In the smoothie business!

[mimitabby]

here's Raleighdon putting the last touches on the new blender/bike



here's Mimi almost done with her first smoothie!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Awesome!!

[mimitabby]

oh, good you didn't go to bed yet

[KnottedYet]

Coooool!
Party at Mimi's house!!

[DebW]

Is it powered off the tire like an old-fashioned generator light? How much drag to you feel? You want drag while riding a trainer anyway.

[SouthernBelle]

What kinda smoothie?

[mimitabby]

It is powered like the old fashioned generator light. There is some drag, yes. But I could have done this for a long, long time. The thing that drags got really hot. I'm not sure that's good. I will contact the extracycle people and see what sort of tire they recommend. There are good gatorskins on this bike now and i'm not sure that's the best combo.

It was a banana mango smoothie.It's honestly the first one I ever made. I would like any smoothie recipes you guys want to share with me!

[redrhodie]

You are brilliant! Wouldn't it be cool if we could power our homes this way? I had an idea for a Gym (I'd call it "the power station") that would generate power from gym equipment. Too bad I know nothing about how to make it work, or if it would work.

[mimitabby]

The problem comes with cooking and heating. Those things us A LOT of watts


hey, i'm not brillianT!!! http://www.bikeblender.com/store.html

these guys are!!

[lauraelmore1033]

What a cool item! I've often thought it would be nice to rig a bicycle powered generator to the TV. This would either result in the end of my addiction to tv or I'd get super fit. They do make generators/trainers, http://www.econvergence.net/electro.htm but they don't really produce enough power to run the tv. Too bad I'm not addicted to the radio

[SouthernBelle]

1 c vanilla yogurt
1 c frozen fruit of your choice (Strawberries!)
1/4-1/3 c milk (depending on how think you want it.)
sweeten to taste (I use 1 package sweet n' low)


If you have plain yogurt & want to use it, add a tad of vanilla extract.

[mimitabby]

1 c vanilla yogurt
1 c frozen fruit of your choice (Strawberries!)
1/4-1/3 c milk (depending on how think you want it.)
sweeten to taste (I use 1 package sweet n' low)


If you have plain yogurt & want to use it, add a tad of vanilla extract.

thank you!!

[Mr. Bloom]

1 c vanilla yogurt
1 c frozen fruit of your choice (Strawberries!)
1/4-1/3 c milk (depending on how think you want it.)
sweeten to taste (I use 1 package sweet n' low)


If you have plain yogurt & want to use it, add a tad of vanilla extract.

Do you want it FedEx'd to you on dry ice?

[mimitabby]

Southern Belle, that did the trick. yogurt and vanilla extract!!

we used maple syrup (1 tablespoon for 2 servings) instead of nutrasweet.

thanks!

anyone want one? I had to ride the equivalent of 1 mile.

[SouthernBelle]

This is in today's paper in USA Weekend:

Chocolate Banana Breakfast smoothie

2 scoops chocolate-flavored whey protein powder
1 medium banana
1 c ice
1 c plain non-fat yogurt
1 c. skim milk

2 servings.

Personally I'd play with this without the ice. Maybe freeze a banana or use other frozen fruit. The secret of a great smoothie.