Patent ID: 7419458

Claim:
A braking system for a stationary exercise bicycle operable to apply rotational resistance to a wheel rotatably mounted to a bicycle frame, the braking system comprising: a bicycle frame; a brake pad movably attached to the frame and engageable against a rotatable wheel, that is mounted to the bicycle frame, to provide rotational resistance to the wheel, and an adjustment mechanism disposed on the frame and operable to vary contact pressure of said brake pad against said wheel, said adjustment mechanism having a force transmitting member displaceable relative to the frame, and a biasing member operatively engaged with the force transmitting member and being elastically deformable by displacing said force transmitting member against a biasing force thereof when compressed, the force transmitting member being movable toward the brake pad to apply additional contact pressure between the brake pad and the wheel, and away from the brake pad by further compressing the biasing member to thereby temporarily reduce the contact pressure between the brake pad and the wheel.