Comments on: Reelights: friction-free human powered bike lights http://gigaom.com/mobile/reelight_fricti/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin C. Tofel http://gigaom.com/mobile/reelight_fricti/#comment-406500 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:23:20 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/reelight_fricti#comment-406500

Others have wondered, but only you had the courage to actually publicly ask. ;)

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Okay, am I the only jerk who reads the phrase “Lance Armstrong Underoos” and wonders how they’re shaped?

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“choice of briefs problem”?!?

Too much information ;-)

]]> By: Chris K http://gigaom.com/mobile/reelight_fricti/#comment-406503 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:39:51 +0000 http://jkontherun.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/reelight_fricti#comment-406503

Not bad, but two things:

1) They’re not zero-friction, there’s going to be resistance based on the magnetic attraction of the components. It’s certainly better than a rim generator.

2) If you want to power accessories from your bike, look into a Shimano hub generator. It operates on the same principles, but is integrated into the hub of your wheel, so you can run power for anything you’d like, including lights, a trip computer, etc.

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