Patent ID: 8448969

Claim:
An exercise vehicle comprising: a frame; a drive system attached to said frame; a front fork rotatively coupled on a steering axis to the frame; a guidance wheel rotatively coupled to the front fork; a steering crank coupled to the front fork so that the guidance wheel turns when the steering crank rotates on the steering axis; left and right arm levers pivotally coupled to the frame on a center pivot axis and projecting generally upward from the frame; left and right hand levers pivotally coupled respectively to upper arm portions of the left and right arm levers; left and right vertical rods pivotally coupled respectively to the left and right hand levers, the vertical rods having lower vertical rod ends; left and right horizontal rods pivotally coupled on a forward end of the horizontal rods respectively to a left and right side of the steering crank; and left and right bell cranks pivotally coupled to the frame on a bell crank pivot axis, the bell cranks having horizontal bell crank ends and vertical bell crank ends, the vertical bell crank ends pivotally coupled with a respective rear end of the horizontal rods, the horizontal bell crank ends pivotally coupled respectively with the lower vertical rod ends, the bell cranks configured so that when pivoting about the bell crank pivot axis, the lower vertical rod ends pass at least near the center pivot axis.