Bicycle training device
First Claim
1. Apparatus that permits bicycle riding indoors with a feeling of being outdoors due to the freedom of the bicycle wheels to move laterally when riding, comprising a universal bicycle having a vertically positioned tube located on a lower portion of said bicycle;
- a rectangular structural base having free leading and trailing rotating rollers on which leading and trailing wheels of said bicycle lie;
said bicycle being supported by a rigid rod fitted within said tube and assembled on a lateral sliding mechanism on said structural base that simulates a sensation of bicycling over a road;
said rigid rod having an adjustment system for varying the pedalling resistance; and
wherein two lateral stop rollers are mounted at each end of said leading roller to prevent the leading bicycle wheel from going off of said leading roller.
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Abstract
An apparatus that simulates bicycle riding is disclosed wherein a bicycle is mounted on a rectangular structural base having two freely rotating rollers on which leading and trailing wheels of the bicycle lie. The bicycle is supported and held by a rigid rod enterable in a vertical tube disposed on the bicycle frame and the rod is mounted on a laterally sliding support in the base. Stop rollers are provided at each end of the leading roller to prevent the leading wheel of the bicycle from moving off of the roller surface.
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1. Apparatus that permits bicycle riding indoors with a feeling of being outdoors due to the freedom of the bicycle wheels to move laterally when riding, comprising a universal bicycle having a vertically positioned tube located on a lower portion of said bicycle;
- a rectangular structural base having free leading and trailing rotating rollers on which leading and trailing wheels of said bicycle lie;
said bicycle being supported by a rigid rod fitted within said tube and assembled on a lateral sliding mechanism on said structural base that simulates a sensation of bicycling over a road;
said rigid rod having an adjustment system for varying the pedalling resistance; and
wherein two lateral stop rollers are mounted at each end of said leading roller to prevent the leading bicycle wheel from going off of said leading roller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a rectangular structural base having free leading and trailing rotating rollers on which leading and trailing wheels of said bicycle lie;
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