Posts made by TheAdman

@silversurfer probably the best bridge in the world ;)

@lemur the last I heard the BMS may be charge only, but I'll just be glad if it doesn't power down at 20mph again, spraying me across the tarmac like a jam donut.

Finally some good weather in the UK. Next time, I'm gonna make it all the way up that hill in the background.

The weather was good today so I got out on an ADVenture with the floatwheel. Paths and trails both familiar and new. I think this photo is the pick of the bunch I took.

The Aussies are nuts, I'm not surprised by this given one of them tried to pay a utility bill with a drawing of a spider.
20 - 23mph is easy on the floatwheel. I've had it up to 27mph on flat terrain many times but I hit push back and can't get out of my head that I could hit an unseen bump or a deer might run in front of me, or any number of unknowns. I'd like to crack 30 at some point just to say I've done it. The big difference really is the extra torque gives you so much more acceleration from standing and the thing just swallows hills.

I lowered the board one notch because I wanted to try it. It feels so good, so stable. The fender doesn't fit now but I don't think I can go back. 😭

It's a beautiful day here, my cars in for a service so what better to do whilst I wait than have a ride round the town?

I have a new tyre/tire! It's a 6.5" Hoosier treaded, very similar to a T2. The floatwheel is now much carvier and is bound to have more off road grip. It was an absolute nightmare to fit, after several attempts (thanks again Lia for the help) I managed to get one side to bead at 90psi but the other side just wouldn't. I eventually took it to a fitter and it seated after many blasts of 140psi.

@onedangts it's quite mild lately, despite the UK's reputation of being cold and wet. Ok, yes it is raining quite a lot now but it was like 14c earlier which is pretty good for mid February.
I've ran the battery down to 20% in 12 miles before but I was not hanging around on that ride.

@lia I think I had 19% when we got back to the car 18 miles later. It'll be interesting to see how much range I gain when I get new bearings in there.
(I ruined the bearings on it with over-zealous cleaning, for those not in the know)

Good news and cheaper than I expected.

I honestly think it looks so good all black, so mean looking.

@jurassicmatt can do, I've not been riding much longer than you, 8 months.

@jurassicmatt no sorry I was just stopping there for work

@s-leon wow, glad you're ok. 25mph on an XR? :-O

@lia that looks great in black tbf

I still wonder if there's 0.2mm to be gained by heating the blocks up.

Luckily it was dry this weekend and I got to ride both days. I sprayed my second set of fender shorts to match the rails.

First ride of 2024, happy new year everybody!

Nearly there now. The rails are green/purple flip paint which is very difficult to show in a photo, and the fluoro orange was meant to be red but that's how it came out. 🤷