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10 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Remind anybody of battery "breakthroughs"? ...or startup motorcycle companies, Richard?

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11 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

It's a little more convoluted than that, but yeah, mostly. I pulled this section out of Mark Twain's "Roughing It" - his account of his exploits in...

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14 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

I hear ya - I have a great memory, it's just short. :cool:

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15 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Actually, what I like to call the PT Barnum Effect ("There's a sucker born every minute... you just happened along at the right time"*) is something...

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16 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Debate of the Day: Experimental Chain Tensioner in The Fight Club

^ What he said. Have you checked out conventional industrial solutions? I'd think they'd be a lot more to the point than bicycle products. See...

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19 Hours Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

MOAR: The attention the bikes got in the mountain bike and motocross communities was no surprise. Schless had a long resume of work in those...

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Well, I talk a little bit about that in that chapter. Ultimately, I feel it's a matter of timing. I'll maybe post some from that... but yeah, I do...

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Motenergy ME1302 in Motors

No problem - I've basically spent the entire day so far surfing here and other places. LOL Not too busy at work atm. Check this out -...

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Motenergy ME1302 in Motors

...yeah, that's only 24lbs- same weight as the ETEK. 48V would be fine, too - you don't want to go over 70 on that thing, do you?

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

...more correctly, the Oset looks a lot like this. :D The Oset, though, is strictly a kid's bike AFAIK.

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Motenergy ME1302 in Motors

OoooOOoo. I was going to quip something about overkill being impossible, until I looked up the bike. :D Yeah, that's a badass motor that I'd put...

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Proper Forum Etiquette in General

...as will we, I'm sure (speaking for myself). I know I have a little weird sense of humor, and it takes a while for people to figure out I should...

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Chapter 4, p70 - "Looking for the Crux" - first subject is Electric Motorsport, second is Vectrix. (In which I quoted a "Richard Harmon"!) ;) to...

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1 Day Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

The Denali started with lead-acid, which, in spite of the weight, gave the bike a lot of capacity and power (lead acid can discharge at alarmingly...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Proper Forum Etiquette in General

Welcome back, Functional Artist!

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Here are a few more breadcrumbs... In the meantime, John Fiorenza, working at Briggs and Stratton, had picked up a Lynch motor, tested it and...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

I know Ely spends (used to spend?) a lot of time on Endless Sphere - haven't seen him here though.

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Here's Ely in 2007:

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

Oh lordy. But I DID put in ONE photo! lol No, I don't have much more in the way of photography than what's in the book, but if I have some time...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

LOL I had to decide if this was going to be a picture book or, well, not, and went with not. As it is, it was over 300 pages... :) ...maybe...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Proper Forum Etiquette in General

I agree, but it's up to Mike and Kevin to work that out, I reckon.

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard started a thread Power in Flux excerpt: The Blade in General

So, I'm working my butt off on the book, I have about 12 email threads going with various people, I have my story line, and am kind of tucking...

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2 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Proper Forum Etiquette in General

FWIW, Kevin (Functional Artist) posted this on DIY Electric Cars: https://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/showthread.php/sorry-drama-198475.html I...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Once again... in Friends of ElMoto.net

(does anyone know what he said?)

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Once again... in Friends of ElMoto.net

that's easy for YOU to say!

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard started a thread Once again... in Friends of ElMoto.net

Well, I know Mike and the mods have been forced to work overtime with a lot of the noise that we've been getting, and, also, I've been on a few other...

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6 Days Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Debate of the Day: Experimental Chain Tensioner in The Fight Club

DID SOMEBODY SAY ABBA???? (oh god i'm so sorry. hell, it's friday and i haven't even started drinking yet... ;) i probably better put up...

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1 Week Ago

Ted Dillard replied to a thread Debate of the Day: Experimental Chain Tensioner in The Fight Club

OMG SO AWESOME

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