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  1. treefarmer

    Weight Sensing Longboard with Inline Wheel Motors

    Excellent idea! Justin talked about working the programing so his board could be using in "assist mode", but he mentioned the added complexity of the weight sensing being confused by the rider taking weight off to kick. However, with double poling (or single as in the above link) perhaps the...
  2. treefarmer

    Weight Sensing Longboard with Inline Wheel Motors

    Before seeing Justin's longboard, I was thinking about converting a pulk/bike trailer to electric assist with regen. Then it could either be hooked to a bike for e-assist, or worn like a x-c ski pulk, but with wheels. I think it would work well in regen to slow a roller skier, but I'm not sure...
  3. treefarmer

    Weight Sensing Longboard with Inline Wheel Motors

    What I really want are roller skis--used by cross-country skiers to keep in shape during the summer. One of the problems is that the roads are more unforgiving than snow, so the downhills are dangerous. They do sell roller skis with brakes, but that kinda takes the fun out of it--all that work...
  4. treefarmer

    Weight Sensing Longboard with Inline Wheel Motors

    You are right--the batteries would likely outlast me--and then I would have to work a twelve hour shift and ride home. Right now it is a 1.75 hour commute by bike, so 2 hours doesn't sound too much longer. But still, if I could rent a board to try it sure would be an adventure....
  5. treefarmer

    Weight Sensing Longboard with Inline Wheel Motors

    I didn't get any good pics--I hadn't quite figured out the night settings for our new camera. But here is Justin impressing our kids! We have a rough gravel driveway, so we had to stick to the front porch.
  6. treefarmer

    Weight Sensing Longboard with Inline Wheel Motors

    Very interesting! After trying Justin's board in Portland, I got real interested. I've never been on skateboard/snowboard/surfboard, but it was very intuitive with the weight sensing. But I couldn't see how it would work for me with my 38 mile-each way commute. But maybe with a trailer...
  7. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    Looking at the old post, I forgot to post the solution to the BMS cutting out problem. The BMS was just bad--it finally died and I Wake (E-Bike store in Portland) replaced it. No problems since. Also, I now have an additional 10 amp/48 V Ping, so I travel with a total of 30 amps and usually...
  8. treefarmer

    Experimental Cargo Ebike Trip, Vancouver to SF Maker Faire

    I had my first chance in three years since getting my e-bike set-up to ride with other e-bikers--and I got to ride with Justin and Robbie. They arrived to my house at 7 pm Monday and greatly impressed my kids with the electric skateboard. When my son mentioned that he wants to be a mechanical...
  9. treefarmer

    Experimental Cargo Ebike Trip, Vancouver to SF Maker Faire

    Justin--with all the new options, I wonder about adding another. Would it be possible to hack a Timex heart rate monitor watch, and link that into the Cycle Analyst to set parameters for the rider's heart rate? For example--if my heart rate dropped below 130, the electric assist would decrease...
  10. treefarmer

    My BIG ASS Battery !

    I have one 20 amp 48V plus one 10 amp 48 V in a wooden box I built (30 amp total). I strap it to the top of a rear rack (Tubus). I don't notice any problems with it, of course I've only been using it 2.5 years for 9000 miles. I average 20-24 mph, about 35 on a few downhills sections. I use it...
  11. treefarmer

    Problem getting into ebike.ca store page?

    Updating the add-ons didn't help, but disabling all of them did. Now I'll have to try them one by one to see what one is causing the problem. Thanks
  12. treefarmer

    Problem getting into ebike.ca store page?

    Has anyone had trouble getting into the ebike.ca "The Grin Cyclery" store page? I can get in with internet explorer or Safari, but I haven't been able to on Firefox since mid August. I've cleared the cache/history/cookies and no change. Justin said it seems to work fine from his end.
  13. treefarmer

    My ass hurts

    I tried four different seats, and was really wanting to save up for a recumbent--then I tried a Brooks. Well worth it. Now I can't justify the cost of getting a new bike/recumbent. As of Friday, I put 4000 miles on my bike since I put a hub motor on it last June. With a 38 mile (one-way)...
  14. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    I did get a new helmet right away. But I also realized that if I had actually collided with and object, rather than mostly just sliding down the road, my bicycle helmet would offer minimal protection. One of my problems is my head gets cold and wet in the rain, so when the weather gets colder...
  15. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    Funny thing--About an hour before I hit the raccoon I saw a roadkill porcupine, and thought "another good reason to be riding my bike to work--I'm not killing wildlife like all those cars." The raccoon wasn't slow--that was part of the problem. With 6 raccoons running every which way, I just...
  16. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    I don't need to leave it on the charger for more than 4 hours, except that sometimes I get so busy in the critical care unit where I work that I miss lunch and breaks and don't remember to go unplug it. Also, when I get home, I plug it in to the charger and go to bed, at 8:30 pm and wake at 3...
  17. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    I don't think I could do the ride without the Cycle Analyst--it would be too easy to get going a little to fast and end up using up my battery before I got to work. Right now I usually use about 950 watts to get to work and usually a bit less coming home (I go slower and relax a bit more on the...
  18. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    I did crash pretty hard at about 23 mph. Once I got my lights working again, I saw blood smears on the pavement an feared it was mine, but it was the raccoons. A group of six of them spread out and running every which way left me no safe place to steer toward. Right now I have dual halogens...
  19. treefarmer

    38 mile commute

    I have learned so much reading ES, so I thought I would share my experience with a long commute. I live 38 miles from work, and I have been using my e-bike 2-3 times per week since I got it together in early June. (I work as a nurse doing 3 twelve hour shifts per week.) So far I have 2000 miles...
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