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Basic questions to consider when crafting your Pedal Powered Stage

Oct 16, 2012Posted by fossilfool in Electric Fender Blender Pro Related Posts, Featured News, LED Panels, Modified JBL Loudspeakers, Mundo 500, Pedal Power Utility Box, Pedal Powered Stage Gear, Pedalometer | 0 comments

The technical needs of a Pedal Powered event vary greatly depending on things like audience size, venue, and power needs of musician’s devices. Over the past 6 years Rock The Bike has Pedal Powered events large and small. In this post we’ll try to help you arrive at what type of Pedal Power system would make the biggest impact for you.

Above: Shake Your Peace! performs during the Bay Rising Tour on their Pedal Powered Stage crafted by Rock the Bike.

Please consider and answer these questions:

- Outdoor v. Indoor. Doing anything in an outdoor space requires more power, as there are no resounding walls. What are the spaces you wish to use as venues? Do you have a photo of one of the events you host?

- Will you be doing nighttime events? Is there always light available? Do you have a need for Pedal Powered Lighting?

- What is your main motivation for doing Pedal Power?

- Audience size. How many people are in the crowd at the events you envision Pedal Powering?

- Do you need to provide AC power? Examples of why you’d need this include: charging cell phones, charging laptops, powering a mixing board, powering a power tool as an example of Pedal Power.

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What are the elements of a Pedal Powered Stage?

Nov 8, 2011Posted by fossilfool in Electric Fender Blender Pro Related Posts, Featured News, LED Panels, Modified JBL Loudspeakers, Mundo 500, Pedal Power Utility Box, Pedal Powered Stage Gear, Pedalometer | Comments Off

What follows is an explanation of the key elements of a Pedal Powered Stage. If you are ready to buy individual components, please see the Pedal Powered Stage products section of our online store. If you’d like a custom quote for a Pedal Powered Stage, please start by emailing us with the answers to our Pedal Powered Stage questionnaire.

Pedal Power Generators:

How many?
You will need enough bicycle generators that the pedaling effort per person is approx. 50-75 Watts. Based on my experience at events, 50-75 Watts is the amount that an average audience member can continuously provide. You should also have ‘ringer pedalers’ in your crew. Ringer pedalers are strong racer or everyday commuting cyclists who can contribute up to 4 times more than an average pedaler. Whether you’re relying on ringers or the GP (General Public), you’ll need enough bikes that the effort can be shared. Tip: Use a Kill-A-Watt to measure the consumption of the gear you want to use. Then divide by 60 watts!

Examples of interactive Pedal Powered lighting rigs

Sep 3, 2011Posted by fossilfool in Electric Fender Blender Pro, Electric Fender Blender Pro Related Posts | Comments Off

Let us bring our years of experience with Pedal Powered lighting to craft something special for your event. For fun or for education (or both!), the possibilities are endless!

Above: Lines of light come from the generator bike, extending further (up to 300 feet) the harder you pedal.

Above: More lines of light on our 18′ tall Bamboo Tripod.

Above: Pedal Powered Stage LED lighting: 1 pedaler per panel.

Above: The large light-up Wattage Display shows the instantaneous power use of our Pedal Powered Stage. It averages readings to show you the power use over the last 5 seconds

The sLEDgehammer

The sLEDgehammer, an interactive Pedal Powered lighting rig.

LED bars of increasing height light up when you pedal harder. Click here to watch the video!

The Light Bike

Above: Sir Richard Branson pedaling the Light Bike comparison station at the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore, 2008.
Switching back and forth allows the pedaler to feel the energy savings of CCFL bulbs over traditional incandescent bulbs.

Soul Cycles

We have integrated Pedal Powered Lighting into several of our custom Soul Cycle rigs, including El Arbol, the Bike Tree:

The Blue Whale:

and The Choprical Fish:

If you’re looking for applications to use Pedal Power, there are two main types: Mechanical and Electrical.

Mechanical applications generally have the advantage of being simpler, cheaper, and with simpler maintenance. They include Bike Blending and Spin Art.

Electrical applications are more limitless. The options include, but are not limited to, audio amplifiers, AC Power, and light.