Hook the pedal generator up to the kid’s TV. You peddle you watch.
How about a mandatory 4 hour pedaling time per day for all prison inmates?
The possibilities are endless. :)
On the subject of powering a chainsaw with the generator:
If you were to instead take that chain and wrap it directly about the pedalset, would you be able to cut the wood ?
Maybe so, but it would be tough. Once the bladed chain touches the wood, the force necessary to move that bladed chain along the wood increases -dramatically-.
So lets say it was twice as tough to move the chain, cutting the wood. You would need to provide twice the amount of time on the battery to store the amount of energy to cut the wood.
And that’s being optimistic.
To cut a branch I imagine you would need on the order of an hour or more of pedaling.
Am I right ?