Skorohod
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First day of spring 2020... and it looks like winter was there. But it doesn't. Snow is just couple of days fresh.
A lady with a gun:
A lady with a gun:
Eternal outskirts of Moscow and beyond (LOTS of pics!)
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Skorohod
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A dog:
Skorohod
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An creepy and isolated place (just how i like them). Small ponds of Koroviy Vrag river. In modern russian language its name sound like "An enemy of the cow" or "The cow's adversary". But it really means Koroviy Ovrag, which translates as "Cows ravine". BTW, there's train station Mark nearby, which jokingly mispronounced as Mrak (which means "darkness"). A lovely place to visit:
A picnic on a bank of Cow's Adversary nearby Darkness train station? Nothing wrong with it:
That's all for this week!
A picnic on a bank of Cow's Adversary nearby Darkness train station? Nothing wrong with it:
That's all for this week!
markz
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The snow can stay in Russia!
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Dauntless
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Skorohod said:
What a week you got to have. I don't agree about the snow not coming here. We have Christmas and somehow it's still mid fall, It'll sneak in a transition straight to mid spring in time for St. Patrick's Day.
You're making me realize if I DO get to finally fix my old scooter, it won't be what I want. I want a big bike like yours.
Skorohod
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markz said:
I wish it could! But this winter in Moscow was snowless...
Dauntless said:
Same thing this year in Moscow. September, october, november, denovember, janovember, februember, martomber, april instead of proper winter
Dauntless said:
That's a good choice. I wish you luck sincerely!
goatman
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I know you have a massive battery on your bike, how do they handle the cold? you run pretty low amps per cell, does the pack self warm itself with use?
Skorohod
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goatman said:
Yes, you're right - self-heating of battery in my setup is negligible. I've measured it once and i got only 2 Celsius of temperature rise after 15 kilometers through city traffic (and city traffic is the less effective and thus most heat producing case of my rides).
But my battery pretty massive (~28 kilograms) and keeps heat long enough to never touch zero degrees while i ride in winter conditions for several hours. Since my garage has central heating and i got a warm place to park my bike on my work - absolutely no troubles with winter temperatures.
Skorohod
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My last ride before self-isolation-stay-at-home policy was enforced. First days of march. There was no winter, no snow, but spring mud is right on schedule!
Skorohod
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The "hill" in a background is actualy a closed landfill, infamous Salarievo. It was in a middle of nowhere in Moscow oblast when dumping of waste started, but now it's a Moscow territory and lots of residential buildings is rising around:
Well, that's it... not only for this week, but for some time ahead also. This thread finally catched up my instagram. Next batch of photos should be from some brand new ride of mine!
Dauntless
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Your bike reminds me growing up seeing things from behind the iron curtain and so many had this tank like iron utilitarian simplicity, like it was the bare minimum and would survive a bomb hit. Right now it's the bike you could ram the barricades with and escape Seatlle.
markz
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Washington is a conceal carry state.
Get the popcorn a popping.
Get the popcorn a popping.
goatman
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have you thought of doing a Bob Yak style trailer for your generator?
markz
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His e-bike looks like something from Mad Max. Just noticed there is no rear disc caliper, must be regen braking direct drive hub motor.
Skorohod
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Dauntless said:
markz said:
Yeah guys, you got me right! Brutal simplicity is always in my constructions. I like it that way
There is none mechanical brake on rear wheel, only electrical (which is quite powerful on Nucular controllers, btw). Still two separate brakes though, so no harm done in safety department.
Skorohod
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goatman said:
Yep, using trailer is literally the first thing i thought when i planned to use generator! But generator turn out to be so small and lightweight, so i've dropped the idea for a while. But i got plans to switch to more powerful generator and already working on coupling my moped and cheap bicycle trailer.
Skorohod
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Right on 2020 NY eve i've got that package from China:
And that is what was inside:
Strangely enough, i've failed to find local shop which can lace my new QS 273 v3 40H motor into 18 inch moto rim. So i've ordered 96mm 12G spokes and started to do lacing myself:
And then i've failed:
Around that time COVID hit whole planet hard, so i've decided to wait out the storm and ordered new spokes a couple months later. But my waiting was worth it - new 95 and 85 mm 10G spokes arrived and i've finally laced my new motor succesfully:
Then i've waited some more weeks for new rear fork (due to axle flats width 12mm vs 10mm on old 205 motor) and finally went to garage for motor swapping:
A little archeological expedition through electronics compartment:
Old vs new:
Four kilos of weight difference... not great, not terrible. It's great considering 200+ kg of total weght (myself and my vehicle), but not so great considering where exactly that weight is placed.
And that is what was inside:
Strangely enough, i've failed to find local shop which can lace my new QS 273 v3 40H motor into 18 inch moto rim. So i've ordered 96mm 12G spokes and started to do lacing myself:
And then i've failed:
Around that time COVID hit whole planet hard, so i've decided to wait out the storm and ordered new spokes a couple months later. But my waiting was worth it - new 95 and 85 mm 10G spokes arrived and i've finally laced my new motor succesfully:
Then i've waited some more weeks for new rear fork (due to axle flats width 12mm vs 10mm on old 205 motor) and finally went to garage for motor swapping:
A little archeological expedition through electronics compartment:
Old vs new:
Four kilos of weight difference... not great, not terrible. It's great considering 200+ kg of total weght (myself and my vehicle), but not so great considering where exactly that weight is placed.
Skorohod
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Hooray, my first joyride since my trip to Salarievo in march! To test my new motor i went south from Moscow to Podolsk town vicinity:
My first encounter was sewage sludge. It's like a condensed milk, but with sewage instead of milk:
The road to sewage treatment plant was blocked with small layer of that sewage sludge, so i've carefly tried to ride through it:
Big mistake. It's sticky as tar and smell was... unimaginable strong:
My first encounter was sewage sludge. It's like a condensed milk, but with sewage instead of milk:
The road to sewage treatment plant was blocked with small layer of that sewage sludge, so i've carefly tried to ride through it:
Big mistake. It's sticky as tar and smell was... unimaginable strong:
Skorohod
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So i've dropped the idea of visiting sewage treatment plant and went to nearby fields:
Then i've went to unfinished dam near Motcha river mouth. It's a cool abandoned place per se, but this summer it's swarming with local teenagers, hikers and industrial climbers of all sorts, so i've took one pic from distance and went to dirt roads to have some fun:
Narrow paved b-roads are fun too:
Fence of artesian well:
Then i've went to unfinished dam near Motcha river mouth. It's a cool abandoned place per se, but this summer it's swarming with local teenagers, hikers and industrial climbers of all sorts, so i've took one pic from distance and went to dirt roads to have some fun:
Narrow paved b-roads are fun too:
Fence of artesian well:
Skorohod
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Yet another dirt road took me to chamomile field:
Chamomiles as far as eye can see:
And intoxicating smell of chamomile knocked sewage sludge stench from my nose:
nanoCanyon:
Where a road is blocked:
Is always a muddy detour:
That pic pretty much sums up my impressions from that trip:
And what about my new 273 motor? First of all - it's always cool. In situations when my old 205 hits thermal protection threshold this 273 is barely reaches 80 Celsius on its windings (which is nothing for hub motors). That extra 4 kilos totally worth it.
Chamomiles as far as eye can see:
And intoxicating smell of chamomile knocked sewage sludge stench from my nose:
nanoCanyon:
Where a road is blocked:
Is always a muddy detour:
That pic pretty much sums up my impressions from that trip:
And what about my new 273 motor? First of all - it's always cool. In situations when my old 205 hits thermal protection threshold this 273 is barely reaches 80 Celsius on its windings (which is nothing for hub motors). That extra 4 kilos totally worth it.
goatman
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What on earth do you guys eat in Russia?
ive seen some pretty offensive deposits in baby diapers but that was nasty
have you checked that tire lately for holes?
ive seen some pretty offensive deposits in baby diapers but that was nasty
have you checked that tire lately for holes?
Skorohod
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goatman said:
Oh, believe me, sewer sludge is not THAT bad. I dont know if it is some evolutionary device to keep mammal babies skweeky clean, but baby poop is way too nastier. Sewer sludge dont even smell like sh..t, it's more like rotting seaweed or stale swamp water, it's intense but not revolting. So my tyres are OK, but smell was there for couple of days
Skorohod
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Outskirts of Staraya Kupavna town. Tank car in ambush:
An burdock:
Tu-154 of RAF heading from Chkalovsky airbase to Saint-Petersburg:
Petroshina and some flower (strangely enough, i can't find what flower this is):
What are you?
An burdock:
Tu-154 of RAF heading from Chkalovsky airbase to Saint-Petersburg:
Petroshina and some flower (strangely enough, i can't find what flower this is):
What are you?
Skorohod
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I know that flower! It's fireweed:
Staraya Kupavna fish farm. Due to hot summer weekend there people all over its banks, so i didn't took any pictures of it. It's actually a big fish farm utilising old quarries, about of 4 square kilometers of water:
Railroad to Akrikhin pharmaceuticals plant goes right between fish farm ponds. Akrikhin is actually a soviet name for Mepacrine anti-malaria drug:
Staraya Kupavna fish farm. Due to hot summer weekend there people all over its banks, so i didn't took any pictures of it. It's actually a big fish farm utilising old quarries, about of 4 square kilometers of water:
Railroad to Akrikhin pharmaceuticals plant goes right between fish farm ponds. Akrikhin is actually a soviet name for Mepacrine anti-malaria drug:
Skorohod
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A view to Staraya Kupavna and fish farm ponds:
A red elderberry:
Old communications tower:
