An exercise device with computer gaming system integration wherein the exercise device acts as a gaming controller for computer gaming systems, comprising:
- a frame;
- a first and a second crank system mounted opposing sides of the frame adapted for positioning a user therebetween, each of the first and second crank system comprising a first crank assembly rotatable about a first axis and a second crank assembly rotatable about a second axis with the first and second axes each being displaced from the other, each of the first crank assemblies comprising a first crank arm, and each of the second crank assemblies comprising a second crank arm;
- a pair of synchronous control system assemblies one mechanically coupled to the first crank system and the other mechanically coupled to the second crank system, each synchronous control system assembly of the pair of synchronous control system assemblies being mechanically coupled to the first and second crank assemblies of the corresponding crank system in a configuration that allows for 360 degrees of synchronous rotation of the first and second crank assemblies, wherein each first crank arm of each first crank assembly rotates in the same direction as the second crank arm of each second crank assembly by the corresponding synchronous control system assembly of the pair of synchronous control system assemblies;
- a pair of pedal arms, one coupled to the first crank system and the other coupled to the second crank system, each of the pair of pedal arms being pivotally coupled at a first end to the first crank arm of the first crank assembly and being pivotally coupled at a second end to a pedal;
- a pair of movable crank links, one corresponding to each of the first and second crank systems, each of the pair of movable crank links comprising a first attachment point, a second attachment point, and a flexible attachment between the first attachment point and second attachment point, wherein the first attachment point of each movable crank link is pivotally coupled to the pedal arm of its corresponding crank system and the second attachment point of each movable crank is pivotally coupled to the second crank arm of its corresponding second crank assembly;
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- a sensor configured to measure a movement of a component of the exercise device and transmit the measurement as data to a compatible computing device.