Tronbike Meter (TBM) 4.0.0 Test Ride

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Tronbike 1.2.6 Up and Running, Then Not

I buttoned everything back up, and started pondering more Coroplast coverings to box in the motor and chain areas, mainly for safety.

Kids and wife asleep, I went out for a ride and the bike ran beautifully. No hesitation,
no flakeyness, it seemed the electricity was more solid/stable throughout.

My simple ride around the block turned into a nice 4.6 mile tour.

THEN I noticed the TBM was not reading the controller. I got the bike home and saw the serial cable had come out of its socket at the controller, requiring a slight teardown for access. I replaced the foam rubber gasket with a wrap of bicycle innertube to provide a bit of ballast. I also added more zip ties to keep anything from knocking the plug, and to hold it down rather than giving it a chance to pop out.

And so I declare the bike at 1.2.6. Next stop, rear brake disks and pad installation. Chassis, chassis chassis :)

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