Bicycle on a stand used to generate electricity

[Katydid]

I don’t know where to post this but here goes. I know that there are several people on this forum that are electricity experts and I hope they can help me. We take our bikes with us when we travel ( going full time in May ) and I have a bike trainer stand that I want to convert to generate power to use in the rig or trickle charge the batteries. I figure while I am getting my exercise I can do some recharging at the same time. I have found kits online but I don’t think I need the entire kit with the stand. Before I invest in this, is this a bad idea with an RV meaning would it harm the equipment or batteries if I did this? Seeing that it would be that it may not be a steady cadence and if I get distracted I would stop and start. We already have solar but I just thought on cloudy days this would kill two birds with one stone.

[prairiecamper]

Originally Posted by Katydid

I don’t know where to post this but here goes. I know that there are several people on this forum that are electricity experts and I hope they can help me. We take our bikes with us when we travel ( going full time in May ) and I have a bike trainer stand that I want to convert to generate power to use in the rig or trickle charge the batteries. I figure while I am getting my exercise I can do some recharging at the same time. I have found kits online but I don’t think I need the entire kit with the stand. Before I invest in this, is this a bad idea with an RV meaning would it harm the equipment or batteries if I did this? Seeing that it would be that it may not be a steady cadence and if I get distracted I would stop and start. We already have solar but I just thought on cloudy days this would kill two birds with one stone.

To each his own as the saying goes. However the effort to produce electricity on a stationary bike at a campsite would be minimal I believe unless of course you are an athlete. Here is a link that might help you understand the physics better.

https://www.gearandgrit.com/convert-...urned-cycling/