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Indeed. At a local nuclear power station there's a visitor center where one can experiment how to generate electricity with an exercise bike. With moderate powe
by ptaipale 9y ago
Indeed. At a local nuclear power station there's a visitor center where one can experiment how to generate electricity with an exercise bike. With moderate power you can power a tablet computer or an incandescent light bulb, but the water kettle comes on only with actual athletes, and even then, the small light bulb goes off, and even a professional cyclist can't sustain that power for longer than a brief moment.
It's just pointless to generate electricity by human power. It's not pointless to ride a bike.
- diziet 9y agoYes, as a benchmark an 80kg male rider that's an athlete but not a pro (say cat1 or cat2) can produce maybe 1200-1300 watts for 10 seconds, and maybe 400 watts or so for 5 minutes.