wow I thought it was a joke at first. My husband would like a margarita please!
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04-07-2006, 07:51 AM #1
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Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
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04-07-2006, 08:04 AM #2
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Hey, if you're not having fun, you're not doing it right--and it looks like this is definitely a fun biking accessory!
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04-07-2006, 08:33 AM #3
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That's crazy, I've never seen that before. Let us know how well it works!!
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04-07-2006, 10:43 AM #4
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What a fun idea Sue! That inspired me to do a little web search on bicycle-powered options. It seems like a great idea to harness the energy created. I saw info on powering Ipods and cell phones. It would be nice to at least pedal-recharge my light batteries.
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04-07-2006, 12:39 PM #5
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The students at the university where I work have a Campus Center for Appropriate technology with some GREAT examples set up at their house of pedal power; this is from their website: http://www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/pedalpower/inventions/frames_final_htm..htm
You can even see our college president working the cycle generators during an event!
There's a sewing machine, grinder, drill press, tv/vcr and wringer washer. I personally like the "Concert Generator." Bart, with the Solar cooker, sets up at the food coop pretty regularly--and it seems to work great.Last edited by wabisabi; 04-07-2006 at 12:44 PM.
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
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04-07-2006, 01:23 PM #6
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You know, I still sew on a 1902 treadle sewing machine. I even used to sew for a living on that thing.
My mid-life crisis buy was my bike - and a new sleeping bag, and a new tent... We joke about our bikes being our RV(s).
I'll let you, Geonz, handle the Margaritas.
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04-07-2006, 03:02 PM #7
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You know, those old machines are still the best, aren't they? At least in my opinion. Especially when they are all metal; you can sew just about anything on those things, and nothing breaks!
The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. ~Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green
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