JOROTO X2 Pro Review: Budget Spin Bike Worth It?

The JOROTO X2 Pro is a budget indoor cycling bike that aims to give you a Peloton-style ride for a fraction of the price. It is a chain-free, belt-driven spin bike with quiet magnetic resistance, a Bluetooth console and app support, pitched at home riders who want to follow along with Zwift, Kinomap or a Peloton class without spending four figures. The headline verdict: for the money it is a genuinely good, smooth and quiet bike, as long as you are happy turning the resistance knob yourself rather than letting an app do it for you.

Who it is for

The X2 Pro suits someone who wants a quiet, sturdy spin bike for the spare room or living room and likes the idea of riding along with an app. The "Pro" part matters here. The standard X2 has no Bluetooth, so it cannot talk to Zwift or Kinomap, while the Pro broadcasts your cadence, speed and an estimated power figure over FTMS Bluetooth. If app riding is the whole point for you, get the Pro and not the base model.

Ride feel and the flywheel

The ride is where this bike earns its keep. A heavy flywheel paired with a poly-V belt gives a smooth, weighty pedal stroke that feels closer to riding outdoors than the rattly chain-driven bikes you often find at this price. It is also very quiet, quiet enough to use early morning or late at night without waking the house, which is a big part of why owners keep recommending it.

It is a fixed-gear (direct drive) flywheel, so the pedals keep turning while the wheel spins. You cannot just stop pedalling to coast, you slow down gradually or press the brake. That is normal for a spin bike, but it is worth knowing if you are coming from a regular exercise bike.

Resistance and the workout

Resistance is magnetic and adjusted by a knob, with the console showing a 0 to 100 percent figure rather than fixed numbered levels. The good news is the span is wide and the magnets never touch the wheel, so there is nothing to wear out and no maintenance. The honest catch is that the adjustment is not perfectly linear, so a small turn low down does not feel the same as the same turn higher up, and you tune effort by feel more than by a precise number. A few stronger riders also note the very top end still turns fairly easily. For general fitness, weight loss and HIIT it has plenty of range, but elite-level riders may want more bite at the top.

The bigger thing to understand before you buy: the X2 Pro does not change resistance automatically. When you ride a Zwift route or a Peloton class, the app tells you the target and you turn the knob to match it. The bike will not do it for you the way a smart bike does. If you expected automatic resistance, this is not that bike, and that is the single most common point of disappointment in reviews.

Console, apps and connectivity

The X2 Pro console is the main upgrade over the base bike. The larger 3 by 4 inch display adds RPM (cadence) and an estimated wattage readout on top of the usual time, speed, distance and calories, and the FTMS Bluetooth lets it pair with Zwift, Kinomap, Strava and the Peloton library through a bridging app. That is a lot of training tech for a budget bike.

Two honest caveats. The display has no backlight, so it can be hard to read in a dim room, and some owners report the bike's own console drops out while it is connected to an app, leaving you to read your numbers from the app instead. The console also runs on AA batteries rather than mains power. None of these are deal-breakers, but they are the kind of small annoyances that separate a budget bike from a premium one.

Build, comfort and assembly

The frame is sturdy and stable, with adjustable foot levellers to stop wobble on uneven floors, and the high weight capacity gives most riders confidence. Seat and handlebars are both genuinely 4-way adjustable (up, down, forward and back), so a wide range of heights can dial in a proper fit, and the padded seat is comfortable for longer sessions, though saddle comfort is always personal and some riders swap it or add a gel cover.

Assembly takes about an hour and most of the heavy work is done for you. Two niggles crop up in reviews: the pedals can be fiddly to fit and have caused a few complaints, and the plastic transport wheels feel cheap. The pedals are also basic caged pedals rather than clip-in SPD, so keen cyclists who ride in cleats will want to swap them, which is a cheap and easy upgrade.

Value and warranty

Against branded spin bikes that cost two or three times as much, the X2 Pro is strong value, especially once you factor in the app connectivity. The trade-off shows up in the details: the warranty is a fairly basic one-year cover on the frame and parts with no labour, so you are leaning on the bike's simplicity (magnetic resistance has little to go wrong) and on customer service, which owners generally rate well. For a budget purchase that is a reasonable bet, but it is not the long, generous cover you get from premium brands.

For where it sits against rivals, see our best spin bike UK guide, and our wider exercise bikes hub covers upright and recumbent options too.