Then I went for ride 2 a little after 10 pm.
Lovely cool summer night.
And a few different interesting things happened.
1st.
Got startled by a skunk.
I was on the street he came out of the sidewalk only about 5 feet away. And he turned around…
I had never ran accross a skunk riding.
Most night rides have some sort of wildlife crossing. But had never seen a skunk.
Deer are very common.
Been seeing foxes a lot.
And your occasional oppossum.
2nd.
Got startled by a deer.
Big one… Was just there 5 feet away from me and it turned around…
Woke me the fuck up.
I see deer a lot but usually 20 or 30 feet away…
This close up got my heart really going.
And 3rd…
I causes a University Cop to slam on her breaks…
I was pulling off of a trail to go right on to the street and came out kinda fast…
And she was coming on the other lane so I startled her like the deer did to me…
Luckily she just drive off.
Here is the good part… If I had my belts on and not my chains there is a chance I might have slammed into her cart.
So hooray for chains and good breaks…
First ride with new motors and the jedboxes.
Climbed one of the steepest hill in that are to pull as many amps as possible. And i went up to the castle twice, thats some steep shit. I think some points were 10°?
Hot diggity damn thats a steep hill. My hill test road is on the back side of a local volcanic cinder (old dormant mini-volcano). It is like 28° off level, so like more than 50% grade. My first build (Sunrise) can power up it at 22mph constant.
Not sure why. My guess is that i went on the cobblestone slowed down because they were shaking me around and the tires spun out. After i got ground again i pushed it and boom, board stalled with a higher pitched sound.
If it wasn’t for those damn cobblestones it would be no problem. They were the reason i got the ABS_OVERCURRENT fault. I think the top speed was on a steeper hill but in a straight line. Next time i ride over there i’ll try to measure how steep it is.
I also could swear that the road a few citys away would be a contender for the steepest hill in the world.
You can only walk down if you lean so much back that your feet almost loose grip.
even similar stats haha
