Patent ID: 7544154
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An exercise bicycle comprising a frame, a seat adjustably attached to said frame, a handlebar attached to said frame, said frame comprising a front fork assembly, a flywheel extending through said front fork assembly, a slave sprocket connected to said flywheel, said slave sprocket rotating about a slave sprocket axis, a pedal attached to a crank arm, a crank arm attached to a master sprocket, said master sprocket being supported by said frame and rotating about a master sprocket axis, a flexible transmitter connecting said master sprocket and said slave sprocket, an inner guard being positioned between said master sprocket and said frame, an outer guard being connected to said inner guard and a chamber being defined between said inner guard and said outer guard, a master sprocket guard and a slave sprocket guard being spaced from each other while being positioned within said chamber and being positioned between said master sprocket axis and said slave sprocket axis, said master sprocket guard overlaying a portion of the master sprocket wherein said master sprocket guard at least partially defines a first enclosed passageway and said slave sprocket guard at least partially defines a second enclosed passageway, said flexible transmitter passing through said first and second enclosed passageways.