• Program Level QuickView Options:    
  • QuickView levels by program (bottom of page)
  • Tabbed browsing by program (16 levels per program)
  • All 160 levels on one page
  • 2-up printable
  • Detailed level profiles

Program Levels

I like Schwinn exercise bikes, but have been frustrated with the display of intervals on the screen, due in large part to the small screen size:

• When choosing a program and level at the beginning of your workout, you can only get a very rough idea of what the intervals look like
• Programs are 50 intervals long, but only 12 display on the screen at one time
• You can't see previous intervals
• There are 16 levels, but only 8 "block graphics". You can read the little numbers on the side to find out if you're really at level 5 or 6, but you have no way of knowing whether that next block up is a jump of just 1 level or maybe as many as 3 levels

Therefore, over the past couple years I have collected program and interval level data for all 160 levels in the onboard digital computer, part number 18142 for the Schwinn 213R. This represents a collection of 8,000 data points for all program and interval levels.

Many Schwinn exercise bicycles use identical level information.

Even if you don't have this specific computer or even a Schwinn, often times browsing level information from another bike will give you some hints and guidelines about your own.

Anatomy of a program level:

(Each full block represents 2 interval levels and each half block represents 1 interval level.)

All Schwinn Program Levels

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Click on the appropriate bar to see all 16 program levels for each of the Schwinn programs. Also see "Other Ways to View Program Level Graphs" below.