Method and apparatus for allowing a person with disabilities to learn to
pedal a conventional bicycle which device also converts a conventional
bicycle into an in-place exercise bike. In the bike trainer embodiment,
the device allows the training wheels which are attached to the rear
wheel of a bicycle to be elevated by being placed in a right and left
trough of the base of the device so that the rear wheel of the bicycle is
elevated off the ground and spins freely in a space between the right and
left troughs. In the exercise bicycle embodiment, an adjustable rear
roller assembly can be attached to the base of the device so that the
rear wheel of the bicycle rests on a pair of rollers so as to allow the
rear wheel of the bicycle to contact and roll on a front and rear roller
so as to increase pedaling resistance while the front wheel of the
bicycle is stabilized by a stand having a pair of adjustable upright
members and a pair of laterally extending members for maintaining the
bicycle in a stable position. Other embodiments are also disclosed.