In support of this quality focus we pre-assemble parts on the manufacturing line
whenever possible to reduce the number of steps and complexity of customer
assembly, independently certify our products to comply with UL and EN957 Safety
Standards, and use state of the art production processes and quality components.
Then we back LifeSpan products with excellent warranties and a responsive
customer service department making it simple and easy to get assistance should
the need arise.
This attention to quality, our high standard for customer service and focus on
innovation has earned LifeSpan numerous awards and consistent praise from
independent review groups, industry authorities and you the consumer.
Thanks for choosing LifeSpan.
Please thoroughly read this manual before you assemble or operate your recumbent bike.
Neither LifeSpan nor its representatives can accept responsibility for any damages or injury incurred as a
result of information presented in this manual except under the terms of the product warranty.
Welcome

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Contents
Welcome
Safety First
Safety First
About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Specications
Unique Features
Console Overview
Starting an Exercise Program
Heart Rate Monitoring
Programs
Warranty
Assembling Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Exploded View & Hardware
Assembly Instructions
Console Basics
Console Buttons / Date & Time
Display Console Window
Quickstart
Using Programs
Manual Mode
Custom User
My Zone Heart Rate Control Programs
Maintenance and Tips
Engineering Mode
Troubleshooting
General Maintenance
Moving
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When using exercise equipment, basic precautions should always be followed,
including:
• Never drop or insert any object into any opening. If an object falls into an
opening, unplug the power cord from the outlet. Remove the object or
call customer service at 877.654.3837 option 4.
• Never operate this recumbent bike if it has been damaged or partially
submersed in water.
• To reduce the risk of electric shock, unplug the recumbent bike from
the wall outlet when not in use, before performing any maintenance, or
before moving the recumbent bike.
• Do not use outdoors or in areas of high humidity or extreme temperature
changes.
• Do not operate where aerosol spray products are being used or where
oxygen is being administered.
• Never place the power cord under carpeting or place any object on top
of the cord, this may pinch or damage the cord causing re damage or
personal injury.
• Use this exercise product for its intended use as described in this Owner’s
Manual. Do not use attachments that are not recommended by LifeSpan.
• Keep hands away from all moving parts
• Keep your recumbent bike on a solid, level surface. Do not operate
recumbent bike on deeply padded, plush or shag carpeting. Damage to
carpeting may occur.
Children and Pets
• When in use children and pets should be kept at least 10 feet (3m) away.
• This recumbent bike can be used by children ages 12 years and above
and persons with reduced physical, sensory or lack of experience and
knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning
use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without
supervision.
• Keep children away from the recumbent bike. There are areas that can
cause harm and injury.
Safety First

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Safety Tips While in Use
• Always consult a physician before beginning an exercise program.
• If you experience chest pains, nausea, dizziness or shortness of
breath, stop exercising immediately and consult your physician before
continuing. Do not wear clothing or jewelry that might catch on any
part of the recumbent bike.
• Wear shoes with high traction rubber soles. Do not wear shoes with
heals, leather soles, cleats or spikes.
• Heart Rate monitoring systems may be inaccurate. Various factors,
including the user’s movement may aect the accuracy of the heart
rate readings. The pulse sensors are intended only as exercise aids in
determining heart rate trend.
• Over exercising may result in serious injury or death. If you feel faint
stop exercising immediately.
Safety First
NOTE: Read all instructions and save for future reference.

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Specications
Mechanical and Performance
Seat Molded with chair style armrest
Seat Adjustment 14 innite positions
Seat Back Breathable
Seat Back Adjustment Adjustable Angle
Resistance System Magnetic - Eddy Current
Pedals Self balancing
Flywheel Weight 18 lbs (8.1 kg)
Max. User Weight 400 lbs (181.4 kg)
Dimensions 73” x 28”x 46” (185.4 cm x 71.1cm x 116.8 cm)
Transport Wheels Front Mounted
Self-Generating No Power Required
Console Features
Readouts Program Name, Date and Time, Workout Time,
Calories, RPM, Distance, Heart Rate, Speed,
Resistance Level (Load), Watts
Programs Manual, Preset (17), User Set-up (2), Heart Rate
Control (2)
Display Multi-Color LCD
Heart Rate Grip Pulse and Receiver (chest strap is not
included)
Program Matrix 16 Row by 20 Columns
Program Buttons 5 Program Group Buttons for Heart Rate Control,
Healthy Living, Sports Training, Weight Loss and
User Set-up Programs
Levels of Resistance 16 Levels
About Your R5i Recumbent Bike

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Readout Display
Preset Programs
Media Holder
Start/QuickStart Button
Console Overview
ENTER
Resistance
START/Pause
Hold to RESET
CAUTION: Always consult a phsician before starting
a tness program. If you feel faint, dizzy or experience
chest pains, stop your workout and consult a physician.
Quick
Change
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Program Group
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ENTER
Resistance
START/Pause
Hold to RESET
CAUTION: Always consult a phsician before starting
a tness program. If you feel faint, dizzy or experience
chest pains, stop your workout and consult a physician.
Quick
Change
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Program Group
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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Quick Change
Resistance Buttons
Resistance Buttons

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Starting an Exercise Program
Starting an exercise program can sound like a daunting task, but just
remember that your main goal is to boost your health by meeting the basic
physical activity recommendations.
Before you begin an exercise program, or substantially increase your level of
activity, be sure to consult your primary care physician. In preparation for a
visit you may also want to take the PAR-Q Assessment. The Physical Activity
Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) will help you determine your suitability for
beginning an exercise program and prepare you for discussing your physical
activity program with your physician.
1. Has your doctor ever said that you have a heart condition or that you
should participate in physical activity only as recommended by a doctor?
2. Do you feel pain in your chest during physical activity?
3. In the past month, have you had chest pain when you were not doing
physical activity?
4. Do you lose you balance because of dizziness?
5. Do you ever lose consciousness?
6. Do you have a bone or joint problem that could be made worse by a
change in your physical activity?
7. Is your doctor currently prescribing drugs for your blood pressure or a heart
condition?
8. Do you know of any reason you should not participate in physical activity?
If you answered yes to one or more of the questions, if you are over 40 years
of age and have been inactive or if you are concerned about your health,
consult a physician before beginning an exercise program or substantially
increasing your physical activity. If you answered no to each question then it’s
likely you can begin an exercise program.

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Heart Rate Monitoring
Seeing your heart rate
while exercising will
help you understand the
intensity of your exercise
and corresponding heart
rate training zone, and
predict health benets
found through repeated
bouts of exercise. Refer to
the information below to
understand your heart rate
training zones:
Zone 5 — Performance Redline Zone: 90% - 100% of your Max HR
The performance zone involves extreme eort, requiring the heart to beat
at or near maximum capacity. Training bouts include intense incline or
sprinting, beneting speed, power, and anaerobic performance competency.
Zone 4 — Threshold Zone: 80% - 90% of your Max HR
The threshold zone involves intense jogging or sub-maximal sprinting,
typically unsustainable for long periods of time. Benets include highly-
elevated calorie burn, speed and power performance enhancement,
improved lactate removal capabilities, and enriched heart health.
Zone 3 — Aerobic Zone: 70% - 80% of your Max HR
The aerobic zone is ideal for cardiovascular training. Workouts in this zone
are more intense, involving moderate jogging. Long-term benets are
improved heart health and cardiovascular performance, reductions in blood
pressure and cholesterol, and increased calorie burn.
Zone 2 — Temperate Zone: 60% - 70% of your Max HR
The temperate zone consists of moderate-intensity exercise, typically as fast
walking to slow jogging. Speaking is more dicult and breathing is elevated.
Benets are similar to those of the healthy heart rate zone, though caloric
expenditure is higher.
Zone 1 — Healthy Heart Zone: 50% - 60% of your Max HR
The healthy heart zone involves safe, low-intensity activity, like medium-
to-brisk walking. Full conversations can be held, despite a gentle increase
in respiration. Benets include reduced risk of heart and vascular disease,
moderated blood pressure and cholesterol, and improved insulin sensitivity.

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Reading Your Heart Rate
Contact Heart Rate Sensors are
built into the hand grips of the R5i
to monitor your heart rate during
exercise. To use, grasp the sensors with
a comfortable grip with the palms of
your hands placed over the sensors.
If the sensors are having diculty
picking up your heart rate you may
consider using aloe or a moisturizer
on your hands, or you can warm up as
you exercise to increase the moisture
in your hands. Dry hands do not
transfer your pulse as eectively as
moist hands.
Do not squeeze tightly as this can cause your blood pressure to rise. It will
take a few seconds for the console to calculate your heart rate accurately.
Chest Strap
The R5i Recumbent Bike has an integrated
heart rate receiver built into the console.
To purchase a heart rate chest strap go to
www.LifeSpanFitness.com.
The chest strap should be worn as shown.
When using a chest strap you may need to
warm up rst to increase the moisture in
your skin. If this doesn’t work use aloe or
another moisturizer where the sensors on
the chest strap are making contact with
your skin.
NOTE: The heart rate monitoring system will vary due to your age,
method of use, physiology and other factors. LifeSpan cannot
guarantee the accuracy of the heart rate readings.
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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Preset Programs
Preset programs automatically change the resistance level during a workout
according to a preset pattern called a prole. This provides a better workout,
since it uses a wider range of muscles and dierent intensities, a well-known
benet in the cross-training and interval-training world.
Each preset program can be set to change the resistance level. Each has
a suggested duration which can be adjusted to anywhere from 10 to 99
minutes. Two overall levels may be selected, which raises or lowers the
program prole.
Changing the resistance level changes which muscles are used. Adjust the
resistance level to your personal preferences, or to target dierent muscles.
Long Slow Distance
(40 minutes default)
This prole has small changes,
allowing for a more consistent style of eort, maximizing the duration of
your workout.
Short Interval
(20 minute default)
This has the widest variation of
resistance level, and has the shortest default duration.
Moderate Interval
(30 minute default)
Smaller resistance changes than
Short Interval, but greater overall duration, resulting in a longer workout.
Long Interval
(40 minute default)
The smallest resistance alterations
of any of the interval workouts, allowing a longer overall duration.

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Negative Interval 1
(30 minute default)
A good choice for someone new
to interval training. Resistance levels decrease in the second half of the
workout.
Negative Interval 2
(30 minute default)
A slightly higher-intensity version
of Negative Interval 1.
Fartlek
(30 minute default)
A Fartlek is a Swedish workout that
inspires improved levels of tness
through unpredictable changes in programming. This prole purposefully
has no predictable pattern to its prole.
Uphill Climb
(30 minute default)
A gradual increase, then
corresponding decrease of
resistance.
Pyramid Climb
(30 minute default)
Similar to Uphill Climb but with
less frequent changes.
Plateau Climb
(40 minute default)
A higher-intensity version of Long
Slow Distance, with a steady level
of eort comprising the majority of the prole.

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Ladder
(30 minute default)
A form of interval training with
longer, increasingly-intense
intervals. Each unique, altering level is designed to mimic a higher rung on a
ladder. This is the most dicult of the preset programs.
Uphill Interval
(20 minute default)
Similar to Short Interval, but with
more pronounced changes in
intensity.
Steady Pace
(40 minute default)
Similar to Long Slow Distance, but with a lower intensity, steady prole. This
is the easiest of the preset programs.
Long Slow Distance 2
(40 minute default)
Similar to Long Slow Distance, but
reaches maximum intensity more rapidly.
Cardio Ride
(20 minute default)
A short, continuous workout with
consistently high intensity.
Short Interval 2
(20 minute default)
Similar to Short Interval, but with a
more rapid buildup to the initial interval.

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About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Uphill Climb
(30 minute default)
Gradually increases intensity
throughout the entire workout.

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Warranty
Your LifeSpan treadmill/bike desk comes with the following limited warranty
valid in North America. If you are outside of this area contact your local
authorized LifeSpan dealer.
LifeSpan warrants that the equipment it manufactures is free from defects in
materials and workmanship under normal use and services. The periods above
are based on the date of purchase. During these periods, LifeSpan will repair
or replace any defective part. Free labor is included on all parts that are not
normally assembled or replaced by the customer within the labor period.
If within the time frames specied above, any part fails to operate properly,
login to our website at www.LifeSpanFitness.com, click on“Customer Service”
and complete the form to request assistance or call 877.654.3837 option 4 for a
Customer Service Agent (please note that certain kinds of service should only
be performed by a qualied service technician).
LifeSpan reserves the right to make changes and improvements to our products
without incurring any obligations to similarly alter any product purchased.
In order to insure our product warranty and to ensure the safe and ecient
operation of your LifeSpan product, only authorized parts can be used. The
warranty is void if any parts other than those provided by LifeSpan are used.
Exclusions and Limitations:
• This warranty does not apply to any defects caused by negligence, misuse,
improper assembly, or maintenance, accident, or “act of God.”
• This warranty does not apply to discoloration of paints or plastics.
• LifeSpan shall not be responsible for incidental or consequential damages.
• This warranty is non-transferable form the original owner.
About Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Frame
Parts
Labor
Lifetime
5 Years
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Exploded View
Prior to starting the assembly process take all of the parts out of the box.
Remove plastic bags and lay them out on the oor to become familiar with
the components.
Since your recumbent bike is a heavy piece of equipment it is recommended
you use two people during assembly and follow these assembly instructions
to reduce any problems that could occur.
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Assembling Your R5i Recumbent Bike
Allen Wrench
4mm
Hardware Included
Item# Part Description Item# Part Description
1 Main Frame 8 Bottom Shock Cover
2 Front Support 9 Seat Bottom
3 Rear Support 10 Console Upright
4 Seat Rail Assembly 11 Upright Cover
5 Seatback/Armrest 12 Left Pedal
6 Seatback Shock 13 Right Pedal
7 Top Shock Cover 14 Seat Mount
Pre-installed Hardware
Hardware will need to be removed and
re-installed during the installation process
28 2M6 Washer
17 10 M8 x 15L Bolt
18 6M8 Washer
19 5M8 x 16L Bolt
20 2M10x55L
Carriage Bolt
21 2M10 Washers
22 2M10 Nut
23 1M8 x 30L Bolt
24 1M8 x 20L Bolt
25 2M6 Nut
26 5M3 x 10L Screw
M8 Curved
Washer (x2)
M8 x 50L Bolt
(x3)
M8 x 75L Bolt
(x2)
M8 x15L Bolt
(x10)
M8 Washer
(x6)
M6 Washer
(x2)
M10 x 55L
Carriage Bolt
(x2)
M10 Washers
(x2)
M8 x 16L Bolt
(x5)
M8 x 30L Bolt
(x1)
M8 x 20L Bolt
(x1)
M10 Nut
(x2)
M3 x 10L
Screw (x2)
M6 Nut
(x2)
Allen Wrench
5mm
Multi-Wrench
10, 13, 14, 15,
17, 22 mm
Hardware Bag Contents
Item # Qty. Hardware
Description
15 2 M8 x 75L Bolt
16 2 M8 Curved Washer
27 3 M8 x 50L Countersink
Bolt
31 1
Multi-Wrench: 10, 13,
14, 15, 17, 22mm
29 1 Allen Wrench-5mm
30 1 Allen Wrench-4mm

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Step 1: Remove Components from Box
A. Remove plastic bags and lay all parts out on the oor.
B. Locate the hardware bag.
Step 2: Rear Support Assembly
A. Align the Rear Support Assembly (3) with Rear Bracket (B).
B. Set the rear of the main frame assembly on the Seat (9) with the seat’s
bolt holes facing upward as shown below, this will raise the frame
making it easier to install the Rear Support Assembly.
C. Install three M8x16L Bolts (19) through the Rear Support Assembly (3) and
into the Rear Bracket (B). Do not fully tighten the bolts until all three
bolts are installed.
D. Securely tighten the top bolt rst, and then the two side bolts.
Assembling Your R5i Recumbent Bike
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Assembling Your R5i Recumbent Bike
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Step 3: Front Support Assembly
A. Move the Seat (9) forward so it is located in the position as shown
below.
B. Align the Front Support Assembly (2) with the Front Bracket (A).
C. Install two M8x75L Bolts (15) and Curve Washers (16) through the Front
Support Assembly (2) and into the Front Bracket (A). Tighten these bolts
prior to starting step D.
D. Insert two M8x16L Bolts (19) through the top of the Front Bracket (A)
and into the Front Support Assembly (2).