New e-bike has arrived

 Haven't tried it out yet. Wrong! It has, see the scrollable window below for new details.

12/12/25:

   Another one bites the dust. Can't use the thing because... well, because. So it's gone now.

   I'll have to try something else for exercise. That idea didn't work.

11/26/25:

Well now. There's progress, but it is not there yet. Which reminds me of the kid in the car who likes to ask: "Are we there yet?" No, we aren't there yet.

The reverse stirrup mentioned earlier consists of old speaker wire,velcro, and duct tape. Ah, duct tape. It comes in handy for a lot of situations. The duct tape gives a nice surface for the velcro to stick to. One side of the velcro attaches to my shoe laces,and the other attaches to the stirrup. So when I want to take my foot off the pedal, the velcro will give way, and my foot doesn't stay stuck in the stirrup.

It's hard for me to get the pedal in position so that I can get going with the bike. The e-bike seems to need some help getting going.  Perhaps the design assumption was that the rider would press down on the pedals to get started. This is easier said than done in my condition, as my legs have gotten weak.

In other words, I haven't even gotten the e-bike moving yet. But I'm getting there. It's like learning how to ride a bike all over again. This has a few complications that I didn't think about.

11/25/25:

There's a significant problem here that needs solving. The solution is to make a "reverse-stirrup", which would solve the problem of getting my feet on the pedals. Also, to keep them on the pedals. A stirrup for riding a horse may serve a similar purpose. But no need to get into that. I need this reverse-stirrup to stay on my feet, but not too firmly. That's because I need my feet on the ground when standing up.

So I made this reverse-stirrup, and I have to make it fit before I can make it so that it can be tested. So the test was to see if this can be a feasible solution. So far, nothing has ruled it in or out. Call it a "meh" so far.

7:39 PM, 11/23/25:

There's something different about my posts lately. The difference is the scrollable windows, with a different background color and text combination.

The advantage is that it extends how much can go on one page. Other posts don't get lost in the verbiage of long posts. If a post is long with a lot of updates, the reader can scroll through as long as it is of interest to the reader.

It wasn't used here on this post because I got lazy. It takes a bit more effort to set it up. ---on the other hand, it wasn't so hard, and I cut and pasted it on this post instead!  BTW, I got an idea that I will try out tomorrow.  If it works, then I can use the e-bike after all.

9:10 AM:

Putting the e-bike together was a dream. But the road test was a nightmare. The problem isn't the bike. It's me. I'm in such poor condition that I cannot manage the thing. At least not yet. There's no alternative here. Either I get this thing working, or it's another  mistake.   

Incidentally, this came as a bit of a surprise.  I didn't even consider the possibility that I would have a physical problem handling it.

5:38 AM:

It still needs some assembly. It pleases me to report that the e-bike looks almost ready to go. It is mostly assembled already. Happy days.

The items left to put on should be no problem. But it is still dark as I type this in. I'm anxious to try it out.

This gives me an idea. Rather than to go on YouTube or Rumble, why not make a video about this e-bike?

Bet the Big Tech companies don't like you cutting them out of their action. If you learn to code, then you can make your own webpages, and you won't need their services anymore. How nice!

I can be a real a-hole if you get me going. Seems like these Big Tech guys want to get something going. Well, we'll see about that.