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This is an industrial designed exercise bike from Lithuania that can store 2KWh of electricity generated by your own exercise.

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[โ€“] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A fun toy. But a normal exercise bike already converts the energy to heat. This heat then warms up the apartment.

Of course, with electricity, a heat pump for heating or cooling could be used, which is more efficient. But it's not like the energy remains unused with a normal exercise bike, as long as it is cold outdoors.

[โ€“] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

But sometimes it's hot outside ๐Ÿ˜“