Tour de France Bike Power

In its final week, the Tour de France has challenged 219 cyclists to cover more than 3,600 miles in three weeks. Each cyclist has a power meter that measures his power production. If he is pedaling at full force, it can be anywhere from 300-400 watts. For example, when your air condition is running on full blast, it's consuming about 4,000 watts. It would take about 10 of the Tour de France cyclists to power the house when it consumes that much power. With all 219 cyclists, they could power up to 687,600 watts. Now that's pedal power! Source: mapawatt.com halogen CYCLE POWER A TYPICAL CYCLING GROUP WITH ABOUT WHILE ALSO REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS BY OVER 20 5000 BIKES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO LBS 3.6 MEGAWATTS (3,600,00 WATTS) OF RENEWABLE ENERGY A YEAR 72 THAT'S ENOUGH HOMES FOR A MONTH POWER TO LIGHT