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Everyone (see the reviews below) is excited about these exercise bikes. According to the specs, they connect to Xbox, Playstation 2 or your computer, allowing you to play your video games using the exercise bike. They supposedly even have the vibration (shock) feedback that happens with some controllers when there is a collision or explosion.

• NeXfit – Get In The Game

That sounds good and is really exciting. The bike pictured here is actually pretty enough to reside in my living room with the Xbox. The only thing that bothers me is that I can’t buy it. I tried to click on the International store button and that didn’t work. The Canadian store button prices the bike at $2,300, but I’m not from Canada, so I can’t have it shipped to me.

I even tried looking at the forum to see if they have some questions answered there. Unfortunately, there was little there except people complaining that they are unable to purchase the bikes. This quote says it all to me:

I would never buy one because I feel this board and the workings of the website tell you alot about their customer service. I was going to buy one after seeing it in several articles. I cannot justify $3,000, if the customer service is not there when the product has issues.

Shucks… This looked so cool and it looked like it would be fun and not be so much of an eyesore in my small living space. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Nexfit is ready for Prime Time.

Via: neXfit’s new exergaming bike – Engadget – www.engadget.com

Via: Shiny Shiny: NeXfit Video-Game Exercise Bike

Via: MedGadget – Fun Way to Fight Fat

Via: God Bless CES on Maxim Online

UPDATE: neXfit Bike – Update