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Conference noted::bicycle

Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

961.0. "Recommendations on high-tech training cycles?" by STP::ANDERSON (Remember Roy Orbison) Mon Jan 09 1989 16:19

    I am contemplating buying a training bicycle for winter use.  It will
    be used for training for a cross-country trip next summer.
    
    Can anyone steer me towards or away from the Lifecycle, the CatEye
    Ergocycle, or any other similar cycle?
    
    I am currently leaning toward the CatEye Ergocycle and have seen it at
    the Bicycle Exchange in Harvard Square for $895.
    
    Paul
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961.1A trainer would be cheaperWEA::BUCHANANBatMon Jan 09 1989 21:034
How about just getting a wind trainer or rollers.  Economically this would make 
sense as they can be had new for between $100 to $200.  You also are "riding"
your own bike.  Trainers and rollers have been discussed as length in this
conference.
961.2VELODYNEUSMRM5::MREIDTue Jan 10 1989 11:4013
    If money is no object, on the other hand, I'd suggest the Schwinn
    Velodyne as the ultimate training machine.
    
    	- you use your own bike
    	- you can make up your own course, with any kind of hills or
    	  flats
    	- you can ride with a 'pack', and it is a bit harder if you
    	  go off the front or back of the 'pack'
    	- the workout is so close to riding on the road, it's unreal!
    
    You'd have to try one to truely appreciate it.
    
    One other thing ... the price: around $1500 (I think) at Schwinn dealers!
961.3TALOS4::JDJD DoyleTue Jan 10 1989 13:078
    
    I'd get very good trainer or rollers, a bike computer with cadence, 
    and a CIC Heart Monitor. You're riding your own bike, your workout
    is measurable and tailorable, you can use the Heart Monitor and
    computer on the road, and you have $500 left to spend on other fun
    stuff.
    
    JD
961.4Check the RacerMate ChallengeRAINBO::WASSERJohn A. WasserTue Jan 10 1989 20:2017
	If you already have a bycycle and a television set, I would
	recommend looking at the RacerMate Challenge system.  You might
	be able to find one at Chelmsford Cyclery in Chelmsford, MA.

	The basic RacerMate ($600) is an electronicaly controlled 
	magnetic resistance trainer that you connect to your existing
	bicycle.  It can sense your speed and control the training
	load to simulate hills and wind, similar to a LifeCycle.

	To this you can add a Comodore 64 computer ($175), the
	RacerMate Challenge software cartridge ($100), and your
	television set to get a fully computerized training machine
	that will provide all the variable loads of the CatEye
	but complete with scenery and training partners.

	You may want to add a floppy disk drive ($175) to the Comodore 
	to save your past performances and develop your own courses.
961.5Directions to Chelmsford Cyclery pleaseZONULE::HANNULARound Up the Usual SuspectsWed Jan 11 1989 12:527
    Re .4
    
    Can you give me some basic directions to the Chelmsford Cyclery?
    
    They supposedly carry a special indoor bicycle storage rack.
    
    	-Nancy
961.6LOOKS LIKE I FOUND A DEAL FOR YOURETORT::SCHNARECHARLIE SCHNAREWed Jan 11 1989 22:4740
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WDEGLD::HALVERSON "Rogger Rabbit for President"      33 lines  11-JAN-1989 09:00
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If interested Call Steve @ DTN 289-1010 or send vaxmail to 
WDEGLD::HALVERSON

I can send a copy of the specification sheet if interested

Computerized exercise bike made by TSUYAMA MFG CO.

It is called the Cateye Ergociser Model EC-1000

The workload is generated using a magnetic field, which ensures smooth and 
quiet operation.  The built in computer provides you with two different 
exercise programs in either Automatic or Manual mode.  Its integral printer 
records your daily progress, including a pulse rate chart.  Using the test 
mode you can evaluate your fitness level from 5 ratings including:
Excellent, Good,Average, Fair, Poor.  The pulse is read thru an optical
earlobe sensor.

You can monitor Pulse rate, Energy Consumption, Elapsed time, Current 
workload, Cadence and work rate.  As a safety feature the computer uses
your maximum pulse rate, (which is determined by your age) to alert you 
when it reaches this limit.  The computer then reduces the workload until
the pulse rate is below the set maximum.  As an option you can manually set
the upper limit.

The bike cost $900 new and has not had much use.  The reason for selling:
I would like to get a treadmill.

I am looking to get $500

    
961.7RAINBO::WASSERJohn A. WasserThu Jan 12 1989 15:5031
	Here are the high-technology exercise machines that I have found
	in catalogs:

Lifecycle Aerobic Trainer model 6000	$1600
	Programmed or Random courses of varying slope.  Measures fitness
	level winr VO2max (max rate of oxygen usage) fitness test.

Cateye Cyclosimulator model CS-1000	$400 + your bicycle
	Simulates hills.  Measures work rate and calorie consumption.

Cateye Ergociser			$1200?
	Provides varying loads and heart rate sensor.  Measures
	VO2max and maximum work rate.  Built in printer displays
	heart rate every 30 seconds.  Remembers personal data (age, sex)
	needed to tailor the automatic exercise program.

Racer Mate CompuTrainer			$600 + your bicycle
	Programmed or Random courses of varying slope and wind.

Racer Mate CompuTrainer+Challenge software $700 + computer + your bicycle
	Programmed or Random courses of varying slope and wind. Shows
	passing scenery and programmable pace rider.  Record your ride 
	and later race against yourself.  Turn exercise into a video game!

In the order I would recommend them:

	Racer Mate CompuTrainer+Challenge software	(Most fun = realy used!)
	Cateye Ergociser	(Especially if you don't have a bicycle or TV!)
	Cateye Cyclosimulator	(Low cost and reasonable features)
	Racer Mate CompuTrainer	(Realy needs the Challenge to be great)
	LifeCycle		(Expensive for what it does)