eBike

Well, strictly speaking, it was yesterday, as I write this.

Sadly, no real progress to report on the bike. Profit sharing paid out at work, so I decided to go buy the E-tek RT motor. I called ahead to make sure they had it in stock, which was good, because they didn’t. But, the nice lady on the phone said they’d be in on Monday, so Monday it is.

In the meantime, I stopped by Michael’s to get some styrofoam from which to make blocks the same size and shape as the eventual LiFePo cells that will be installed. I was shocked at how much Michael’s charges for plain blocks of styrofoam. Eighty dollars later, I had some pieces of foam, including a round-shaped one intended to model the motor, and some spray glue.

I probably won’t get around to shaping the motor block until I actually have the motor, so I may never bother…but styrofoam is much lighter than the actual thing!

I might take the rims to have the bearings pushed out this weekend. But there are birthday celebrations to be done!