h a l f b a k e r yPoint of hors d'oevre
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Before you set off to cycle home, attaching the Cyclo-
peeler apparatus to your bike will ensure your potatoes
are fully peeled and ready for cooking when you reach
your destination.
It’s a simple device, consisting of a series of connected
containers, beginning with a storage hopper, into
which
the potatoes are initially loaded.
The entire apparatus clamps securely unto the area
behind
the cyclist and is driven by a sturdy spring loaded rubber
wheel that makes contact with the sidewall rear tyre.
This
is a similar drive mechanism to the dynamos that once
powered many bicycle lighting systems.
It doesn’t take much cycling power to operate the actual
peeling process, with each potato being gripped in turn
along its axis and spun against the array of peeler
blades.
Once peeled, the potatoes pass into a water filled final
storage unit, ready for cooking when you arrive home.
Deluxe Version features an additional add-on unit that
chops the peeled potatoes into perfectly proportioned
chips.
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It actually would take a lot of power, unless there is a 3 potato maximum or a 4 kilometer minimum. |
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Nah - I don't think so. A potato being spun against a
traversing blade apparatus would require minimal
power. |
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You could have a second dynamo driving a resistance coil to boil the water and then the potatoes would be cooked by the end of your journey as well. |
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You missed out on the title [xen] - this could have been a Cyclops-peeler if you'd had one eye on the main chance ... |
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If you're having it stationary in the back room of the house, may as well run a rotating shaft the length of the street or terrace. That way every house can take a belt-drive off of the shaft to run their potato-peeler and anything else that needs rotational energy input. |
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There's a potential there for neighbourhood mechanical power distribution by lineshaft; surprisingly efficient, very steampunk ... |
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Here's me instantly thinking that the potatoes just sit in pockets next the specialized spokes. Potatoes are peeled rolling around in the individual pockets. No shafting necessary. |
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[marked-as-chindogu] :) complex innovation is easy, simple innovation is
hard. |
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//could have been a Cyclops-peeler// |
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... but No-one would hurt a cyclops. |
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Actually, why has no-one proposed a unicyclops? |
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The Hills Have Eyes.... but so do potatoes. |
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// No-one would hurt a cyclops // |
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// why has no-one proposed a unicyclops? // |
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They have. Google would be your friend on that question, it seems. |
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Or just replace the brake pads on your bicycle with potatoes |
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Truly brilliant ... what could possibly go wrong ? |
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Well then, use half potatoes as pedals. |
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Disappointingly, the search term "frictional heating of potatoes" (with quotes) does not turn up any hits, using several different search engines and meta searches. |
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I love raw potatoes. I'd never make it home without them all
chomped to bits. Screw the cyclops. I'd just whip out my Swiss
army and go at it. |
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<Mental image of [bliss] chasing Swiss Guards round St. Peter's Square with a riding crop in one hand and a bag of potatoes in the other./> |
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