The most amazing resource I’ve found so far for the do-it-yourself-er on the pedal power front is:

The Human-Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors
In this comprehensive book, author Tamara Dean walks us through the history of human power generation and some current creative applications. The pages are rich with examples and inspiration and perhaps best of all, the plans and specs to help you build your own human-powered devices.

Other available plans and products include:

This video walks you through how to build your own bike blender!
Or if you prefer written directions – check this out

PedalPowerGenerator.com

David Butcher’s Pedal Powered Prime Mover

 

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