donald wrote: ↑2024-11-13 00:19
@Dr Cheeto Cornchip I believe the authorities statements on that like a 5 star review of a $50 helmet. Speaking of, I grew my hair out a bit recently and my helmets no longer fit so I'm saving up for new helmets, at their current market price point I'm thinking of no longer colour matching and just picking 2, 1 for Winter/Fall the other for Spring Summer.
I was thinking of getting an eBike. Actually it's on order right now. A GMAC kit from Grin Technologies. Although I have my reservations over it. But I can use the bike's battery as a power bank, significantly increasing the total amount of battery capacity we have by a great deal!
Of course it can be charged directly with solar panels which is great. Actually you should be able to charge any eBike directly from solar panels so long as you have a charge controller with output voltage matching the battery's rated voltage. Usually 36v or 48v.
It should make travel easier. Although that wasn't really the impetus behind the decision. Mostly I just want the ability to move farther away from people. I already ride my bike up to a good 40 miles round trip when running errands. I was thinking some minor assistance could boost that range so I can setup camp farther outside of population areas and still be able to get food and water.
Along those same lines I wanted to be able to use the walk assist modes to help carry heavy loads farther into the forrest. This way I'm not only farther from population centers, but farther even off the beaten path. It's pretty rare that I ever see anyone as it is, but I'm looking to make that even rarer.
Hopefully I'll receive it. Grin Technologies is based in Canada so the package might have to go through customs. Not sure if things coming from Canada have to go through customs or not. I informed the people at Grin that there may be problems because the US government has been harassing me. Plus there's some concern that they may sabotage the motor or something, in such a way that would lead to injury or death. They've made numerous assassination attempts, but lately they seem averse to the idea.
Might be getting a new computer too. Not that there's anything wrong with mine. One of the reasons I went with a Lenovo is because it is Chinese. I hear they put spy equipment on their computers, but I figure everyone does that. My figuring was that if the US government wanted that data they'd have to go through their adversary, China, to get it. And China is not likely to give it up for free so the states would have to hurt themselves in order to hurt me.
I spent a week in a hotel room recently and didn't use my computer much. Sometimes I go periods without using it. This time, though, due to concerns over directed energy weapons, I wrapped the computer in an EM resistent fabric. It's basically a flexible faraday cage. They sell them to police for use in crime scenes where data integrity and secrecy is necessary. You wrap a phone or computer in it and no wireless signals can get in or out.
I keep my computer on me always, but didn't take it out and turn it on for a few days. I had charged it to roughly 75% before leaving, for battery lifespan. When I did turn it on the battery had drained to 16% which is unusual. My figuring was that something was trying to call home, but could not make a connection so it kept trying over and over thus draining the battery.
