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bike summit - be there

Boston City Hall
Sun. October 21 - Wed. Oct 24
http://bostonbikessummit.info

robot riding fixed

and he can trackstand, but i think using a gyroscope is cheating.

this morning’s accident

while i was riding north on 3rd street in cambridge from kendall, a young, blonde girl in a ford SUV was oncoming and turned to her left towards a parking lot. even though this was during the day and there were no obstructions and i was riding in a straight line in the bike lane, she drove directly into me and scowled at me as i pulled myself off her hood. after convincing her that she should pull over and possibly come out of her vehicle to talk with me, she walked up and began by condescendingly telling me that i should be more careful at this intersection and that the sun was in her eyes. … no “Are you ok?” or “I’m sorry.”

o.O

“hmm…. you’re actually warning me here? o.k. feel free to call your insurance company. i’m calling the police.”

the officer was really cool. he recognized me from another incident i called in. ; ) he didn’t say what he was doing talking with her so long, but it looked like she got a ticket. he came up to me, handed me a page with her details, and told me to take my bike in for any repairs and send the bill to her insurance company.

cool. waiting for a call from my friends at cambridge bicycle so i can pick it up this evening.

do these shirts need batteries?

visit reactee.com to “design” a shirt that let’s people interact with you via sms short code (txt). it could be for personal fun or marketing or activism. my ex-roomie ed made a bike design you can add by entering “cust_dillweed_bike” in the custom graphics field. thanks ed.

dahon folding bike for burning man.

I wasn’t able to get the airport case in time.

new bike stereo battery

for the chopper stereobox. this one is much lighter, takes up less volume inside the box, will be easy to charge, super hardy, high dispersion rate, sexier, two year warranty. trust me. this is exciting.

riding with rodney ellis

dorothy called just before lunch and invited me to come on a ride with texas senator Rodney Ellis.



the five of us started at back bay bicycles and took mem dr out to fresh pond, around the pond, and back through harvard. he said he enjoyed my tunes. it was pretty cool blasting madonna’s holiday through central, weaving through traffic with them all.

chopper groove

i finished my new stereobox a few days back. it’s virgin flight on a scul mission was mostly successful. it only took a while to figure out that the cause of the amps cutting out was due to poor wireless transmission. … so i hung the transmitter out of my bag, over my shoulder. it’s great now. i’m surprised that these new amps don’t need a heat sink since they’re much for powerful than the previous radiobox that did need a heat sink. i consider making the old radiobox (pic, another pic) was one of the best things i’ve ever done. … you just can’t be upset or unhappy while riding around on your bike with your tunes blaring causing people to randomly sing and dance in the street.

components:

• Pelican 1430 housing | bearproof
• mb quart nka 169 6″x9″ marine speakers | made to withstand sun and saltwater
• amphony 1550 50w wireless monoblock amplifiers | class T, efficient and precise
• two 12v lead acid batteries wired in-line for 24v for the amps plus one more 12v for the transmitter | heavier than your mom but should keep this stereo playing at high volume for days
• iriver h320 audio source | has an fm receiver built in so i can pick up skunk’s transmission on scul missions

to do:

• add ac input jack for internal charger
• try different audio absorption materials to tune resonance
• possibly replace lead acid batteries with li-ion. it’s really heavy.