8trackdisco wrote:Maybe you should take on a project at home.
Ever consider putting together an electric bike?
Ok, Ok... I deserved that one. Tried to go cheap and buy the parts piecewise to convert my standard bike to an E bike. In theory it was a great idea. Even watched a bunch of YouTube vids and it was easy... in theory.
$500 and many hours of trying to fit it up, splicing wires and $hit so the motor and the inverter and the controller and the breaks and the pedals and crap... play well together... didn't go as planned. Never claimed to be an electrical engineer.
Not to be defeated, I bought a new one. A complete package deal, some minor assembly required. Basic e-bike for like $600. It's Frankin' awesome. I can tool around town at 19.8 MPH effortlessly. The control unit has a govenor on it to peg out under 20 MPH per government regulations but I have the owners manual if I want to disable the max speed, guessing I could boost it to around 35 MPH but at the expense of battery drain. Max range on a single charge is about 20-40 miles depending terrain and how much you peddle vs the motor assisting you. Full recharge, 5 hrs.
Bought my son one for Christmas. He digs it too. I'm telling you, ya gotta get one of these.
I could ride it back to WI... 30 miles at a time with a 5 hr layover at each stop while I recharge. Or I could buy an airline ticket. United Airlines can get me there and back for about $180 round trip. Might even hook up with 8track while there (Warning: depart Boston on Jan 11, hang out for a week with the family, depart Green Bay Jan 18 return trip - if you show up at my parents' house singing some weird song while waving a rainbow flag again, I won't open the door).
If anyone wants peices parts for an e-bike... I have some sitting around.... right next to the acoustic guitar that I was gonna teach myself how to play.
Many genius' in history have often started projects and left them aside. So I'm right up there with Edison and Beethoven and stuff.