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Emergency Bike Generator for Power Cuts

The UK government now advises every household to be ready for power cuts and emergencies, and wind-up torches and radios are selling out. The Emergency Bike Generator is a pedal-powered generator for the home: pedal to charge phones, power banks, LED lights and radios, with no fuel, no fumes and no grid.

Built in our London workshop using the same hub motor and friction generators as our festival phone-charging bikes and bicycle cinemas. It puts out 50 to 80 W continuous through an IP-rated box with a voltage regulator, voltage display, USB-C and XT60 outputs. Your legs are far stronger than your arms, so a few minutes of pedalling does what an hour of winding never could. Price on request.

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Emergency bike generator: bicycle on a stand with a hub motor, wired to an IP-rated power box charging a phone in a power cut
Pedal-powered home generator: bike on a stand powering a voltage-display output box, two phones and a radio on a side table
Bicycle generator for the home: blue bike on a hub motor stand charging phones and a radio through an IP-rated power box
Pedal power for power cuts: bike generator with voltage display and USB-C and XT60 outputs, two phones fully charged

Specification

Output

  • USB-C and XT60 outputs

  • Voltage regulator with a voltage display on the front, so you can see what you are producing

  • 50 to 80 W continuous

What It Powers

  • Phones and tablets

  • Power banks, to store energy for the night

  • USB and 12V LED lights

  • Radios

  • Laptops via USB-C

Construction

  • Uses your own bike, fitted with our hub motor or friction generator

  • Quiet, no fuel or exhaust, safe to use indoors

  • Designed and built in London

In The Box

  • Hub motor or friction generator for your bike

  • IP-rated, wall-box size output unit

  • Voltage regulator and capacitor buffer

  • Voltage display

  • USB-C and XT60 outputs

  • Optional battery

Common Questions

What can a bike generator power in a power cut?

Phones, tablets, power banks, radios and LED lights. It is designed to keep people in touch and able to see, not to run a fridge or a heater.

How long do I need to pedal to charge a phone?

At 50 to 80 W you produce several times what a phone needs, so it charges about as fast as from a wall socket. The limit is how fast the phone accepts charge, not you.

Is it safe to use indoors?

Yes. Unlike a petrol generator there is no fuel, no exhaust and no carbon monoxide, and it is almost silent.

Does it have a battery?

Not as standard. It runs live from your pedalling, with a capacitor buffer to smooth the power. An optional battery lets you store energy for lights and phones overnight, or pedal a power bank during the day.

How is it better than a wind-up torch or radio?

A wind-up gadget powers one small device. Pedalling produces many times more power, so one bike can keep the whole household’s phones, lights and radio going.

Do I need my own bike?

Yes. We supply the hub motor or friction generator and the output box, and it works with an ordinary bike.

How do I order?

Tell us where you are and what you want to power, and we will come back with price and delivery. Contact us.

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