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Cyberbike lets you go Wii while pedaling

The new Cyberbike Magnetic Edition turns the standard Nintendo Wii into a virtual-reality exercise bike.

It keeps your legs spinning on a stationary bike while putting you at the controls of bikes and fantastical crafts that cruise through a virtual world on the Cyberbike Cycling Sports "exergame" that ships with the bike.

Developed by Bigben Interactive, a version has been sold in Europe since last year, but this new version is set to debut in the U.S. this summer. It will retail for around $170.

Of course, for similar money, you could just buy a bike and actually go outside. But, we'll assume its prime users will either be residents of Wisconsin who get one week of summer per year or raging agoraphobics. Then again, to be fair, you're not going to hop on your Huffy and pedal away underwater or through alien skies. That's what you're up to in the video game component. … Read more

Wii goes places (sort of) with the Cyberbike

The sky's the limit when it comes to third-party Wii products, so long as they're in matching white. We've seen Wii lightsabers. We've even seen dumbbells. What we didn't expect was this accessory--a full-size stationary bike that looks to be built in the same plastic-ky shell as most Wii peripherals. Will the Cyberbike endure, in every sense of the word? Beats us, since this one's headed for Europe only in January 2010.

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Virtual bikes in race for fat-free kids

Let the octogenarians have their Wii Bowling. At the other end of the life cycle, kindergarteners are getting their own indoor workout with virtual bikes.

As childhood obesity persists as a mainstay in headlines, more companies are looking for ways to make exercise fun--or at least seem like fun--and e-bikes are apparently leading the trend. Fisher-Price debuted its "Smart Cycle" earlier this year, for example, but it has some competition from across the pond in U.K.-based Gymkids and its "Cyberbike."

Both have brightly colored toy-like designs and can hook up to a TV … Read more