Hi I'm Alex Gadsden I am the inventor of the Cyclean Machine

“We all have to do our bit for the planet”

It all started around five years ago, I was going around scrap yards, local dumps, and could not believe how much was being wasted. So I thought about trying to make something out of waste washing machines.

A washing machine that was eco friendly also helps get you fit so I built the pedal powered washing machine. It took about twenty weeks tinkering in the evening and many failed attempts to start with. But after a few attempts I noticed that the machine wanted to build itself so I worked with it, and after each hurdle I faced I just sat down and looked, and out of the blue the problem was solved this carried on for quite a while so you could say the machine built it self.

The workings of the washing machine are so simple. All you need is an old washing machine to strip down, just the drum and shocks, I made a frame for the machine to sit on (this would be the sixth frame I had to make). I made a universal joint which connected to the back of the machine which was attached to a wheelbarrow wheel.

I made a frame for the bike to sit on using the brazons on the bike, connected the whole machine together and it worked!

I took it down to the Big Green Gathering in Somerset untested and believe it or not the washing machine never broke down once, it was used plenty of times, for my first demonstration, did their washing and they gave me a bag of tomatoes!

Good start I said to myself.... after the night of rain the next day we were in businesses we had people dropping off clothing and picking it up in the afternoon you could say I had a laundrette running in a field in the Mendip hills, I was a stone lighter when I got back from the festival.

Since I have been back I have had a lot of interest in the pedal powered washing machine, people from all around the world are contacting me to make them one.

This could help many people in developing nations, eco villages, conserve water, and of course get you fit.