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Oh oh... It's time for a nasty ebiker joke... Currently in town, on Nathan Philips Square, right outside Toronto's City Hall, the art of Ai Weiwei... by one account "one of China's foremost contemporary artists". There are plenty of pics online about his art exhibit, but the sign I saw today...

Sorry ddk... It was a question for "tomtom123" from NYC actually, but yours is still "useful" info anyway. In my little burg currently businesses "paying the full rate" (disc's "kick in" for "off peak times") pay 7.8 ¢/kWh, if I understand correctly, so yer dollar would cover about 12.82 kWh...

Watt are the "size" (and number of) your PV panels? And how many hours of daylight do you have... And can the panels be oriented to face and follow the sun? L

Hi ddk! You said: Hence the idea of LOTS of panels which are a shared "public utility"... And you said: In my burg in southern Ontario, Canada, we have 44% (the usual percentage of daylight hours with bright sunshine) meaning 2038 hours over 303 days (all are averages for the years 1971...

Ummm...How to solar charge an electric bicycle? (See title of this thread) Sunlight, I hope? (Hehe...) Anywhooo... It's all very wonderful to heavy-up a vehicle with solar panels, and maybe provide some cover from the sun, rain, wind (plus electricity, of course), but seems to me a nice...

Well... Did show up (at 5min after to appointed time) for the fellow to have a look again, and maybe to fix (hopefully) my trike (frame)... I though it might be an easy/quick fix (weld, etc) job, and I disassembled the trike for him (unbolted and removed the back basket) and this is watt we...

Hey ddk... BTW re electric slot cars... Our TERA Prez mentioned yesterday a "big problem" with hooking up to an (low voltage) electric rail... No passing! And I gotta admit, that is true. But hey, not much different than today, with our "bumper-to-bumper" traffic, in watt used to be termed a...

Well, well... The "green lady" just drove by! These folks: http://www.mytidylady.com/ Guess the boss or somebody drives a lovely white one of these: Hey! They spelt Sorrento (two "rr"s) wrong! (Looks like a pretty little town in southern Italy). The Kia "Sorento" (car) offers the owner their...

OK... It's ebiker joke time again! Seen just now in my town, a driver training (education) vehicle (automobile): Slightly ebiker modified: Hey, ebikers like a bit of a chuckle, right? L

Well, well... In the news online recently, "Chariots energize electric vehicle market", from Las Vegas, Nevada, seen here: http://www.reviewjournal.com/autos/drive/chariots-energize-electric-vehicle-market The word "pedicabs" only mentioned once. The pic accompanying the article of rows of...

Hiya ddk! So, quick question for you please? Have ya EVer seen or played with an electric slot car toy? EVer though it might be nice to take at least some of your trips hooked up to a rail, with power at least some of the time, from PV solar panels? Mounted on canopies that might keep off some...

Oh goody... In the Calgary, Alberta "Herald" newspaper earlier this week, the article "Green leader lauds oilsands court ruling", sub-titled "Elizabeth May advocates public input", online here: http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Green+leader+lauds+oilsands+court+ruling/9009127/story.html ...

Sigh... Had lunch yesterday with a business lady and former landlord (lady) of mine (and the proud owner of her first ebike) that paid for my lunch (again!), to try and interest her in the solar canopy "experiment" thingee... But she insists I need a thing called a "business plan". I am more...

Ya Sir! Good point, thank you! I actually have an appointment at 8 tomorrow am to ride the sorta broken trike (hey! sorta like watt I am! Hehe...) gingerly/gently over to a close-by "auto" frame, etc. repair shop where I explained today about my idea to "mod" the frame... So yah, nuts and bolts...

Well, well, well... I wonder watt the record is for fastest time for a new weld to break... Now gotta stop the hunt temporarily (for a nice piece of ash, or two or three - see above re battens) and look for a piece of metal I can attach to the trike basket frame to get me a three-legged...