Originally Posted By: comms
I know this tread was for powering a bike for commuting/movement.

But Blast brings up the point of powering other items. I have long considered:
http://www.econvergence.net/electro.htm

I rode one for several hours at Superbowl XLII when they powered 30 minutes of the entire stadium with the stored energy.

It costs about $800 for a working set up, including the bike trainer (stand). Then you just put whatever bike you have in it and start pedaling.


Those are cool, but I think you can rig up something yourself a good bit cheaper. You still need the stand, inverter, and generator head which all do add up.

Time to research this more, I`m sure someone has a pretty good DIY system on the web laugh
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