Climb the sky.
Rock the body.
The ClimbROCKER is a dual-flywheel climbing machine that works your upper and lower body independently, while spring-based oscillation helps you quickly find your synergistic rhythm. Twenty minutes. Every muscle. Smart-bike technology is on the way, optional for data-driven users.
Patent No. 2
Born on a brutal one-mile hill climb in 1992.
Every morning at 5:22, grinding up Motor Avenue on his bike commute through West LA, Marko Hansen asked himself the same question:
"Why isn't there a stationary bike that's vertical, so it works the upper body too, like you're climbing up and into the sky?"
So he drew one. Two flywheels, one for the arms and one for the legs, each with its own resistance. Decades of prototypes later he added automotive coil springs for spring-loaded oscillation. The result is the most efficient total-body cardio machine he knows of, and he's been saying so for 34 years.
The World's Most Disrespected Inventor
How corporate xenophobia (aka the NIH syndrome) quashes American innovation.
Bowflex boardrooms, trade shows, beach resorts, Australia, a wedding in Kaifeng, wildfires, and a whole lot of rejection letters. Marko's hilarious, hyper-honest memoir of three decades of "poor man's R&D" is a case study in what not to do when signing licensing agreements with behemoth corporations, and why he never quit anyway.
A story made for the movies, and a fight to settle it.
Notes from the climb
The Bounce: How a Pickup Truck With Bad Shocks Led to Eureka #3
An afternoon shoot in the back of an old pickup, a framed photo of my parents, and a pair of coil springs from McMaster-Carr that changed everything.
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Ten Things Most People Don't Know About CycleClimbing
Reverse the upper flywheel and your pecs light up. Grab the outside of the grip and your forearms pump. A quick field guide to the dual-flywheel workout.
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December 15, 1992: The Day I Sketched a 400-Pound Idea
A brutal one-mile bike climb up Motor Avenue, a recurring vision at 5:22 every morning, and the crude drawing that started a 34-year ride.
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