No particular videos, but they’re currently employed on some BMWs and Audis. This is a decent explanation though.
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Ah, those “did he hit a bump or did he just flash me with the ultra mega fuckin long beams?” Lights.
I get the spirit, but they really are not practical on something this close to the ground. Some good cree leds with even better lens are more than enough
@Santino make separate p groups and connect them with xt60’s between each other? Technically if you run double leads they can do 120A continuous and they are flexible. You just have to deal with balance leads and the extra space needed for the connectors.
Alternatively, 2 xt30’s are around the height of a 21700, but that leads to 4 wires
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I feel like the practicality comes precisely from the fact the boards are so close to the ground. A collimated beam means less light spillage, which is a pretty annoying problem with current lights, even with reflectors, while simultaneously reaching further, which is important at such a low angle. You can use less powerful lights while getting more visibility because more photons will hit where you want it to instead of diffusing out the sides or out the top.
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Yea, but look what it takes for those lights to function as they are right now on cars.
The brightest cree led, spot lens and a heatsink meant to take front wind can measure as low as 3x2x2cm assuming no ic, and still shine like the brightest single diode flashlight available on the market.
Don’t get me wrong, i’d love to see someone come up with a design that hits price, size, brightness, reliability and compatibility all in one shot
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An onboard tire inflating system controlled from the remote
I usually ride at 60 PSI due to range, but today I encountered a path full of big round stones that made impossible to ride, if I could deflate the tires so it would mold around the stones would be doable to ride there
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This exists
Set a pressure, press a button, job done. Can potentially be made smaller and fully powered from a 12v rail from the board
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Nice, have a link for it? How long does it take to pump a tire?
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Look on Amazon or ebay, don’t pay more than £30 for it. They’re all rebrands of the same chinese model.
“Battery powered bike pump” got me to it.
6 inch tyre takes seconds lol. Maybe a bit over 10 seconds for 50+psi. 90% of the time i spend unscrewing and screwing back on the dust caps
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How’s the attachment to tubes going?
I find a lot of wheels struggle with pumps that have too thick of heads on them.
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Thanks
I will get one someday to tear it down, but now I have a life goal of having a board with that integrated
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On ali tyres it’s a bit tricky, on bergs no problems. It could do with screw-on hose but dunno, works just fine.
@Pedrodemio i have a hard time wrapping my head around how that even works. Like, i know it’s been done on cars but wow
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Yeah, won’t be easy, will see what I can find on how its done when you can’t have a hose going through the outside of the tire like trucks do. With some seals and custom parts is doable
This makes no sense for 99.9% of the time, and would be complex as hell, even more reason to do lol
3M Safety Walk 300mm / 12 inch wide anti skid tape Yellow.
Was looking for a bright coloured griptape.
Bought Jessup neon green and Black Diamond neon yellow but these are really subpar for a DIY board that you have invested time and effort in.
Unsure if Yellow 300mm is still standard stocked but found myself old stock second-hand, Black 300mm sure is.
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Remote binding problem? 2.4GHz Mini Spectrum Analyzer:
2.4Ghz Spectrum analyzer
Ebay 254655356849
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An heated remote for the cold rides without gloves
Or just the trigger/thumb control
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I’m definitely doing this. I just did my first winter weather ride and it was rough
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did you at least have a nice warm kittyor doggy to pet?
Haha when I got home yeah.
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I have a cuddly little cat
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