Patent ID: 8585561

Claim:
An exercise bike, comprising: a frame; a drive train operatively associated with the frame; a flywheel operatively associated with the drive train; and a braking assembly comprising: an elongated adjustment member defining a longitudinal axis; a friction brake operatively associated with the elongated adjustment member, wherein pressing down on the elongated adjustment member engages the friction brake with the flywheel a magnetic brake comprising: a first bracket joined to at least one first magnet, operatively associated with the frame, and positioned proximate the flywheel; and a second bracket joined to at least one second magnet, operatively associated with the frame, and positioned proximate the flywheel; and a link assembly including at least one link operatively associated with the elongated, adjustment member, the first bracket, and the second bracket; wherein the elongated adjustment member, the magnetic brake and the link assembly are configured such that rotation of the elongated adjustment member around the longitudinal axis of the elongated adjustment member causes the first bracket and the second bracket to pivot in the same direction and moves the first bracket and the second bracket via the at least one link between at least first and second positions where at the first position the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet at least partially overlap the flywheel to operatively associate the magnetic brake with the flywheel and at the second position the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet do not overlap the flywheel to operatively disassociate the magnetic brake with the flywheel,