Bicycle generated power

[Hrusai]

hmm this thread is giving rise to all manner of ideas.

ok so the dynohub is quite similar to the idea i was having, accept doing it in a different way and providing lower amount of power than i ideally wanted, but i just need to think about it all and do more research on the matter, see how viable the dynohub is and amounts it can comfortably generate, as well how possible it is to edit its design and such like.

as for the wind idea, thats bloody great!! whilst using the bike as a vehicle or to generate power via pedalling i'd keep it all together, but the idea of using the bike to generate extra power even while im not using it is bloody brilliant! after all i aint gonna spend all my time at my BOL just pedalling xD...the other thing you could do from that idea, is not just to simply overturn the bike, but actually remove the wheels and bearings, attach the card, then mount the wheels in a little holder up in a tree or some such, to catch more wind, so you can still use the bike after a few minutes reassembling it, and it acts as a make shift wind turbine!!....which would also suit the idea a dynohub/whatever the hell i call my idea nicely too

heh i was having similar reservations about the whole alternator idea, but after seeing those numbers, how can you argue with cold hard maths xD...and it translates into some very workable numbers!