Attach a longer mains lead to it then you can go further afield.
I have ample power Currently
Come across a design defect yesterday, with two carrera’s in the van, if the handlebars are at the same height and being so wide, they foul each other in the front of the van then, the rear mudguard on the pedal power one has the rear mudguard bracket on the saddle pillar, exactly where the restraint clip needs to be so, it’s one bike in one bike out at the moment, goin to do the swap now.
See the clip on the seat post is being prevented from sliding down by the mudguard bracket so the rail cannot engage at the side of the van.

Goin to raise the handlebars on the peddler by 100mm and raise the bracket keeps on the van by 50mm, job done.
Just got back from Sutton Park on the leccy, Sutton Park Is about 2400 acres (or 3.5 - 3.75 sq miles) with a perimeter of seven miles, right in the center of it was this abandoned

Who ever left that there would have had to walk a mile and a quarter to get out of the park ![]()
and another thing, on yesterdays ride, there was a tunnel under a trunk Road to preserve the integrity of the public footpath, it is two to three miles from the nearest population center across farmland etc, so, who would have bothered bring aerosol paint tins here for a bit of graffiti?
Takes all sorts spose

Lets see where the old geezer goes tomorrow. ![]()
Van day today, taking Daughter to an appointment in the inner City, whilst she is there, doing a ride I have seen on Youtube, looked a bit iffy but, once in a while you have to experience the Urban.
Good weekend away in the Moho, only problem is when its pitch black, you have no idea what time it is. This arrived over the week end from China and should fix the problem.

A days stay at a site near Warwick costs £38.00 including leccy, toilets/showers etc for two people.
An on the day ticket to Warwick Castle is £39.00 per person.
Something is out of kilter.
Finally got round to sorting the bike support situation out for the different dimensions of the Kalkhoff and the Carerra’s. There are now two sets of supports now, and two support rods.

The seat pillars on the Carerra’s are 32mm diameter and the pillar on the Kalkhoff is 28mm diameter and I am using locking plastic clamps instead of the spring metal clips, here is the double support rod with the spring clips

Here is the same rod with the 32mm plastic clips

Here is the single rod for the Kalkhoff, note the clip is black because its a 28mm diameter

The set up is absolutely rigid now, no worrying about braking cornering and speed bumps
Testing the throw on those dual servos is a nightmare if they aren’t synced. I messed up a gear set once doing that. Definitely make sure they aren’t fighting each other before you close the wing.
Blimey eliot88, long time since having to consider that one, three large planes still in the boxes in the loft.
Van day today, test run on the new restraint.
I watch a lot of Cycling Youtube vids around the midlands (especially the canal network) and am checking out the range on the Carerra to see what can be done without having to turn a pedal if I choose not to. I stopped the trail at 30 miles yesterday to check the battery capacity and it was showing 66% full still
There are four blue bars out of six on the display above the word speed, that would suggest the range is ninety miles so I might attempt the Grand Union Loop and record it for Youtube
Well, talk about over engineering, the bike support did a champion job on the way to the Country Park, the locking clip was great, trouble was I could not get to unlock so the bike stayed in situ ![]()
What a Plonker, I was trying to open the clip on the hinge side, things can only get better, lets go again today ![]()
Happy that the range is a comfortable 60 miles so, giving the battery its first juice, full steam down the green corridor.
Came across an old friend in a village about five miles away, I did know of its presence but didn’t photo it before. I have had the Beamer since 2015 and before that had an MG for a couple of years so, I would have owned this around 2009-2012 ish.
I bought it of a well to do couple from the affluent Hale Barns area, it was the wife’s car and was in well worth the journey being in superb condition.
I sold this to a specialist on the Wirral I think, so, its strange to think its languishing in a village 5 miles away. It now has the optional hard top on and a set of after market wheels, its an old girl now so its best to remember her as a young filly





