Months ago, I wrote a post about a human powered gym in Hong Kong, and ended with a rhetorical question –  what would it take to convert my home trainer into a source of electricity?

Well, yesterday's Bike Bits, Adventure Cycling's biweekly e-newsletter, had the answer to my question. For all you DIYers out there, here's a link to a website with free plans and instructions for building your own bicycle powered generator.

Not being much of a handyman, I don't expect I'll jump right on this project, but I'd love to hear from any readers that do.

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