Remember the Expresso Fitness S2 Exercise Bike that takes you on a ride in a virtual world? Expresso Fitness, the California-based fitness company has been successfully carrying forth their mission of satisfying an exerciser’s need for an engaging and effective cardiovascular fitness. The latest offering from the house is an Interactive Recumbent Bike, which aims to bring entertainment to a wider audience. Dubbed S2r, it’s the company’s first recumbent stationary bike that merges web-based ‘exergaming’ features with a customized workout experience. It touts all the software and hardware, which we find on Expresso Upright Bikes. Touting a 19-inch widescreen, the recumbent bike comes with company’s signature Tours and Chases. Additional features of the Expresso Recumbent Bike include a comfortable ergonomic seat and back rest that accommodates a wide range of rider types, and a lower, walk-through design that enhances stability and permits riders to easily get on and off. The handles of the bike come equipped with integrated steering and shifting mechanisms.

Another interesting product from the house is the new Expresso S2u bike (pictured above), which is an update to S2 Exercise Bike and bike is a Web-enabled ‘exergaming’ fitness bike that simulates riding outdoors by way of a 17-inch LCD screen showing more than 30 virtual courses that vary in difficulty and terrain. With the new ‘Chases’ function, exercisers can follow or race against configurable ‘Pacers,’ and a unique ‘Ghost’ ride function allows them to race against their own best time. Up to eight riders can compete, real-time, in the same facility. The Expresso S2u bike comes for US $5,145.