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webfarmerIt was a nice day here in Lincoln although the wind was wicked. I mean knock-you-on-your-butt-if-you-aren't-careful wicked.
Fortunately my electric bike came to the rescue and I was not only buzzing into the wind nicely but up the hills to a favorite coffeehouse for an afternoon of reading and note taking for a project I'm working on. That trip was going well until all of sudden I lost power (fortunately just before the destination and after most of the hills).
I had my Swiss Army knife with Phillips-head screwdriver tool, like a proper nerd, and since I knew I'd been having what seems like a loose electrical connection on the bike, I popped the lid (underneath the to of the bike rack to surface) and pulled all the wiring out and gave it a once over. What a rat's nest!
Came to the conclusion that the attachments to the main switch were not doing their job firmly and after some other fiddling around I came up with the bright idea to move my battery from one side to the other side of the rack. Both have battery connectors. This seems to have solved that problem at least for now. Rode the rest of the way and back home with not a hiccup.
At the same time I was doing the wiring check-over, I noticed that the rear rack was loose. I'd lost a bolt holding it in place on one side. Fortunately the other side was holding firm and on the way home I walked it into Ace Hardware and for under a buck got a stainless bolt and washer that seems to have done the trick. If it had a washer on it in the first place, it probably wouldn't have fallen out. Don't get me started. The other side is on the replacement list even though it's holding firm for the time being.
The only thing that doesn't work properly now is the power level meter that tells you how much battery you have left. I've heard that idiot light arrangement doesn't work very well anyhow so I may be heading over to Radio Shack to see if I can get a volt meter to rig up on the handlebars so I can read things out directly. A little kludgey but at least I'll know what's going on for sure this way. I already figured out how I'd do the wiring so that's not a problem. May have to go to Target to get some cheap bike attachment (like for a horn or light) that I can use to mount the volt-meter.
On the good side for today, I sorted out a major web design problem that had been vexing me for quite a while. The time at the coffeehouse with this new web design reference work was well spent. I'm all wound up now that I have those issues settled. After being lost in the woods, it's always exciting to find a footpath that you know will allow you to make some headway.
Also sent my taxes in. Small victories. I'll take them where I get them.
Fortunately my electric bike came to the rescue and I was not only buzzing into the wind nicely but up the hills to a favorite coffeehouse for an afternoon of reading and note taking for a project I'm working on. That trip was going well until all of sudden I lost power (fortunately just before the destination and after most of the hills).
I had my Swiss Army knife with Phillips-head screwdriver tool, like a proper nerd, and since I knew I'd been having what seems like a loose electrical connection on the bike, I popped the lid (underneath the to of the bike rack to surface) and pulled all the wiring out and gave it a once over. What a rat's nest!
Came to the conclusion that the attachments to the main switch were not doing their job firmly and after some other fiddling around I came up with the bright idea to move my battery from one side to the other side of the rack. Both have battery connectors. This seems to have solved that problem at least for now. Rode the rest of the way and back home with not a hiccup.
At the same time I was doing the wiring check-over, I noticed that the rear rack was loose. I'd lost a bolt holding it in place on one side. Fortunately the other side was holding firm and on the way home I walked it into Ace Hardware and for under a buck got a stainless bolt and washer that seems to have done the trick. If it had a washer on it in the first place, it probably wouldn't have fallen out. Don't get me started. The other side is on the replacement list even though it's holding firm for the time being.
The only thing that doesn't work properly now is the power level meter that tells you how much battery you have left. I've heard that idiot light arrangement doesn't work very well anyhow so I may be heading over to Radio Shack to see if I can get a volt meter to rig up on the handlebars so I can read things out directly. A little kludgey but at least I'll know what's going on for sure this way. I already figured out how I'd do the wiring so that's not a problem. May have to go to Target to get some cheap bike attachment (like for a horn or light) that I can use to mount the volt-meter.
On the good side for today, I sorted out a major web design problem that had been vexing me for quite a while. The time at the coffeehouse with this new web design reference work was well spent. I'm all wound up now that I have those issues settled. After being lost in the woods, it's always exciting to find a footpath that you know will allow you to make some headway.
Also sent my taxes in. Small victories. I'll take them where I get them.
