LOL. For that kind of money you can get a carbon road bike, a decent mountain bike, or a couple years gym membership. And that's not even factoring in how ridiculous you'd look on this bike.
Tony Morris
It doesn't look like you can add propulsion with your arms. That would require pushing with one hand while pulling on the other - which would turn the steering!
Adrien
UM... they don't say how you even steer the thing, but even if you have to twist the handlebars (which is what it looks like), this thing will be dangerous as hell.
martinkopplow
This type of bikes gets 'invented' about once a year. (http://www.gizmag.com/all-limb-bicycling-raxibo/23160/ and http://www.gizmag.com/varibike-arm-leg-powered-bicycle/28811/ for example) It has been proven by its predecessors, though, that a rider can exhaust all the energy his metabolism is able to produce by using the legs alone. The arms will not add to the cycling peformance. If there is an effect, then it is the excercise alone. The tradeoff is saftey, it appears, and a big loss in versatility and simplicity, which is a key factor for a bicycle. Excercising the upper body could also be accomplished easier and in a more balanced manner by other means. I have not much confidence in the Kickstarter campaign.
Slowburn
Just another stupid way to get yourself killed.
wle
wow
the 1000th time this has been ''invented''
stupid
heavy
expensive
adding arms doesnt; make you any faster
which is why you never see these stupid things on the road wle
wle
surely one can find a better way to ''workout'' the ''lazy arms'' than this awful kludge-bike wle
windykites
As usual, way too expensive. Cheaper to buy a separate cross trainer.
@Tony Morris, it looks like it can be steered. Did you watch the video? If your arms get tired, just let the handlebars move by themselves. Why have to disconnect them?
RussellD
This is a bad idea badly implemented; no thanks to Gizmag for informing me - this is a waste of my time.
This is marginally better:
http://www.rowbike.com/
Jon Smith
Russell, Thank you! I had a serious chuckle after clicking the link you provided. The Rowbike is funny rather than the just sad FitRider.