Patent ID: 6905445

Claim:
A resistance adjuster for adjusting a resistance-providing member, which is in frictional contact with a flywheel of a stationary bicycle, said resistance adjuster comprising: a tubular housing adapted to be mounted on the stationary bicycle and defining an axial direction; an elastic buffering member that is disposed in said housing, that has upper and lower ends opposite to each other in said axial direction, and that is elastically compressible in said axial direction; an upper connecting member connected securely to said upper end of said buffering member; a lower connecting member opposite to said upper connecting member in said axial direction and connected securely to said lower end of said buffering member; a first string that extends into said housing to connect securely with said lower connecting member; a second string that extends into said housing to connect securely with said upper connecting member and that is adapted to be connected securely to the resistance-providing member; and an operating member adapted to be mounted movably on the stationary bicycle, connected securely to said first string, and operable to displace said buffering member, said upper and lower connecting members, and said first and second strings in said axial direction so as to permit adjustment of the resistance-providing member.