motor on bicycle

For the first half of the problem, use a slingshot, some weight and a fishing-rope connected to the plug. Fix a note on the end of the rope that reads like this: "Please pull 500 ft until you get the power plug. Plug in. Thanks for supporting! Stryped".

If you are back on power, you just go 1000 ft, use the momentum to tear the plug out and use up all the rest of inertia to go even further! When you come to a standstill, continue with slingshot. You can improve things, if you do have some long rubber band where one end is connected to your vehicle, the other end to the plug. You get the picture? :-))

Nick

All totally moronic comments aside, another great alternative to a traditional drive power transfer system would be to get a big electric DC fan and strap that on your back.

No need for a clutch or transmission, and the motor goes as fast as it wants to.

Still would have to carry batteries, but it removes any potential for making the regular pedal drive excessively hard to pedal when off.

Ever see that clip of the guy who strapped rockets to his back and attempted to ride a bike?

That would at least avoid any problems with the motor vehicle laws.

Hell....could use horse manure.Seems to be enorgh flying around here. Might as well with something

I once fired up my combat control line plane with a screaming .40 with a

9-7 prop, layed it across the handlebar of my bike, gave a couple pedals to get rolling and rode around the block with that beast blowing castor oil in my face. Got up to decent speed on level ground but was slow off the mark.

Like I said, all totally moronic comments aside...

and if you could articulate the blade position, you could stall the forward push without interfereing with the rotation of the blades

That wouldn't end up being all that cheap, however a free 5hp engine, or a DC electric fan have the potential to be

Only run the generator when you are not peddling so the power is free.

That's where the expression "that really burns my butt" came from !!

Actually the solution is to put a pickup coil on the bottom of the bike and magnets in the road -- the faster you go, the more energy you get from the "linear generator" (and if you don't get enough that way, you can use an amplifier). ..... WHAT ?? there is a problem with that reasoning ??? ;-)

mikey

And forget the fact that it's slowing you down, requiring more pedaling to get your speed back up.

Reverse the setup, power the coils, and you have a railgun. Actually, that could be the seed of an interesting idea. You would need to build some access bridges, but the technology is simple...

Convert one HOV lane on a freeway to bicycles only and barricade it off from other traffic. One freeway lane could probably fit four bike lanes, two in each direction. Put four lines of your coils in the roadway, equip the bikes with a drop-down metal plate, magnet, or coil, and phase the energising of the road coils to power the bikes at

25 mph. Since the bikes would be forced into traveling at a constant rate of speed relative to each other, and have to center over the energised coils, accidents would be minimized and there would be no traffic jams caused by "slowpoke" drivers. Make a covered recumbant bike to keep the elements off the rider, and a lot of commuters would be interested.

With stops and traffic, busses have an average speed that is often less than what this setup would allow. Freeways in most major cities get to gridlock during rush hours, making this type of transportation faster and cheaper. Pollution and noise is taken out of city centers and moved to more efficient (and possibly environmentally friendly) power plants. There is no physical connection or moving parts within the powering coils, so they should last as long as the roadway. The lighter bike frames cutting through the air at a slower speed than cars reduces energy use. The cost of building a bike with no onboard motor is less than building a car or motorcycle. Parking lots could double or triple capacity.

Geeeezzzzz Steve. You really need more sleep...LOL

It was a joke.

Harry Chickpea wrote: ...

Until some wiz-kid figures out a method of moving the plates, magnets or altering the coils to double or triple the speed.

Anthony

Yes you could, its called a "motorcycle" and they have been around for a long time, come in a wide variety of styles and horsepower and can be purchased at a dealer near you Eric

There used to be a conversion you could buy....had a wide small wheel, like a wheelbarrow wheel, with a platform to mount the motor to, the rear fork attached to the platform... Was nice because of the low center of gravity....a problem with lots of motorized bikes....

Do not know if is still available...did a google search but could not find anything....

hope helps...have fun.....sno

You, and others that have given similar responses, have missed the point. He has the motor and the bicycle and wishes to use them. Some people enjoy making things themselves rather than buying things pre-made.

Bruce