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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Either he's lying about being a mechanical engineer or the barrier to entry to become a mechanical engineer is embarrassingly low.

It this guy seriously proposing a perpetual motion machine for the purposes of EV charging? Also not that it really matters but who the hell has range anxiety on an electric bicycle. You get 30 miles out of those things easily, what sort of bike rides is he doing where you have to recharge that more than once a month?

He should try recharging a solar panel with a light powered by the solar panel. Just achieving infinite power.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Don't be so hard on him. He is still a student and got to learn.

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've gone as far as 55 miles in one bike ride, and hope to do a full century ride someday. 30 miles is not at all out of the ordinary for bicyclists.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

hope to do a full century ride someday

If I can do it after not riding my bike for a year, then so can you.

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks, I don't doubt it. Biggest issue is that I have significant anxiety about doing any riding after a really close call some years ago. A car was going something like 50 mph on a 35 limit street, and was inches from hitting me from behind. Technically it did hit, but only enough to barely whiff past my body, and put a small dent in my rear rack.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

30 miles is laughably low. A single ride would drain it for me. To go to store it would take 10 miles, not counting anything else.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A 10 mile round trip would probably take about 3 hours, it probably isn't as far as you think it is.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

3 hours? How slow do you bike? I average 25 to 30mph on a non powered mountain bike. I could walk that in 3 hours.

[–] Rugtert@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

30mph is incredible

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Literally. Especially on a mountainbike averaging 50kmh is insane.