ASTM F1250-00(2006)
(Specification)Standard Safety Specification for Stationary Exercise Bicycles
Standard Safety Specification for Stationary Exercise Bicycles
ABSTRACT
This safety specification provides the safety design features and reasonable safety standards intended to reduce the demonstrated hazards associated with the use (including storage, movement, entry, use, and exit from the product) of stationary exercise bicycles assembled in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions for safe use. This standard is limited to exercise bicycles of the following classes: Class A, non-free-wheeling exercise bicycles with a directly driven flywheel; Class B, free-wheeling exercise bicycles; Class C, ergometer bicycles or those bicycles used to precisely measure work; and Class D, units designed to convert road bicycles to stationary exercise bicycles. Device stability, exterior design, overheating performance, inertia, and design characteristics of the individual parts such as the frame and seat post retention assembly, seat post and seat, handlebars, and pedals shall be tested as indicated herein, and should comply accordingly with the acceptance criteria specified for each the said requirements. Guidelines are also specified for appropriate documentation practices for the owner's/user's manual, assembly instructions, operational instructions, maintenance instructions, installation instructions, user weight restrictions, warnings/warning labels, and other product markings.
SCOPE
1.1 This safety specification covers the safety design features of stationary exercise bicycles. The device shall be assembled in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions for safe use.
1.2 This standard is limited to exercise bicycles of:
1.2.1 Class ANon-free-wheeling exercise bicycles with a directly driven flywheel.
1.2.2 Class BFree-wheeling exercise bicycles.
1.2.3 Class CErgometer bicycles, or, those bicycles used to precisely measure work.
1.2.4 Class DUnits designed to convert road bicycles to stationary exercise bicycles.
1.3 This specification is intended to reduce the demonstrated hazards associated with the use of stationary exercise bicycles.
1.4 This specification is written to provide reasonable safety standards for the user of stationary exercise bicycles during storage, movement, entry, use, and exit from the product.
This standard does not purport to address all the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation:F1250 −00(Reapproved 2006) An American National Standard
Standard Safety Specification for
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Stationary Exercise Bicycles
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F1250; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 3.1.1 consumer exercise bicycle, n—stationary exercise bi-
cycle intended for use by one person or family unit in a home
1.1 This safety specification covers the safety design fea-
environment.
tures of stationary exercise bicycles. The device shall be
assembled in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions
3.1.2 flywheel, n—a heavy wheel for opposing and
for safe use. moderating, by its inertia, fluctuations of speed in the exercise
bicycle on which it revolves.
1.2 This standard is limited to exercise bicycles of:
1.2.1 Class A—Non-free-wheeling exercise bicycles with a 3.1.3 freewheel, n—a device that allows the driver bicycle
directly driven flywheel.
wheel to run on, free from the drive sprocket when motion of
1.2.2 Class B—Free-wheeling exercise bicycles. the pedals is stopped.
1.2.3 Class C—Ergometer bicycles, or, those bicycles used
3.1.4 institutional exercise bicycle, n— stationary exercise
to precisely measure work.
bicycle intended for use by numerous persons in a commercial
1.2.4 Class D—Units designed to convert road bicycles to
or institutional, as opposed to a home, environment.
stationary exercise bicycles.
3.1.5 stationary exercise bicycle, n—a “bicycle-like” fixed
1.3 This specification is intended to reduce the demon-
device, on which performance is achieved by means of a
strated hazards associated with the use of stationary exercise
pedaling motion applied by the user. Depending on the class,
bicycles.
the pedaling motion can be braked, whereby the load is
1.4 This specification is written to provide reasonable safety modified.
standards for the user of stationary exercise bicycles during
storage, movement, entry, use, and exit from the product. 4. General Requirements
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all the safety
4.1 Stability:
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
4.1.1 The bicycle shall be stable in a statically loaded
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
condition and shall not tip forward, backward or sideward.
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
4.1.2 The bicycle base of support shall not tilt when force is
limitations prior to use.
applied.
4.1.3 The bicycle structure to which the horizontal force is
2. Referenced Documents
applied shall not break or be permanently deformed.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1.4 Thetestsforstabilityshallbeconductedinaccordance
F1749 Specification for Fitness Equipment and Fitness Fa-
with 7.1.
cility Safety Signage and Labels
4.2 Exterior Design:
3. Terminology 4.2.1 All edges of parts accessible to the user or to bystand-
ers shall be burr-free, rounded, or otherwise guarded.
3.1 Definitions:
4.2.2 The design of rotating and moving parts which are
accessible to the user shall avoid shear, pinch, or catch points.
4.2.3 Spokes must not be accessible.
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This safety specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F08 on
Sports Equipment, Playing Surfaces, and Facilitiesand is the direct responsibility of
4.2.4 Dangerous points of drive train components shall be
Subcommittee F08.30 on Fitness Products.
guarded.
Current edition approved June 1, 2006. Published June 2006. Originally
4.2.5 Adjustment devices such as knobs and pins and frame
approved in 1989. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as F1250 – 00. DOI:
10.1520/F1250-00R06.
components, and so forth, (for example, handlebars) shall not
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
be within the range of normal leg movements.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
4.2.6 The tests for the safety of exterior design shall be
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. conducted in accordance with 7.2.
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F1250−00 (2006)
5.4.1 If a vertical shaft adjustment is used, a visual perma-
nent mark of 2.5 in. (6.35 cm) above the end of the handlebar
support shall indicate the minimum insertion depth. No mark is
required if the minimum insertion depth is already provided by
the design.
5.4.2 The handlebars shall not rotate around its horizontal
axis when a moment of 45 ft-lb
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