SMS on the PC
I find myself getting more and more jobs where the only contact I get is a cell phone number, and while I will call the number if necessary, a 10 second call to tell someone their PC is ready costs …
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Electric Bikes – wear, tear and repair – Bafang CST Hub Motor strip down
Following on from the last post, the new gears arrived, and at the weekend I stripped down the Bafang CST Hub motor and replaced the planetary gears. There, that was easy wasn’t it? OK, for my own satisfaction and to …
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Windows 10 self installing
I have had a few customers come in telling me that Windows 10 installed itself, and no disrespect to the customers, I took what they said with a grain of salt. However, the latest customer who rang and asked for …
Electric Bikes – wear and tear
So with over 5000kms on the clock, all of which carrying a 100kg bloke with an aggressive streak when it comes to riding, my electric motor is starting to sound a little clunky, literally. It started when I was testing …
Electric bikes – justice?
Today I went into Porirua to do some banking. I arrived at a left turn into a T junction, and had seen the car waiting to turn right into the same road with a give way line in front of …
Windows 10 update issues, March 2016
I have had a spate of issues with Windows 10 computers recently, with symptoms such as not shutting down, not restarting, black screen on restarting, very, very slow running and a few others. The common thread in them all seems …
Electric Bikes – another milestone
Yes, last week (Thursday 18th Feb 2016) I made it past 5000kms on the e-bike. Given the trials and tribulations we have been through with our bikes and our health, its amazing to get this many kilometres on. Lynn has …
Electric Bikes – schools are back!
After 6 or 7 weeks of the schools being closed for the long Christmas/Summer break, today I think all the schools I pass on the way to work were back. This means horrendous traffic, 4wd tractors driven mostly by parents …
Electric Bikes – high current connectors
Electric bikes don’t use excessively high ampages, or at least they shouldn’t in theory. A 300w motor on a 36v battery, should use just 300/36 amps, or 8.333 amps. Of course this is not how smart motors work, nor how …
Electric Bikes – electronics and water!
Sounds like a bad combination doesn’t it? Yet after nearly 18 months of using two bikes in all weathers, we have never had an issue with electronics affected by water. Heat? Yes. Water? No. Until yesterday that is, but it …