As ehrichweiss noted, this hack is fairly old; here’s a Mother Earth News article from Jan/Feb 1981 showing how to hook up a car alternator to a bicycle for home power usage: ...

In this DIY tutorial, learn how to build your very own bicycle generator from scratch! This step-by-step guide will walk you ...

Pedal Power! How to Build a Bike Generator. Hey, DIY Cyclists: Bring your bike indoors and generate electricity while you ride. By Rachel Z. Arndt Published: Mar 25, 2014 2:30 AM EDT.

For more bike-powered stuff, check out this generator. Posted in Transportation Hacks Tagged bicycle, bike, ... and used an old converted auto engine, and a mule, to power every device he needed ...

This is frictionless, unlike the old bottle-shaped dynamos that rub the edge of the tire. The magnets do cause some drag, but it’s all but unnoticeable, and on a loaded touring bike, it’ll ...

Bicycle-Powered Generator Display (ENGR 110, Winter 2009) Students: Karen Chapski, Ben Chery, Sean Schiff. Advisor: Shoba Krishnan. Using an old bike, SCU students created an energy generator to teach ...

That includes the bicycle stand, generator, 20 amp blocking diode, adjustment knob and instructions. The power pack is sold separately for US$365.95 and is suitable for household appliances up to ...

Remember those "bottle"-type dynamos that rubbed against the side of your bike tire in order to power the lights? Well, they've gotten a high-tech makeover, in the form of the CadenceX generator ...

Sure, pedaling your bike can get you from one place to another, but a user at DIY web site Instructables details how you can really put all that effort to good use by charging up your USB devices ...

An NPR listener (with what may be the best Twitter handle ever — Booky McReaderpants) inquired whether a home can be powered by bicycle-powered generator. It's an interesting issue about energy ...