Electric Bikes – on the road
I swapped the controller from Lynn’s bike to mine, strapped on the “safe case” battery, and went for my first ride. Then quickly back to the shop to turn the PAS sensor round on the cranks as pedal assistance when …
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Electric Bikes – where are we up to?
Well, it has been a long slow learning process but the end is in sight. In fact Lynn’s bike is fully built and ready for the road with the exception of an acceptable battery configuration. As mentioned before, Lynn is …
Ultra Fast Broadband
I have never been a great fan of the Ultra fast Broadband rollout, at least not for the general public. Schools, some businesses fine, but at the moment the speeds I am getting over ADSL2+ both at home and here …
Electric bikes – second bike
I had a few hours to spare so I put together the second bike for my wife. Lynn is only 1.53m tall, and has a comfort bike with 700C wheels like mine. This has thrown up all sorts of problems. …
Electric bikes – First Ride
I have been a bit slow blogging about these bikes, mainly due to the frustrating build, but last night I got my first ride on my electric bike under its own power! It’s not a perfect build yet, but it …
Electric bikes – Batteries
I spent last weekend building the batteries for the two electric bikes we are building, which took a lot longer than I thought it would. Firstly the packaging. Sending LiFePO4 cells by air demands very special packaging. No more than …
SEO and Logos
Boy am I getting tired of people ringing me up and telling me I can’t design web sites. It may well be true, but it’s very rude! Just fielded a call from a total idiot (from a unknown company based …
Electric bikes – Stuff is arriving
In fact, all the expected parcels are here, and I can start to see what is missing! The battery racks arrived yesterday, and one went straight onto my bike, but the one for Lynn’s bike is taking a little sorting. …
DPC Watchdog Violation blue screen
A customer (or rather their young son) had a blue screen with DPC Watchdog Violation error showing, and a request to scan the computer. This is normally something to do with an SSD in Windows 8, but sometimes just with …
Electric bikes – delivery progress
The battery packs arrived a week or so ago, which was a real surprise. Just the cells though, no bus bars or holders, so I can’t actually get on with building the batteries. They were repackaged to conform with the …