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Where the Phrase Comes From The expression is very old and dates back to at least the 1300s, appearing in medieval texts like Piers Plowman. Later, it was famously used by William Shakespeare in Henry IV, Part 2 and Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol (1843). [1, 2, 3, 4] The origin relates to...

Installed new controller correctly and still the bike will not power on so I requested the wire harness from display to controller.

Controller on the way and Aipas refunded the $39 I spent on a new display since that did not fix the problem.

Yes full battery voltage.

Next up replace the controller

I installed the new display but still nothing happens when I push the power button.

Ordered a new display $39 from Aipas.

From Aipas support I did it and the battery connection is tight. A warning though even with the battery removed sparks flew from those connectors when accidentally shorted so there must be charged capacitors in the controller..beware. I was surprised. i did find a beetle living in here...

My son dropped off the Aipas M1 Pro I gave him now dead. Battery checked and fully charged. Bent battery connections on bike per Aipas dead bike video. Also rear brake cable is sized which is the secondary issue. Absolutely nothing visible happens when the power button is pushed. So the fun has...

Found Alf on the side of the road today brought him home and gave him a bath then mounted him on the bike...

Finished it up today

So that first chain guard did not work as I still had to tie up my scrub leg. So I took a piece of angle aluminum I had laying around and made this one....

Since the larger 60t chain ring I installed had a tendency to catch the bottom of my scrub pants I used a velcro band around the leg to prevent that from happening. After I forgot to put it on on the way home from the grocery store I decided to try and make a chain guard to mount on the bike. I...

Right now our whole house is running on solar even on this cloudy day battery at 100% and solar is passing through to run the house. Added two high efficiency 100 watt panels to the back yard string. This new string of 400 watts catch the early morning sun