Patent ID: 6987327

Claim:
An electric generating convertible bicycle, comprising: a conventional bicycle of the type having a plurality of gears that can be varied by a rider during use of said bicycle; a generator having a shaft and a roller operatively attached to said shaft, said roller adapted for frictional engagement with an outer circumferential surface of a rear tire of said bicycle; and means for maintaining said roller in frictional engagement with said outer circumferential surface; and wherein said means for maintaining includes a stand, said stand adapted to cooperate with an axle of a rear wheel of said bicycle sufficient to retain said rear wheel thereto and wherein said rear tire is elevated above a surface said stand is adapted to be placed on and wherein said stand includes a first and a second upright member and wherein said second upright member is attached at an upper end thereof to a distal end of a horizontal support member and to said generator and wherein said horizontal member includes an opposite end that is attached to a frame member of said bicycle and wherein said horizontal support member of said stand and said frame member cooperate to maintain said roller in sufficient frictional contact with said outer circumferential surface when said bicycle is disposed on said stand.