Instruction manual

OPERATION INSTRUCTION

The Monark Exercise Ergometer Model 828E is a test cycle which has an adjustable brake

system where the brake force can be set/read in kilopond (kp) and Newton (N). The

actual brake power is showed in Watts on the electronic meter.

The cycle is equipped with an electronic meter showing pedal revulotions per

minute (RPM), heart rate in bpm (HR), exercise time in minutes and seconds (TIME), an

imagined cycling speed in km per hour or miles per hour (SPEED), covered distance in km

or mile (DISTANCE), burned Calories (CAL) and the power on the cycle(WATT).

The watt reading is depending on the pedalling speed which means that the watt figure can

be fine tuned by means of increasing or decreasing the speed or pedal rpm.

When pedalling the subject supplies the flywheel with a kinetic energy. This is braked by

means of a brake belt which runs around the bigger part of the brake surface of the

flywheel. The brake power is changed either by using other pedalling speed or by

increasing or decreasing the tension of the brake belt against the flywheel by means of the

load tension device. The harder the load is adjusted the larger figure, in kp or N, the

pendelum will show on the force scale and the watt figure can be read in the watt display

on the electronic meter. The kp figure can also be read in the kp window beside the

electronic meter. See fig. 6.