RustyKipper
100 W
OK, I took my special winter 2WD (2 x 250W hubbies) with studded tyres on the 14 mile trek to work this morning only to find it hopeless in the snow, it was about 5 inches deep there was absolutely no steering, coming home the roads were sheet ice and the grip was out of this world, it was almost like riding on a dry road!
I figure that there is too much power being sent to the front wheel so its constantly breaking traction, I'm going to fit a pot on the handlebars tomorrow to reduce the throttle signal to the front motor but wonder if there might be a better way such as limiting the current, might be a bit tricky as I would have to vary the shunt resistance.
Had a bit of a hairy moment riding home, I was hoofing it down a country road way too fast when the road suddenly turned into frozen slush, I completely lost control, I was doing well over 20mph throwing the steering one way then the other trying to stay aboard but with each lump of ice I would ricochet in a different direction, it was at that point I realized that the rear brake cutoff wasn't working so couldn't cancel the cruise control so was speeding up and knowing if I used the front brake I would be straight on my face, in the end the bike slid sideways into the frozen snow covered verge letting me have enough stability to use the front brake and regain some control and carry on.....that was exiting
I figure that there is too much power being sent to the front wheel so its constantly breaking traction, I'm going to fit a pot on the handlebars tomorrow to reduce the throttle signal to the front motor but wonder if there might be a better way such as limiting the current, might be a bit tricky as I would have to vary the shunt resistance.
Had a bit of a hairy moment riding home, I was hoofing it down a country road way too fast when the road suddenly turned into frozen slush, I completely lost control, I was doing well over 20mph throwing the steering one way then the other trying to stay aboard but with each lump of ice I would ricochet in a different direction, it was at that point I realized that the rear brake cutoff wasn't working so couldn't cancel the cruise control so was speeding up and knowing if I used the front brake I would be straight on my face, in the end the bike slid sideways into the frozen snow covered verge letting me have enough stability to use the front brake and regain some control and carry on.....that was exiting