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Pedalcents pedal-powered cinema event
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Pedalcents

Ireland · Commercial hire

Uncertain last verified 2026-09 The site remains online and events are documented for 2015–2016; the September 2026 search found no dated activity from 2020 onward.
Topology not documented
8 adult bikesDocumented
  • Single source, medium confidence
  • Promotional figures labelled

Websitehttps://pedalcents.ie

Pedalcents supplies pedal-powered cinema packages — bikes, projection, sound and licensing — for indoor fundraising nights in Ireland. It does not screen outdoors because of the weather.

Key facts

  • Fleet

    8 adult bikes1

    Documented

  • Screen size

    16 ft × 9 ft1

    Documented

  • Rider rotation

    One cyclist swapped at a time1

    Documented

  • Reported output

    ~2,000 W over a screening (one school's report — see correction)1

    Promotional / press-reported — not verified

“Do all 8 cyclists change at once? No, we change out one cyclist at a time to maintain sufficient power in the system.”

Pedalcents FAQ1

Ken Murphy runs the company as its event manager 1, staging its events for community and school fundraising audiences. Documented events are primary-school fundraiser screenings in March 2015 and November 2016 1; the website remains online in 2026 1. Renewable Energy Innovation, the Nottingham DIY-generator workshop, built Pedalcents a separate four-bike "energy challenge" rig 1.

Specifications

What do these labels mean?

FieldValueConfidenceSources
Fleet8 adult bikesDocumented1
Screen size16 × 9 ftDocumented1
Rider swap patternOne cyclist at a timeDocumented1
Reported total output~2,000 W, over the course of one screeningResearch correction:Across the eight riders the claim implies about 250 W each, roughly four times the 50–60 W electrical constant documented by operator manuals and the 40–75 W band that measured studies support. The research treats claims in this range as mechanical-at-the-pedals or short-burst values, not sustained electrical output, and excludes them from sizing.A single school's own fundraiser write-up, not an instrumented reading; no comparable figure was found for other Pedalcents events.Promotional / press-reported — not verified1
Venue policyIndoor-only; no outdoor screeningsThe operator cites unpredictable Irish weather as the reason.Documented1
Generator / buffering technologynot disclosedNo source describes the generator type or whether any battery, capacitor, or purely live-wire architecture is used.Not disclosed1
Map of Ireland marking Pedalcents' base with an uncertain-status badge
Ireland1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus
Velocity fundraising pedal-powered screening by Pedalcents
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Typographic panel listing the eight-bike setup, the screen size and the rider-swap practice
8 bikes, screen size, one-at-a-time rider swaps1 Image: BicycleCinema.org, drawn from the research corpus

Sources

  1. [1]Pedalcents — FAQ/About and school event reportspedalcents.ie

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