Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply

Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by soperj on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:39PM (#24888708)

There's gotta be a more efficient way to covert the biking power into actual power. Anyone know?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by PeterisP on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:48AM (#24894700)

Take the fat and carbs that you would have eaten to power that exercise, and burn them directly in a heat engine, skipping all the biology.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by simongr3dal on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:38PM (#24889696)

You could try to somehow attach the generator directly to the pedals/crank, that way you won't lose energy to the chain and the bearings on the rear wheel.

It's probably not a meaningful improvement if the bike is well-kept and the rear wheel is lifted from the ground.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by soperj on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:45PM (#24901176)

Yes, this is exactly what I was thinking. thanks.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by kouzant on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:01AM (#24895675)

Now that all races and events are collapsing under Covid, we could hook in pro cyclist and pay them to cycle. Win win situation

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Use Your Bike as a Backup to Your Backup Power Supply by qz2 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @03:58PM (#24889395)

Pay someone else to ride it.

[ Parent | on HN ]