London, February 9 : MPs in the UK are pretending to cycle to the moon, thanks to make believe technology.

Politicians were said to be using state-of-the-art cycling machines in the Commons gym that leads them to an imaginary world.

The leaders were seemingly fighting dragons or heading through outer space towards the moon with the help of the 5,500-pound exercise bikes attached to small TV screens for programming.

"The feedback we've had from Westminster Gym shows that it's very popular," the Sun quoted Duncan Lawson, boss of Instyle Fitness which supplied the two machines, as saying.

A Commons source added: "They are very well used."