ElliptiGO

ElliptiGO, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Bicycles, Elliptical Trainers
Founded	2008
Founders	Bryan Pate, Brent Teal
Headquarters	Solana Beach, USA
Key people	Bryan Pate, CEO Brent Teal, CTO
Products	Elliptical Bicycles
Brands	ElliptiGO
Website	www.elliptigo.com

ElliptiGOs

ElliptiGO, Inc. is a manufacturer of elliptical bicycles. Elliptical bikes combine the motion of an indoor elliptical trainer with the outdoor mobility of a traditional bicycle.

History

A patent for an elliptical bicycle was first registered in 2008. In 2010 ElliptiGo subsequently secured the exclusive rights to the patents.,^[1] An elliptical bicycle is a device that uses a running-like elliptical motion to propel a bicycle.^[2][3][4] The first elliptical bike prototype, codenamed “Alfa,” was completed by mid-2006.^[2][3][5]

In 2010, the ElliptiGO 8S, the company's first commercially available elliptical bike was brought to the market.^[3]

Health benefits

In 2015, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) commissioned an independent study to determine the effectiveness of a workout on the ElliptiGO bike and how it measures up to accepted fitness industry guidelines for improving cardio respiratory fitness and body composition.^[6][7]

For the study, researchers from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, had 16 healthy female and male volunteers between the ages of 18 and 45 participate in three 15 to 20-minute practice sessions on the ElliptiGO bike before completing a graded maximal exercise test on a treadmill and a 30-minute exercise session on the ElliptiGO bike.^[7] During the graded exercise test, expired air and metabolic responses were measured, in addition to recording each participant’s ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) at the end of each stage of the test. During the 30-minute exercise session, which was only conducted after the researchers deemed the participant proficient on the ElliptiGO bike, heart rate and oxygen consumption was recorded each minute as the subjects exercised at a self-selected pace; session RPE was also recorded. ACE’s study findings concluded that exercising at a self-selected intensity on the ElliptiGO bike met the guidelines on both accounts. The study subjects exercised at an average of 84 percent of HRmax and 75 percent of VO2max during the 30-minute exercise session.^[6][7]

ElliptiGO athletes

ElliptiGO elliptical bikes are used by some professional runners who use the bike to cross train, or add non-impact cardio hours to their training routine,^[8] including 2012 US Olympians Meb Keflezighi^[9] and Julie Culley, UK 5000m-specialist Andy Vernon, Dutch elite-marathoner Miranda Boonstra, and 2000 French Olympian Marc Raquil. In addition, some collegiate and professional running teams are using ElliptiGO elliptical bicycles with their athletes, including Stanford University, the University of Guelph in Canada, and The Oregon Track Club Elite.^[10]

Models

ElliptiGO sells three different product models, the ElliptiGO 3C, 8C and 11R.^[11] The 3C has 3 gears, the 8C has 8 gears, and the 11R has 11 gears.

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  ElliptiGO in use

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  ElliptiGO parked

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  Drivetrain

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  Drivetrain detail

See also

• StreetStrider

References