The Best Stationary Bicycle Trainers

by Sprocket on March 15, 2010

I was in San Diego for the Health and Fitness Convention called IHRSA.  There were two score stationary bike trainers on exhibit.  The designs and resistance mechanisms haven’t changed in decades.  Most try to differentiate themselves by some aesthetic tweaks and variations on the cycle computers to integrate. 

The best looking cycle was the Keiser M3.  It also had the best resistance control system that was integrated into the cycle computer.

But the innovation award goes to Real Ryder.  Like all the bikes it is stationary, but the Real Ryder is hinged so that it can float side-to-side.  This innovation makes for a more realistic riding sensation that also improves balance by taxing the riders’ core.  I rode it, like I rode most other trainers.  The Real Ryder didn’t have the cycle computer bells and whistles and wasn’t as sleek looking as the Keiser M3 .  However, the Real Ryder is hands down the best stationary bike trainer on the market.   Click on their link and watch the video, it will “rock” you word.  Their website isn’t all that useful, but it is great marketing piece.

Bike is Good will share with you good products that promote the goodness of cycling.  The people in this booth were great.

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The Bicycle Doctor Does Good

by Sprocket on March 9, 2010

A bike shop in the UK is helps a baby named Jake.  Jake was born with a malformed heart.  The Bicycle Doctor bike shop helped Jake’s family with a fund raiser for the hospital that helped Jake.   The Bicycle Doctor organized a 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race they dubbed The Mountain Mayhem.

Bike is Good is a forum for advocating the Goodness of Cycling and the Goodwill of People who Love to Bike.  The Bicycle Doctor is a Bike Shop that  is run bysuch people.  Here is Jake’s Story.

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Bicycle Trek for Life and Breath

March 3, 2010

Here is a good excuse to go to beautiful Vancouver.  The Lung Association is putting on a Bicycle Trek for Life and Breath.

You can survive three days without water, three weeks without food, but only three minutes without air. Yet most of us take breathing for granted. Most of us, but not the one in [...]

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Cyclist Rides Across America for the Rotary Club

February 23, 2010

I was in San Diego last week and learned (thru the San Diego Union-Tribune) about Bill Irwin’s Charity Ride across the United States that benefits the Torrey Pines Rotary Club Foundation.
Bill aims to do some Bike is Good Goodness by riding nearly 2500 miles and raise $10 per mile over 42 days of cycling.
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Join 1 World 2 Wheels

February 14, 2010

There is a two wheeled movement afoot.  John Burke of Trek leading the 1 World 2 Wheels movement for your health, for your world, for our future.  They have developed a cool interactive site; give it a try.  In the video link below, John starts off with some compelling, if not horrifying, statistics. 

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Emerson and Bucks Bikes Team Up Again

February 8, 2010

The Good people at Emerson and Bucks Bikes have helped Bikes for Goodness Sake to give away another seven bicycles to some children involved in the River City Youth Foundation of Austin, Texas.

Dave Moffett  with Emerson in Austin, Texas led a team building exercise that involves building a bicycle.    Bucks Bikes will be supplying the [...]

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Cyclist Helping Haiti

January 22, 2010

Help Haiti get back on two wheels.  After all the immediate damage control and healthcare, Haiti will need to reconstruct.  Wheels 4 Life organizes the donation and distribution of new quality bicycles to developing countries.  They have a distribution organization in Haiti.  Please support them.

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Bicycle Carbon Footprint

January 18, 2010

There is conflicting info on the relative carbon footprint of a bicycle verses an automobile.  Here is one site that says it compares 1 to 1448, figuring a daily commuter bike versus a car.   At Bicycle Universe.info they claim to take into account all the extra meat eating that a cyclist needs for the energy – [...]

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