Kettler Golf S Exercise Bike Review

The Kettler Golf S is the much admired German manufacturer's offering for beginners to intermediate, if you're already as fit as a fiddle and looking for a bike we suggest you go for the higher spec Kettler Golf ST Pro with more programmes and higher resistance levels. Back to this one, it has a very comfortable gel filled saddle that can be adjusted both vertically and horizontally to find the optimum position. The action is incredibly smooth and quiet with a good range of 10 resistance levels that can be selected via a button on the console.

The display console is excellent in our view, as with all Kettler's equipment, it's easy to use and read and displays a large amount of data relating to your workout including time, speed, pedalling rate, distance covered per session, total distance covered, energy consumption, room temperature, pulse rate and recovery pulse-rate which gives you a fitness rating from 1-6. This is great to keep you coming back as you can measure your progress.

There are a number of ways you can monitor your heart rate whilst exercising (an alarm bleeps if you exceed your pre-determined limit based on your age and weight). You can either use the hand grips, these can be removed from the handles, an ear clip that comes with the bike, or you can buy a chest strap that communicates with the built-in chip. The chest strap is the best option as it's more accurate and you don't need to keep your hands on the grips. Some people find using a chest strap uncomfortable but if you use the grips you will lose the accuracy.

To summarise, the Kettler Golf S is an excellent, if basic, bike for the beginner (or intermediate) that's a quality piece of kit, however it's one for the minimalists.

Roy Palmer is a teacher of The Alexander Technique and has studied performance enhancement in sport for the last 10 years. In 2006 he published a book called 'Zone Mind, Zone Body' about how to achieve a peak performance more often. He's also a bit of an 'anorak' when it comes to exercise bikes and gadgets. To read his views on many more models please visit Exercise Bike Reviews

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