Patent ID: 7837595

Claim:
Apparatus comprising a combination of a controller and a microprocessor based unit, the apparatus comprising; a programmable microprocessor-based unit including a receiving means adapted to receive signals from a programmable cartridge or other programme storage device that provides programme instructions for controlling the operation of the programmable microprocessor-based unit; a display arranged to display images dependent upon output signals from the microprocessor-based unit; an output through which the output signals can be passed from the microprocessor-based unit to the display; an exercise bicycle adapted to allow a user to perform a range of movements associated with a sport; and a controller comprising a handlebar assembly which can be held by a user of the exercise bicycle, a first input device responsive to movement of the handlebar assembly which generates input signals for supply to the microprocessor-based unit, a saddle which can be sat upon by the user of the exercise bicycle, and a second input device which is responsive to the force applied to the saddle by said user so as to indicate whether or not the user is seated on said saddle while in use of the bicycle, said second input device also generates input signals for supply to the microprocessor-based unit, and in which the first input signal and the second input signal modify the operation of the programme running on the microprocessor-based unit in turn to modify the images displayed on the display, while the user is riding the exercise bicycle.