Search results

  1. GizmoEV

    SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides

    That HP 41C calculator was sure an unexpected sight! The old HP calculators of similar design are nearly indestructible. I had a student forget their loaner HP 48G on the roof of their car. It fell off in the school parking lot and got run over. Even with the dent/bulge from a rock being under...
  2. GizmoEV

    Pedego PAS Design

    I stopped by the Sequim Pedego Dealer on Tuesday. I asked about the issues we are having with the Avenue PAS and was told that Pedego is working on controller firmware updates to address the issues. There are at least four that I'm aware of: over-speeding the PAS setting, not reducing the PAS...
  3. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    Several years ago, one of my neighbor's trees blew down on the power lines feeding my area and took out 11 power poles in the 1.4 miles below me and an unknown number beyond my house. We were without power for several days while the power company replaced all the broken poles and restrung new...
  4. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    A goal would be to have people choose to no longer purchase ICE vehicles, legislating a ban is a completely different thing, not a goal, and is a definite dis-incentive for a large portion of the population. The best incentive would be to stop subsidizing the oil industry and the EV industry...
  5. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    Things like the ban on the sale of new ICE vehicles, the various money incentives to get people to buy EVs, people telling others, in various ways, that they are somehow bad people if they don't embrace an emissions free transportation. Naturally, everyone won't see thing the same way, but when...
  6. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    The push to electric transportation has become ridiculous. It is to the point where it will continue, just let people decide when/if they want to get an EV. It will happen in time, and give the grid a chance to build-out the necessary capacity and infrastructure. EVs aren't for everyone in every...
  7. GizmoEV

    Should We Eliminate the Time Change?

    LOL, you really don't want to take the accepted definition of an atoll, do you? An island is a piece of land surrounded by water. It doesn't matter how small that island is, is still fits the definition of an island. Note in the definition of an atoll below that island and chain of islands...
  8. GizmoEV

    Should We Eliminate the Time Change?

    Majuro is an atoll, but did you look up the definition of an atoll? An atoll is a type of island. My statement is still correct.
  9. GizmoEV

    Should We Eliminate the Time Change?

    When I lived on the Island of Majuro (7.142629, 171.036910), twilight was very short compared to here in SW Washington state. Once the sun went down you had maybe 30 minutes until it was totally dark. The daylight varied from about 11:40 to 12:30 from one extreme to the other.
  10. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    There is a Level 2 charge station at the Battle Ground Rest Area on I-5 North in Washington, just a few miles north of Portland, OR. Upon reading the link it appears that EV charging isn't prohibited, it is that the sale of the energy is prohibited. This explains why this is one station on the...
  11. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    My 2023 Kia Niro EV is included, too. I don't have any EVgo stations near me but on a trip this weekend I was able to link my Niro to the one EVgo station on my route and it worked like a charm on the way back! Just plugged in and it started charging.
  12. GizmoEV

    Electric Car thread

    You can typically lease for a while and then buy out the lease. I've heard of some who leased, then bought out the lease before the first payment was due.
  13. GizmoEV

    Pedego Element Review (20" Fat Bike)

    I wonder if the Element you test rode was the previous version to the one I purchased. If the one you test rode looked like this (screen captured from ): then you tried an older version. Note the battery location. This is the one I have: While the ride is definitely different than what I get...
  14. GizmoEV

    Support level question on Pedego bikes.

    As @foleymo stated above, the throttle also works in all PAS levels 1-6. PAS 0 has no assist or throttle. What I experience is that the slower you go below the PAS cut-off threshold, the more assist the motor gives. Anything over a given PAS assist speed is 100% rider power. The bike is very...
  15. GizmoEV

    Kinekt 50° Comfort Stem vs. Redshift 30° ShockStop Suspension Stem

    The Kinekt comes with three different springs. I have one yellow elastomer the Redshift. I'll Have to compare the different springs and report back. There is also an optional elastomer plug of some sort which can be put inside the spring.
  16. GizmoEV

    Kinekt 50° Comfort Stem vs. Redshift 30° ShockStop Suspension Stem

    I wanted to compare the new Kinekt 50° Comfort Stem to the Redshift 30° ShockStop Suspension Stem. I had already purchased the Redshift stem when I found out about the new Kinekt stem. After feeling the benefit of the Redshift stem on my Pedego Avenue, I wanted to check out the Kinekt for my...
  17. GizmoEV

    We need to stop blaming victims in bike theft!

    I started listing my bicycles on bikeindex.org. I think you can list it even after it was stolen. They have been helpful in recovering stolen bicycles. Hopefully this info helps someone.
  18. GizmoEV

    Pedego PAS Design

    When I picked up my Avenue, I told the dealer that my Wife's Avenue did not have as good of a throttle response and the PAS would not back off until well over the speed setting for that mode. When applying the throttle, rather than slowly ramping up, the minimum speed was quite fast, unlike my...
  19. GizmoEV

    Pedego PAS Design

    I have an Element which I understand is the most recent version, purchased the end of August 2022. The battery is in the down tube and installs from underneath. When in PAS1 and climbing a hill, the bike has to be going much slower than the ~8mph for the controller to apply full power. Bumping...
  20. GizmoEV

    New Kinekt 50 Degree Comfort Stem on 2022 Vado 5.0

    I put the Redshift 30° on my Pedego Avenue and really like it. I do notice the slight twisting of the handlebars, however. Had I seen the Kinekt 50° stem, I probably would have gone with it even though I prefer the Redshift Suspension Seatpost. Does anyone have a side-by-side comparison of the...
Back