mschwett
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two pounds ! sweet. i may get one for the sidelines of my little ones’ soccer games!
What have you learned from your e-bike experiences?
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Hewholaughslast
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I hit 70 miles today after five completed 14 mile (round trip) trips to the park in the past two weeks, plus today. I can only do two trips a week and rest a lot in between my riding. I decided to go ahead and charge the battery today since I just had one of three green LED's showing, along with the red and yellow LED's. It did not take long to charge so I guess I had a lot of juice left in the battery. I'd guess that I'm only using pedal assist about 10% of the time, mainly on one or two hills at the park. So, my heart and the battery still have a lot more miles left in them. We'll eventually see which one lasts longer. Ha!
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Nice dog. I like her expressive eyebrows. That is a smart one. Hide an egg in a stump and she will climb and find it if you show her how once. That is a good girl dog, right? Just a little mischief and strong willfulness.
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I've learned yet again today that I will never own a bike without a throttle.
Half way through my 25mi ride and shortly after what I thought was an uneventful pedal strike I felt a wobble in my right side pedal. Thinking it was just loose I throttled to a nearby bench/table to take a break and bust out the tools. On doing so I saw that the crank pedal threads were obliterated. After some snacks I tried to hobble home gently but only made it a few hundred feet before the pedal hit the ground. So I picked it up and began to throttle home. It was just over 10 miles but with a lot of hills and I maintained about 16mph drawing anywhere from 50 - 500w but averaging about 150w for the most part. It was an absolutely beautiful day and taking the lazy way wasn't so bad after all. The throttle got me home safe and quickly and the ride was almost as enjoyable as if nothing had happened.
I don't know if it was premature failure as I've had numerous pedal strikes in the past two years/8500mi... but since I had a replacement at home it only took 15 minutes to repair. Reused the pedal as the threads were steel and cleaned up nice with a brass wire wheel.
¡¡¡THROTTLES RULE!!!
Half way through my 25mi ride and shortly after what I thought was an uneventful pedal strike I felt a wobble in my right side pedal. Thinking it was just loose I throttled to a nearby bench/table to take a break and bust out the tools. On doing so I saw that the crank pedal threads were obliterated. After some snacks I tried to hobble home gently but only made it a few hundred feet before the pedal hit the ground. So I picked it up and began to throttle home. It was just over 10 miles but with a lot of hills and I maintained about 16mph drawing anywhere from 50 - 500w but averaging about 150w for the most part. It was an absolutely beautiful day and taking the lazy way wasn't so bad after all. The throttle got me home safe and quickly and the ride was almost as enjoyable as if nothing had happened.
I don't know if it was premature failure as I've had numerous pedal strikes in the past two years/8500mi... but since I had a replacement at home it only took 15 minutes to repair. Reused the pedal as the threads were steel and cleaned up nice with a brass wire wheel.
PedalUma
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I removed a throttle today and safely soldered inside a battery. A bike needed a new controller and the only one available did not have a throttle option. All I did on the battery is replace the charge level indicator after depleting it with my 200W infrared chicken light.
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You will be punished by The Throttle Gods!
PCeBiker
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Well, your not going to get 200W out of a 120VAC bulb.
A 60 volt battery plugged into a 120VAC incandescent
will have half the current, so ¼ of the power. (Watts =I ² X R)
So like 50 Watts or even less with a 48 volt battery.
Your
light will only be about 50 watts or less, so you'll need 4 of them in parallel to get 200 Watts or your chicks will freeze to death. When your chickens are Colonel Sanders size, you'll need a 1300 Watt chicken cooking heater,..
But if you're only pushing 48VDC into the 1300 Watt heater, you're only going to get ⅓ of the voltage and ⅓ of tge amperage, so 1/9th (3² inverted) of the power, so you'll need like ten heaters.
And they'll be so low wattage output, that you'll need to have them about an inch away from the
to cook them up toasty.The maths are exponential.
You're better off putting two or three 48V batteries in series if you want to roast a chicken with heat lamps.
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Them damn Throttle Gods are Nasty !!
It's all or nothing with a lot of them, and they'll bite you in the ass if you're not paying attention !!
Slaphappygamer
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Only if you use a thumb throttle. Right hand half-twist throttles are ok though.
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I havent seen one of those bulbs for forty years.
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Not really.
I've got very little movement from zero to maximum.
Like 10°-20° of rotation,..
I have better control over the toad on my arm.
Cool Toad BTW,..
It's kind of a bluish color ??!@
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I got a bunch, and they are still available at some stores.
They make Great heaters but don't do much for illuminating your work area.
They'll melt your project or burn you if you're not paying attention though.
I've got a 7 Watt soldering iron that melts solder. Skin burns at much lower temperatures.
PedalUma
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In HI people have an incandescent on 24/7 in their closets and gun safes. It is the humidity, all your stuff will rot otherwise. In Canada one bulb can be enough to keep a room from freezing solid.
In my town there is a direct connection between chickens, suffragettes, bicycles, and prohibition. Hint, the first thing the ladies did when they got the vote is to pass a law that men cannot drink anymore. Here is the rundown. The climate here is perfect for raising chickens all year and also riding bikes all year. Never too hot or cold. Woman's libber's didn't need a man or a steed to get around with bike and many of them worked in aspects of the chicken/egg industry, commuting by bike. In the 1890's there was a gathering of 6,000 women on bikes pressing to get the vote. Susan B. Anthony said that bikes were the most liberating invention ever for women.
In the US Southwest there is a desert toad that if you lick it you will see gods and colors and universal interconnections. Some people like them as pets. I am not sure why, I think it is because they eat roaches.
In my town there is a direct connection between chickens, suffragettes, bicycles, and prohibition. Hint, the first thing the ladies did when they got the vote is to pass a law that men cannot drink anymore. Here is the rundown. The climate here is perfect for raising chickens all year and also riding bikes all year. Never too hot or cold. Woman's libber's didn't need a man or a steed to get around with bike and many of them worked in aspects of the chicken/egg industry, commuting by bike. In the 1890's there was a gathering of 6,000 women on bikes pressing to get the vote. Susan B. Anthony said that bikes were the most liberating invention ever for women.
In the US Southwest there is a desert toad that if you lick it you will see gods and colors and universal interconnections. Some people like them as pets. I am not sure why, I think it is because they eat roaches.
PedalUma
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One of these specialized jobs that young women could do was to sex chicks. Almost no one can tell the difference between a baby rooster and a baby hen. There is big money in knowing the difference early. Only people with very sensitive and delicate fingers with hours of training can tell. Roosters do not lay so it is best to weed them out from taking space and being fed. That concept also appealed to the feminists. Feed them to the pigs early and often. The bottom photo is from the Australian perspective.
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Women of the Wheel - Petaluma Historian
Fashion, Sex, and Suffrage During the 1890s Bicycle Craze On July 4, 1896, Petaluma found itself anointed the new “bicycling Mecca” of the West Coast, as a reported 6,000 people turned out at the city’s new Wheelman Park for the annual divisional meet of the League of American Wheelmen. Among...
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I've used incandescents
's to heat my grow closet,..I've got up to 500 Watts of LED lights in my closet measuring 21" X 21" X 48" tall with a CO2 generator underneath.
I've grown a 1 pound
in my closet.
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I've used incandescents
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PedalUma
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What if you had pedals with extra-long shafts and that came with spacers of several stackable sizes? You could then dial in Q-factor. Kitty seems to like the smell of the skunk week Vado human-catnip. It is about the season here, you can start to smell it in neighborhoods. Because Summer stalls with a long cool tail here, it builds up the fragrance compounds and crystals. I am not into it myself but it is a thing. People push out harvest to get the best outdoor grows in to about Thanksgiving in Canada. Then we have green Spring from December through late May.
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I actually did this today.
A couple of times.
No hands, no feet, just my ass in the saddle.
It's not difficult or challenging, but it's really not comfortable.
I just dangled my legs to the side.
Perhaps if I had foot pegs on my forks I could get comfortable.
I also stood on my pedals and waved my arms in the air a few times.
That's not hard either, but it takes more effort than I wanna put out.
A Three Hour Tour
A couple of times.
No hands, no feet, just my ass in the saddle.
It's not difficult or challenging, but it's really not comfortable.
I just dangled my legs to the side.
Perhaps if I had foot pegs on my forks I could get comfortable.
I also stood on my pedals and waved my arms in the air a few times.
That's not hard either, but it takes more effort than I wanna put out.
A Three Hour Tour
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