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It seems like there is a never ending urge of furniture designer’s who think it’s a great idea to combine office work and exercise.

The newest entry into this fray is the Exercise Bike Desk (Cycle Desk) from Kickstand Furniture.

Before I talk about whether the Cycle Desk has any merit, let me give you a quick history on exercising at work.

The first entry in the exercise at work club was the exercise ball. “Sit while you get fit”, or  ”strengthen your core and improve your posture” while you’re grinding away at your desk for 10 hours a day.

If that idea isn’t crazy enough for you, enter the Treadmill Desk (TrekDesk).

If you found it difficult to concentrate on your work while balancing on a ball, you’re gonna love trying to read your computer screen while your head bobs up and down and you can’t reach your keyboard.

Enter the Cycle Desk

The Cycle Desk is the newest entry into this market made by a company called Kickstand Furniture from Ohio.

Maybe it’s just me, but I didn’t expect this company to be from Ohio. The idea seems more like something that hatched from a zany Californian.

Maybe this thing isn’t even real? It make you wonder how many they will sell at up to $2750.

Here’s what they have to say about the desk on the blog:

The frame is constructed with hand-welded 2-inch square steel tube. It stands 115 cm (45 in) high and comes equipped with footers that raise and lower the desk by 15 cm (6 in). You can order it with either a raw steel or brushed finish. Custom finishes, such as chrome or powder coat, are also available.

The desktop is 150×75 cm (60×30 in), which is supported by two industrial strength sliders attached to the frame, each slider capable of supporting 159 kg (350 lbs) per side. The desktop extends 25 cm (10 in) to make mounting and dismounting your bike a snap. You can order the desktop two ways: recycled maple and tempered glass. Custom surfaces are also available.

Two types of footers are available, one for hard flooring and the other for soft surfaces like carpet.

The kicker to the Cycle Desk is the fact that it doesn’t come with a bike, you’ll have to supply that along with a stationary bike trainer like this.

I’m guessing that the Cycle Desk is aimed squarely at the super hard-core bike enthusiest crowd that live to ride and rides to live because I can’t think of any other reason to drop that kind of cash on a desk when I could get a kick-but exercise bike like this and have enough money left over for an entire home gym system.

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