Friday, February 06, 2009

A Bike Powered Washing Machine

Via Bike Blog NYC, the Mayapedal Washing Machine:



We dig the inclusion of a derailleur to make the washing experience shiftable (apologies to the fixed gear hipsters out there). Based in Guatemala, Mayapedal has welded up a bunch of clever "Bicimáquinas" or bike machines that you check out here.
Posted by Mr. Homegrown at 12:47 PM
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5 comments:

  2. Okay, that is too cool and I definitely want to try one for myself!
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  4. How is this supposed to work, exactly? It seems to me that the clothes will not agitate, but simply plaster themselves against the barrel wall.

    The idea of pedal power is cool, however, and I suggest it be used in connection with something like http://www.Staber.com/ ?
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  5. The beauty of the side-load design is that the clothes are continually sloshing in and out of the water, which provides all the agitation you need. I made one similar, and it works even better than I thought it would!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fktpd1ymE8A
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