The bicycle is a great invention. It is an extremely efficient method of transportation, even more so than walking. So why not harness that efficiency for other things? [Tony] had that same thought so ...

As we become more and more reliant on electricity, power outages hit us harder and harder. The solution is simple: build a bicycle generator. A magnet DC motor is spun 50 times for each revolution of ...

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.

Pedalling the bicycle generator supplies power to a bank of lights: incandescent, fluorescent, and LED. The pedal work required to turn on the lights depends on the energy efficiencies and ...

The hassle with biking gadgets is they draw energy. Even if you’re running everything off your phone (Strava, music, GPS, video, the occasional pic, message, or phone call) the serious worry is that ...

One of my bikes has a bottle dynamo that presses on the tire and powers the front lamp. The Siva Cycle Atom is a modern-day equivalent, only it won’t rub away your tire or slow you down, and it’ll ...

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 fork-mounted CadenceX ...

Millions of people around the world are without access to electricity at any given time – but the man behind 5-Hour Energy drinks claims to have found the answer. The ‘Free Electric’ solution from ...

The brand’s award-winning Bicycle Factory program is expanding to include a simple but important tool. In 2009, Toronto-based agency The Hive created a program for Cadbury that encouraged people to ...

A bicycle born out of auto industry technology, the Mando Footloose makes claim of using the world's first chainless series hybrid technology for an e-bike. Like other pedal-assisted electric bikes, ...