Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-31 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:42, you wrote: > Does it not work in the rain? Or are you concerned about traction? Lol! No, silly, I would get wet! A

RE: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-31 Thread Craig FALCONER
Does it not work in the rain? Or are you concerned about traction? -Original Message- From: Andrew Errington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2007 1:59 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: OT: Re: electric bike [1] It started raining

Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-31 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:48, you wrote: > > On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:20, you wrote: > > Today I fitted the electric > > wheel kit I bought on TradeMe to my wife's bike. I won't give you the > > minutiae, just the executive summary: > > [snip] > > > [1] It started raining > > Que? Its a beautiful day

Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-31 Thread nick
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:20, you wrote: > Today I fitted the electric > wheel kit I bought on TradeMe to my wife's bike. I won't give you the > minutiae, just the executive summary: > [snip] > [1] It started raining > Que? Its a beautiful day central city!

Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-31 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:20, you wrote: > Still off-topic, but any update on the electric bike, how it is running > and whether you are happy with the kit, Andrew? Hi, thanks for your interest. My bike is still going well. Unfortunately the epoxy I used to secure the freewheel sprocket to the hub

Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-31 Thread Robert Fraser
Still off-topic, but any update on the electric bike, how it is running and whether you are happy with the kit, Andrew?

Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-12 Thread Andrew Errington
> How is it that Off-Topic innovation discussion like this rolls happily, > while On-Topic innovation in the area of ideas and (Free etc) software > licenses, to promote and further develop our community, are anathema? No idea, Rik. Sorry. However back to the (off) topic of interest. Today I fi

Re: OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-12 Thread Rik Tindall
Andrew Errington wrote: On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:58, Olwen wrote: When I was young bikes with a little petrol motor were an interesting oddity, mostly ridden by women of a "certain age". Ah, yes! The Solex: http://www.velocruz.com Haven't seen one in years. I know it's way OT, but AFAIK this l

OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:58, you wrote: > When I was young bikes with a little petrol motor were an interesting > oddity, mostly ridden by women of a "certain age". Now that I'm one > on those women I could perhaps go for one if I could get my balance on > a bike. Gmail provided me with a convenien

OT: Re: electric bike

2007-01-08 Thread Andrew Errington
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:29, you wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 09:48:04PM +1300, Andrew Errington wrote: > > Most excellent. If it's not raining I might bring the electric bicycle > > I have just built. > > Really? What have you built? > I've been looking at electric assist for my cycle, as I hav