I say, the penny farthing has come a long way!
Joking aside, Have you ever seen a more beautiful piece of gym equipment? The Ciclotte is, naturally, Italian designed. Luca Schieppati, one of Milan’s leading designers has created a rare thing – An exercise bike that looks sensational. I’m going to enjoy this exercise bike review.
Ciclotte breaks the mould of exercise design, - which has always related to the functional aspects - in order to target advanced users, dynamic fitness enthusiasts and those that appreciate the art of design; to exercise in style. The best exercise bike ever is being launched at the end of September.
Made with high quality materials including carbon, steel and glass fibres, alongside a unique technology system, Ciclotte represents a new solution for the luxury fitness world; gym-standard training on a machine light enough (121lb) to be moved around the house or office, and stylish enough to put on display!
From a technical point of view, Ciclotte has been designed to reproduce the dynamics and performance of road cycling and is ideal for high intensity aerobic workouts such as spinning. It is also the first exercise bike to use an epicycloid system. This works by generating a concentrated magnetic field using a copper ring which is rotated at a high speed in front of five magnets, – which can be moved back or forwards via the touch screen display to control the strength - producing a high performance effective cycling resistance system. This has to be one of the best exercise equipment available.
The magnetic resistance really does represent a truer version of real cycling. On the techie side, the touch screen enables a simplicity that means the user is instantly aware of how to work this piece of modern art.
An exercise bike! Modern Art?
You can’t disagree though, can you? This is a most splendid addition to any home gym. However, it looks so good, you will probably keep it in the lounge!
This stunning bike has an RRP of £6,800 – available in Carbon, Silver and Purple - and will be launched in the UK at the 100% Design Show from 23-26 September 2010 at Earls Court, London.
For further information, please visit www.ciclotte.com
How many of us have an exercise bike somewhere, gathering dust, probably never made it over 50 miles despite the best of intentions?
Forget that Bike, this is something on a completely different level! The Trixter Xdream is a marvel of modern technology, engineering and (just what exercise really needs) Fun.
The only Exercise Bike in the world to use patented laterally moving X-Bar handlebars to accurately simulate the action of cycling outdoors. The extra movement that this demands will help burn off up to 55% more calories than a normal exercise bike. More importantly, this extra movement takes exercise bikes to another dimension. It’s not pedal, pedal, sweat, pedal. More Pedal, steer, pedal, steer, sweat buckets.
The fact you are in total command of your bike paired up with the latest computer programming gives you a Virtual, yet true, sensation of mountain biking. You can choose from over 400 different tracks and race with your on screen competitors.
Watch yourself, on the screen above the handlebars, trek through arid desert or densely forested highlands. Engaging Exercise, this is the way forward.
The Xdream is one of the most technologically advanced indoor bikes available to consumers and is the first fitness product to successfully integrate accurate real-life simulation, total body cardiovascular conditioning and a motivational personalised training programme.
The Trixter Xdream retails at £5,999 and is available from http://www.trixter.net. The Xdream bikes are now also available to use in Virgin Active and David LLoyd gyms nationwide.
The UCI, the world governing body of cycling, has stated that in producing the Xdream, The manufacturers Trixter have created a new indoor sport. High praise, most deserved.
Welcome to the future! Born in the nation of bicycles and Tulips, Holland, this is the hottest gadget on the market for parents.
This is the Taga, classed as a ‘multifunctional urban vehicle’ and has been designed to suit the demands of modern parenthood and green lifestyle.
It retails for around £1,700 so not for all, but for those who can afford one, be prepared to stop traffic in this.
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Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Thu 8th January 2009 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Luxury Bikes
The Big Hit FSR III retails for £1,800 ($2,700 approx) and incorporates all the features you could possibly want from a high end mountain bike.
The sleek and sophisticated design incorporates:
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Remember the Beano… ? well you should do as it’s been around for 70 years believe it or not.
To celebrate, The Children’s Furniture Company has teamed up with THE BEANO to create just 70 rather funky Dennis The Menace Go-Carts that I’m sure would be on every little boy’s Christmas list.
It retails for £195 and I’m sure the cost per ware would be well worth it. It has been designed on Dennis’ original (some very iconic styling here) and is extremely sturdy – basically it will withstand a fair amount of ware and tear expected from your little rascals!
With each one you also get a Beano Goody Bag which will include a copy of the 70th Anniversary Edition of the Beano; plus pots of red and black paint to customise your kart in Beano colours. The Kart can be put together in about half an hour - you don’t need any batteries either!
The Kombi-Kart runs on good old fashioned gravity and turns any hill or slope into a fun-track.
