Exercise bike recommendations?

Hi Folks,

I had originally planned on getting a turbo trainer to use over the winter months, however my wife has vetoed the idea of my bikes ever being allowed in the house and I’ve no other suitable location that I can use. After a bit of wrangling, she seems vaguely keen on a proper exercise bike that we can both use, for her to replace the running that she’s been missing and for me to allow me to do something on a cold/wet/windy day rather than sit on my a*** and eat cake.

I frequently (3-4 times a week) use the spinning bikes in my gym so am fairly comfortable with fixed exercise bikes, but it’s not something I’ve ever really looked into buying before – so any advice would be appreciated. I’ve had a look at the Technogym ones that I use in my gym (~£2k) and a look at Wattbikes (£1.6k to £2.25k) – both of which are a bit more than I’d want to spend on this. Firstly the money for this is coming out of the funds for my next proper bike, and secondly as my wife’s involved she’ll flip if I spent that much on something like this.

The criteria I have are the following:

– As small a footprint as possible, with wheels to move the thing (it will be stored in one room and used in another).
– Computer/sensors, cadence + the ability to hook up a HRM would be my ideal, not necessarily a deal breaker though.
– Fully adjustable (saddle and handlebars up/down & forwards/backwards), it needs to be easily adjustable to fit both my wife and I.
– Ideally not more than £500, I’m flexible on this but I will have other expenses (pedals/cleats/shoes for my wife etc.)

I’ve seen a few on Amazon and Fitness-Superstore that look vaguely suitable, but reviews are limited so it would be a bit of a blind purchase. Can anyone lend any personal experience/suggestions here?

Thanks for any help,
Cheers.