Designation:F1250−13AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforStationaryUprightandRecumbentExerciseBicyclesandUpperBodyErgometers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1250;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThegoalofthisspecificationistopromoteproperdesignandmanufacturingpracticesforstationaryuprightandrecumbentexercisebicyclesandupperbodyergometers.Throughthesespecifications,thisspecificationaimstoassistdesignersandmanufacturesinreducingthepossibilityofinjurywhentheseproductsareusedinaccordancewiththeoperationalinstructions.Theequipmentusermustrecognize,however,thatastandardalonewillnotnecessarilypreventinjuries.Likeotherphysicalactivities,exerciseinvolvingstationaryuprightandrecumbentexercisebicyclesandupperbodyergometersinvolvestheriskofinjury,particularlyiftheequipmentisusedimproperlyornotproperlymaintained.Inaddition,userswithphysicallimitationsshouldseekmedicaladviceandinstructionfromthefitnessfacilitypriortousingthisequipment.Certainphysicalconditionsorlimitationsmayprecludesomepersonsfromusingthisequipmentproperlyandwithoutincreasingtheriskofseriousinjury.1.Scope1.1Thisstandardestablishesparametersforthedesignandmanufactureofstationaryexercisebicycleequipmentasde-finedin3.2.16.1.2Itistheintentofthisstandardtospecifyfitnessproductsforuseonlybyanindividualage13andolder.1.3ThisstandardistobeusedinconjunctionwithSpeci-ficationF2276andTestMethodsF3023.1.4Thisspecificationisintendedtoreducethedemon-stratedhazardsassociatedwiththeuseofstationaryexercisebicycles.1.5Thisspecificationiswrittentoprovidereasonablesafetystandardsfortheuserofstationaryexercisebicyclesduringstorage,movement,entry,use,andexitfromtheproduct.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotapplytomechanismsthatconvertroadbikestoindoorstationarycycles.1.7Thevaluesstatedi...
