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MAGAts are nothing if not
always one bad decision away from getting even worse.
Depends: I have a stable of bikes, from fixed gear to offroad adventure (and 2 allroad commuter ebikes). Fixed gear your legs never stop until the wheel is stopped...
(It was not fun for machining, though, I recommend it for casting, so perhaps a less brittle composition for gears)
Fun, I have actually cast and machined that alloy.
A "friend Ali" reminder, if you will
The triple goals of developing such a device are:

Making it
1) light enough
2)efficient enough
3)of sufficiently tough/affordable components
BUT DID HE EVER DO DRAG?

Yes, as Jesus.
Not serving the nation,
NOOOOO
not representing the vulnerable,
NOOOOOOOOO
Sponsored by Wahabist factions within a nation closely "allied" with the US (well, on and off) since Roosevelt's era.
Poilievre would be SO much more obsequious by comparison.
... and diminish the overall efficiency of the vehicle.
...there is also a series of springs.
In any case, the unwinding (discharge of stored energy) of the spring, used in your concept to boost the bike's travel, would be brief in comparison to the cumulative time/distance needed to charge it.
Also: Gears of any durable material will add weight...
With the right series of gear ratios, you could wind-up (charge) a booster unit with most of your ride, but with a manual spring (taking the mechanical application literally), there would be a point where you'd want it to stop accumulating (the spring cannot wind past a certain point, but perhaps...
To paraphrase Roy Scheider in JAWS:

You're gonna need a bigger court.
Oh, as in "Look what Antifa made me do"?
Mamdani is already beautifying NYC...
Donald Trump, a terrible landlord, but an even worse tenant.
Fire him ASAP.
A fun listen, was a good "wake up" exercise too.
HALO references will always go over my head