The electric "Exercycle", note the wooden handle adjustment wheel, but wait for it, it isn't for the resistance....



It's for the weight of the rider.

Though I'm sure resistance is somehow tied into weight.

Look at the size of that electric two speed motor, and pin striping and see below, chrome to die for.

It even has down tube shifters of a sort, you have to let go of the handlebar and then reach down to shift the "Start/Stop".

I don't know which is the drive side, , so here are both.




You show up for winder spin class with one of these, you are the KING/QUEEN of the class.

Advertisement says its from the 1940s.

Of course if you can carry it into the spin class without the dolly it's perched on....

Hazetguy WONDERFUL the Youtube will stick with me all day.

It takes me back to my childhood, something you would expect to see in a Looney Tunes cartoon on TV. A Bug's Bunny Yosemite Sam moment when Bugs gets him on the Exercycle and then out of his sight throws the switch for the direct connect to the Bonneville Dam.

I can almost hear it at first "Yaa, Yaa Mule" then when Bugs throws the Bonneville switch "NOO! NOO! MULE!" as they take off.



Thank you.

God that's spooky in the second video when it's just running by itself.

Reminds me of some sort of dungeon torture device.

If my grandsons saw it they might never get on a bike again.

Hahaha yeah, what [MENTION=426397]since6[/MENTION] said.

Someone went to great lengths to invent something that's completely useless.

Wow last time I saw a seat like that was on my Grandpas old Allis Chalmers tractor!

Chrome seat would add some bling to my Ford 9N

Yes ryansu recall Dad's old Model A John Deer Tractor.



Crossing a newly plowed field I bet the ride was about the same too.

That needs its own Zwift group.

Semi-seriously, a fully or partially automated "exercise" machine could be useful for folks with limited disability, just for keeping the joints and muscles from becoming rigid. As long as the design was safe enough. The tricky bit is eliminating pinch points, scissor points, etc., places where a misplaced limb could be injured.

As my mom's dementia worsened she would not exercise, at all. Besides the apathy that often accompanies dementia, her balance was worse and with chronic pain from arthritis and other problems she resisted physical therapy.

Unfortunately as she got older she lost mobility from being immobile for far too long. She ended up dying of pneumonia aggravated by immobility.

But a machine that could move the body around, preferably in graduated response to user input, could be useful for folks with certain disabilities.

Wow, it looks like something one would see in the background when James Bond was sent to Shrublands.


Could the operation somehow we reversed, and pedaling made to generate electricity?

I'm glad to learn how this could be a real help to those in need canklecat and sorry for your loss.

What's interesting too about this machine is it's construction. It comes from my parent's generation when things were made to actually "last a lifetime". We had a Firestone freezer in the garage with an industrial electric motor/compressor, when it started you knew it, but it's service life only ended when we could no longer find and/or repupose the rubber seals for the door. It still ran fine, but was an rather ineffecient air conditioner.

I am currently awaiting a pump replacement on our washing machine, which miracle has made it over 10 years with the kids we've raised. Though while we can fix the pump technician has noticed bearing are making a "probably run for another couple years" sound.

The other thing about this machine is its simplicity and therefore lack of the current excess of controls you will never use but are there for convenience, even though every time you add an additional function you increase the odds of a failure.

Well enough of my rant through history, still a happy old man.

You are certainly correct regarding the relative longevities of older and new appliances. I have been extremely disappointed with my 6-year-old Whirlpool Cabrio washer, with its designed-to-fail, irreplaceable main bearing. It replaced a 20-year-old Maytag that had finally started to rust out from our hard and aggressive water. During 20 years of Maytag ownership, I spent the princely sum of $7 on a new lid switch. In 6 years I have spent $120 on a Whirlpool gearbox (since the bearing itself cannot be replaced), $30 on a Whirlpool water pump, $40 on a set of Whirlpool suspension rods (because you can't replace just the Teflon sliders on the shock absorbers), plus $10 on a special spanner for removing the tub hub and $40 for two single-use hubs. If I hadn't made my own with an old car jack and a 2x4, I would have been out another $85 for a tub pulling tool. If I had paid someone to do the work, I would easily have exceeded the purchase price. This is the single worst appliance I have ever owned. It is mated with a 19-year-old GE dryer on which I have spent only about $7 last year for a new drive belt.