After some exprimentation, I know that an 40W electric blanket can warm a sleeping bag to 31.9C:Sounds like you already have
" 9 miles of a bus journey "
I now need to figure out how to sew a disassembled 12V 50W electric blanket element into all the limbs of a wearable sleeping bag, to plug into the ebike battery for winter cycling.
Aha! It's easier to find searching with the alternative spelling for tyre, but it's likely cheaper elsewhere:
What model did you go for ?.
They look great, although I don't think they have the same level of puncture resistance as the Marathon Winter Plus. Sadly they wouldn't fit my bike. What you say is right about certain snow conditions. I've found when you've got snow on top of salted roads it makes this slippery paste and while the Winter Plus is better than the summer tyre, it still squirms around a lot on such surfaces.
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See to be honest, I dont think ive ever ridden over anything that could cause a puncture.
I doubt those will produce enough heat in the right places for long, at least, not for me. A 50W 12V electric blanket is 4.17A - I have about 7A to spare while cycling for a heating system, and I mostly need heating of my calf muscles and feet, because my circulation is poor. If I do end up making a 50W GuerneyWarmerator™ Motivotional™ Lite using cheap bits and bobs, I'll be able to repair it with the same commonly and cheaply available or similar. I much prefer easily and cheaply repairable stuff, and charging one big powerful long lasting battery instead of endlessly forgetting to charge lots of tiny puny ones.KEIS Heated Clothing for Motorcycles and Leisure
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7A at what voltage?
Good to know, I've lost 3 spikes off the front already. Probably happened when I had to do an emergency stop - someone swerved in front of me without looking.
My 19.2ah battery is 36V. With a converter it'll be 12V, so less than 84W is available. I think.
I doubt mine will ever get quite that hot, plus I'd end up colder when it leaks. I'd rather an electrical puzzle, than a plumbing one.If you have a mid drive, maybe you can rig up a liquid cooling system for the motor that you are plumbed into to keep you warm
Day or night? What occurred exactly? Do you have video for us to scrutinise intensely, comment upon, and argue hotly at length about?
Unfortunately not, I was on a cycle path, not expecting to need my camera.
That could have been an insurance related incident - I'm never without my camera when cycling, and wish I could use it as a pedestrian to capture some of the madness I see every day. But it's too big
Would your bike sporting a sufficiently bright or bright flashing headlight or two, have alerted a pre-offending cyclist to your bike's presence on the cycle path? I keep my 2 X 1800 lumen headlights on day and night, because they help me avoid collisions. They're both set to flashing during the day, as is the ever flashing red 1800 lumen rear light.
These lights are also handy hand warmers.
That could have been an insurance related incident - I'm never without my camera when cycling, and wish I could use it as a pedestrian to capture some of the madness I see every day. But it's too big
Would your bike sporting a sufficiently bright or bright flashing headlight or two, have alerted a pre-offending cyclist to your bike's presence on the cycle path? I keep my 2 X 1800 lumen headlights on day and night, because they help me avoid collisions. They're both set to flashing during the day, as is the ever flashing red 1800 lumen rear light.
These lights are also handy hand warmers.
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I charge three cheapo batteries before going out for a ride, but I can charge on the go using my potentially dangerous powerbank which I'd left in heavy rain for three weeks and dried out slowly, or in a pinch via the port on the Bafang display. Faster to simply swap batteries...
You might need a brighter one to induce cyclists on the road already illuminated by lights around them, to look round?
Hmmm... I've bookmarked a couple of those on ebay, cheers! I'm going to try two hot water bottles; for the short term, carrying hot water in Thermos flasks until needed for return journey feet pre-heating. I'll always need feet warming - I was woken up by both calf muscles and front shins going into agonising spasm suddenly last night, after walking 5 miles yesterday doing my Xmas shopping. Usually it's just the calf muscles, which means after a stretch using a wall, they can be unlocked. But with the fronts spasming aswell, it took ages for them to settle down on their own. It was so bad I couldn't get onto my feet for ages, but when I did the spasms unlocked eventually, as gravity moved more blood where needed. Maybe I just need to do more walking - something I haven't been doing largely at all, since I converted my bike to E in 2020. Before I got the bike converted and started using it (bike was in the loft for over a decade), walking (sometimes) 10+ miles a day was no problem at all
