BICYCLE EXERCISER Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: sportive equipment. SUBSTANCE: bicycle exerciser has front and rear supports connected with their base to loading units, columns, and pedals mounted in base shaft. One of columns is rigidly connected with its base to carriage so as to be repositioned in horizontal plane and other column is mounted for rotation and rigidly coupled to movable first sleeve with roll, which is located for rotation in cheek bushings. Second sleeve is rigidly fixed on roll. Sleeves are positioned to be embraced with belts running in several coils. One end of belts is rigidly connected to cheeks and other end thereof is spring-biased and fixed for simultaneously tightening and fixing of belts for predetermined loads. Pedals are interconnected through flexible member embracing spring-biased loading roller. Such construction provides for versatility of bicycle exerciser. EFFECT: increased efficiency and wider operational capabilities. 4 dwg