Co-founders Bryan Pate and Brent Teal began working on the idea for ElliptiGO out of their garage in Solana Beach in 2005.

[8][9] For the study, researchers from the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, had 16 healthy female and male volunteers between the ages of 18 and 45 participate in three 15- to 20-minute practice sessions on the ElliptiGO bike before completing a graded maximal exercise test on a treadmill and a 30-minute exercise session on the ElliptiGO bike.

During the 30-minute exercise session, which was only conducted after the researchers deemed the participant proficient on the ElliptiGO bike, heart rate and oxygen consumption were recorded each minute as the subjects exercised at a self-selected pace; session RPE was also recorded.

ACE's study findings concluded that exercising at a self-selected intensity on the ElliptiGO bike met the guidelines on both accounts.

[8][9] ElliptiGO stand up bikes are used by some professional runners who use the bike to cross train, or add non-impact cardio hours to their training routine,[10] including 2012 US Olympians Meb Keflezighi,[11] and Julie Culley, UK 5000 m specialist Andy Vernon, Dutch elite-marathoner Miranda Boonstra, and 2000 French Olympian Marc Raquil.