I'm now contemplating an xkcd-style graph of average mobile phone height over time, and wondering when the minimum occurred. Someone who isn't me do this please?
I can imagine "UsbWriteDataNonBlock(): Previous Write Pending" might be a googlewhack because I'm unlucky enough to get a really obscure tech problem, but you know something's wrong when the only result is a moneysavingexpert forum post about car insurance...
This rather old video confirms my suspicions that the #Rohloff hub is basically witchcraft, but after riding one for >1000 miles, it is nice to have a mental image to go with the different whirring noises. (I'm sure 7th gear is more cursed than 3rd and 5th, thobut.)
Did a bit of digging so you don't have to: It's got 8Wh of supercapacitors, and presumably does a reasonably efficient job of regen. So it's enough to help you up a moderate hill, but on average you have to do most of the work yourself. (It's obviously not the perpetual motion machine the headline suggests.)
I can see a real future for this approach if it can be made lightweight and unobtrusive: Just the thing for leisure cyclists who aren't as strong as they used to be.
But it's not a replacement for traditional battery powered workhorse e-bikes.
@quixoticgeek It'll run for a couple of minutes. As I say, enough for a moderate hill. Make it sufficiently small and light and it's interesting, but more as an alternative to gears than an alternative to batteries.
Didn't get a photo as I was wheelchair-pushing, but today's hospital appointment took us past a sign pointing to "LUNG FUNCTION AND SLEEP", which is exactly what I need right now.
Today I have been mostly contemplating cooking oil bottle lids...
You know the ones where some genius decided that the best way to close a container of hard-to-clean-up-if-spilled liquid was with a friction fit, where the liquid happens to be an effective lubricant, so it spends most of its time not staying closed.
I know this isn't technically @Anoia's department, but I sense her influence...