Titanflexr wrote:
The economics are, at best, marginal. Residential power is about $0.13/kwh
You have to ride at 200W for 5hrs to generate 1kwh
An inverter (to convert the DC power to something you can pipe back into the grid) would add ~$200 to the retail cost of a trainer....if not more.
Given the above, it would hit break even after ~8,000hrs of riding. The typical work year 40hrs/wk is 2,000hrs.
Price of power is at least double that in Australia, and the economics still dont stack up (shame though!)
Edit: Would be cool if you could charge your power wall by using your trainer. Quick, someone call Musk!