1 Foot Long Power Cables Installed

I've been really busy for the last several weeks, but I did finally install the 5 1 foot long
AC power cables, replacing 15 feet of wire that had been in unsightly bundles on the chargers.
The short cables really cleaned up the look, should have taken a picture.

Last weekend I ran into Todd Kollin of Electric Motorsport, in a bicycle shop of all places(go Missing Link!). He was test-riding a vendor's souped up electric bicycle that had gotten a flat.

I had a really good conversation with Todd, and it turns out he is willing and able to sell Li-Ion and BMS systems independent of his new GPR bikes. He also mentioned the possibility of selling an electric GPR put-together kit, just a flat out awesome idea if it can scrub some $$ off the complete bike price.

I need to ride the Tronbike more. Its been a week without a test run, the new Xtra-cycle enabled bicycle has been the new toy and already proven itself super useful. Hauling 2 kids, all our bags. Or the Radio Flyer wagon to preschool with the little one - a load too big for our family cars without taking it apart. The next Tronbike might well be a bicycle, given the advantages of being a bicycle vs a motorcycle.

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 :)