BICYCLE TRAINER AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION
First Claim
1. A bicycle trainer comprising a stand with a seat, handle-bars and rotatable pedals, or comprising a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting, wherein the predetermined setting is variable and depends on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road.
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Abstract
Method for operating a bicycle trainer, and such a bicycle trainer comprising a stand with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, or such a bicycle trainer comprising a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting, wherein the pre-determined setting is variable and wherein said setting depends on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road.
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- 1. A bicycle trainer comprising a stand with a seat, handle-bars and rotatable pedals, or comprising a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting, wherein the predetermined setting is variable and depends on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road.
- 7. A method for operating a bicycle trainer comprising a stand with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, or for operating a bicycle trainer comprising a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting, comprising providing that the predetermined setting is variable and providing that said setting depends on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road.
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