Biking with a fitness bike

[thin current]

I coded a mod that lets you ride an in-game bike by pedaling with my fitness bike using an Arduino + jSerialComm. It reads speed data from the serial port and applies it to the Minecraft bicycle. It’s a bit rough since I originally built it for personal use, but hey, here we are.

Right now, I can’t test the fitness bike integration because I accidentally fried the voltage regulator on my Arduino Uno (RIP), but the mod still works as a regular bicycle mod on its own.

It’s not super optimized, and the code is messy since it’s my first mod, but it works. I made the model in Blockbench and used Geckolib to animate it, though the implementation is a bit hacky.

Here is some footage showing the fitness bike integration (using an older version of the mod)

I uploaded the mod to Modrinth if someone wants to take a look to my mess. Here is the link: https://modrinth.com/mod/bikes-are-pain

[narrow fiber]

Least detailed modded entity model:

[thin current]

Yeah got a "bit" carried away making the model

lol

[narrow fiber]

I do think this is a cool idea, though. How do you picture a user using it with the Arduino integration? Would this be for exploring already-built worlds on bike instead of watching a video of a ride in the real world?

I may not be the target audience but I can't really see myself playing the game as I normally would while on an exercise bike

[thin current]

I think it works best for exploring prebuilt worlds. It is still fun in a way for survival but it does get slightly annoying for doing a full survival playthrough.

I tried to make it survival friendly by adding something that makes the bike float on water but the main issue is what you said

But it is something cool to try I guess.

[narrow fiber]

Yeah, I think so too!

[tropic lark]

Whaat this is crazy cool lol

[old gazelle]

CIRCLE