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Pedal Powered Smoothie Bikes with Lights

June 28, 2022 By Matthew Little

We recently built two smoothie bike systems with large light-up advertising signs. These use our electrical pedal generators to charge some capacitors. This electrical energy is then used to power some standard electric smoothie machines. There is a large LED sign which lights up as you ‘fill’ the unit with energy and the, when the energy is used up, the lights switch off.

There is also a power meter showing exactly how much power the cyclist is generating.

These units were used at an outdoor sporting event, making pedal powered cocktails at an ‘eco’ bar!

This system is interesting as most smoothie bikes use mechanical direct drive systems. Mechnaical systems would be more efficient, but this electrical system means we can use standard blender machines and have them set up away from the bikes with a cable. Also its quite fun to ‘fill’ the lights then you can relax as you watch your pedal efforts converted into a nice smoothie!

Filed Under: Bespoke, Blog, Interactive Displays, Pedal Power Tagged With: bicycle, bicycle power, human power, pedal, pedal generator, pedal power

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Bespoke Gear have been building interactive pedal-power systems for over 15 years. Doing events and selling equipment to a wide variety of customers in that time we have learnt what works. We design and build high-quality, robust pedal-powered equipment and bespoke, interesting and interactive displays. If you are trying to promote environmental awareness, energy efficiency, getting people fit or just want something thats a bit different for your event then we might have something for you.

Renewable Energy Innovation

Our sister business, Renewable Energy Innovation, works on innovative electrical systems for renewable energy projects. It was through working on renewable enegry projects that Bespoke Gear was started. We needed interesting and interactive displays to explain power and energy to a wide range of people. Hence our first pedal power system was born.
If you require consultancy, design and implementation services for your renewable energy project, then please visit their website.

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