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excersise bike or other machine with an electricity generator?

rubadub · 2006-03-23 11:00:27

Can you get a excersise bike that generates electricity and is low noise? I remember thinking of it years back and have saw one on TV years ago. In the film supersize me there was a gym where kids had playstations hooked up to bikes, and they could race each other and view motorbikes on screen, faster you cycle fast you go…

23-03-2006 11:00am

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Can you get a excersise bike that generates electricity and is low noise?
I remember thinking of it years back and have saw one on TV years ago. In the film supersize me there was a gym where kids had playstations hooked up to bikes, and they could race each other and view motorbikes on screen, faster you cycle fast you go on screen.

I think it would be a great incentive. I would like to be able to plug my TV into the bike so I would have to keep going or else miss the program.

Or are there other generators for working the arms or something. I know you get torches that charge when you squeeze the handle like those sprung wrist workout things.

EDIT: damn! google is turning up lots of stuff.
check out this DIY version.
http://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/bikegenerator.html

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