date-created: '2009-04-29'
date-updated: '2026-09-02'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
    email: admin@appropedia.org
title: "Rowan's portable pedal power generator"
description: "The idea behind the project is relatively simple. A stand allows the back wheel of a bike to spin freely (usually used for indoor exercise) supports a bike that powers a generator. The generated energy (actually it's converted) is stored in a battery and used on electrical devices of an appropriate voltage."
intended-use: development
keywords:
    - bicycle
    - 'bike power'
    - 'energy conversion'
    - battery
    - diode
    - generator
    - inverter
    - regulator
    - 'volt gauge'
    - 'Pedal power'
project-link: "https://www.appropedia.org/Rowan's_portable_pedal_power_generator"
contact:
    name: 'Rowan Steele'
    social:
        platform: Appropedia
        user-handle: 'Rowan Steele'
version: 109
development-stage: Prototyped
made: false
image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/9/9d/Bike.stand.generator.1.jpg'
variant-of:
    title: 'Pedal powered generator'
    web: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Pedal_powered_generator'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
licensor:
    name: 'Rowan Steele'
    affliation: 'Cal Poly Humboldt'
    contact: 'https://www.appropedia.org/Rowan_Steele'
documentation-home: "https://www.appropedia.org/Rowan's_portable_pedal_power_generator"
documentation-language: en