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According to the data obtained at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1.8 times larger power is obtained at low heart rate condition and 1.15 times larger at higher heart rate condition.
Which is basically wasted on lugging the whole mechanism.
And wouldn't it be tough to get any kind of cadence going on with that?