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TacticalChaos:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on June 21, 2014, 09:11:39 am ---Why don't you just get off your ass and run?  Sounds like a self discipline issue.


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It's nice to be able to workout when there are 10 foot snow drifts outside.
Plus the fact that if you make if fun like you're playing a game you won't notice you're working out...until the next day. Did that once with an arcade shooter with a motion sensor that let you squat and lean through the levels to take cover. Didn't realize I was giving myself a workout until the next day when I could barely walk.

Barry Barcrest:
You can do that street view think with the google cardboard VR headset as well albeit flying around, maybe that could be hacked to take forward movement from the bike pedals and disable the height part of the flying. You would also need a fan in front of you that would speed up if you peddle quicker. That would be as close to actually going out on a bike around your neighbourhood as you could get without going out on your bike around your neighbourhood. All powered by a smart phone.

ark_ader:
Update:

The bike arcade has hit a snag.  I got the stationary bike cheap and it is crap (nasty).  So in the theme of things I want to keep this idea alive and just make a controller out of one of these:



But that is not all.....

I also want to construct a Xbox driving bartop.  Now I picked up a small xbox intec wheel at goodwill for $2 and it works, with a decased xbox (I still have to TSOP) and a 14" Dell monitor. This way I can pop it on my desk and use pedal power to interact with the games as before.  I have wood, tools and time, so if anyone has any driving bartop ideas, please do not keep it to yourself.   ;)

Thanks.

Xiaou2:
I thought about hacking one of those...  The main issue with them is that the crank arms are not long enough.   The typical bike, has crank arms that are like twice that length...   so it will feel like you are trying to pedal a tiny childs bike, or one of those tiny clown bikes.

 You are better off using a trashed bike, or a thrift store bike, for parts, imo.


 Edit:  Or making your own, with some bolts, bearings, a few wooden wheels, and some bike pedals.

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