Anyone who knows me personally know that I’m a big Adventure Time fan. I love the nonsensical nature of the show as it provides a nice relaxing escape. Lately I’ve [ … ]
Parts Are Arriving
Prototype parts are starting to show up. The first items are the cranks. Currently the line up include 4 x SRAM Rival GXP 53/39 172.5mm, 1 x S950 50/34 170mm. [ … ]
Testing Results
I have written a couple of partial posts and have chosen against posting them. Upon re-reading I was feeling that I haven’t added any real content – just subjective opinions [ … ]
Timelines
I’ve created a relatively aggressive schedule for myself which should have prototypes for beta testers to use around the end of June or early July. If you look closely to [ … ]
Thermals and Calibration
Toaster oven meet test setups. Test setups, toaster oven. Now that introductions are done, let’s get down to preliminary business. The above picture shows two test crank arms – one [ … ]
Compensating for Something–Thermal
No, this has nothing to do with a midlife crisis. It has all to do with heat, expansion, and the dreaded thermal drift in power meters. In one of my [ … ]
Unexpected Prototype – SRAM S900
I committed to something today. I ordered a Sram S950 (S900 compact crank version). This is a huge departure from the SRAM Rival. The S900 has two carbon fibre crank [ … ]
80% Coded for an MVP and Thoughts
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term MVP in the context of a startup, it is simply the “Minimum Viable Product”. A minimum viable product is a [ … ]
Kicad–Another Learning Curve
For my initial circuit boards I used Cadsoft Eagle. In my undergrad I tried it and I very much disliked it due to it feeling “dated”, but I was busy [ … ]
Code Mostly Ported and Other Things
I’ve been working in the background on things that most people will find dull – more coding. No major breakthroughs, but no breakthroughs are needed at this point. I’ve ported [ … ]