Bicycle ergometer
First Claim
1. A bicycle ergometer, comprising:
- computer means for controlling the braking force of a controllable brake which controllabe brake may be automatically adjusted in response to the number of pedal revolutions of said bicycle, said computer means being operative with at least one selected reference value program of the product of a weight value of the user'"'"'s weight and the gradient of the road;
display means arranged within the field of view of the user of said bicycle ergometer, said display means comprising a representation in the form of at least one line curve of each selected reference value program for the braking force, the course of each such line curve serving to make the size of the reference value of the braking force discernible;
said display means comprising light-emitting diodes arranged along each line curve such that the length of the line curve from its starting point to the points marked by said light-emitting diodes corresponds to predetermined values of the number of pedal revolutions, such associated light emitting diodes being illuminated when said predetermined values are reached; and
each of said line curves being constituted by a road in a landscape depicted on said display means.
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Abstract
A bicycle ergometer having selectable reference value programs for the braking moment, in accordance with which the braking moment of a controllable brake is automatically adjusted in dependence upon the number of pedal revolutions is disclosed, in which each reference value program for the braking moment is represented by a road in a landscrape depicted on a display. Light-emitting diodes are arranged along these roads with the distances from a starting point to the points marked by these light-emitting diodes corresponding to the number of necessary pedal revolutions. As the number of pedal revolutions defined by the diodes is reached, the appropriate light-emitting diode lights up. A multiple-gear-shift simulator with a manually actuatable gear selector simulates a multiple-gear transmission.
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16 Claims
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1. A bicycle ergometer, comprising:
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computer means for controlling the braking force of a controllable brake which controllabe brake may be automatically adjusted in response to the number of pedal revolutions of said bicycle, said computer means being operative with at least one selected reference value program of the product of a weight value of the user'"'"'s weight and the gradient of the road; display means arranged within the field of view of the user of said bicycle ergometer, said display means comprising a representation in the form of at least one line curve of each selected reference value program for the braking force, the course of each such line curve serving to make the size of the reference value of the braking force discernible; said display means comprising light-emitting diodes arranged along each line curve such that the length of the line curve from its starting point to the points marked by said light-emitting diodes corresponds to predetermined values of the number of pedal revolutions, such associated light emitting diodes being illuminated when said predetermined values are reached; and each of said line curves being constituted by a road in a landscape depicted on said display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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