Game changing. will this be Sustainable? Will James remember it or be able to repeat tomorrow and the next day? Stay tuned james. But quite possibly. (no)
This is an evolution of the last several days, the last
but the following thoughts come to mind. John who largely spawned the man Jesus was a bit of a scourge. He was pretty harsh. Jesus himself was pretty harsh.
would any of this give James license to abuse? Never, not one iota, what then?
This crystallization just came today but all top performance efficient and sustainable power that James can recall is best understood this way now. Rotary engine.
The entire experience of that engine is at the perinium in a very small 2 in area. Probably necessary is using the thighs near the crotch to suck energy into that turbine.
One. Participate James, do not, you fool, do not think you can control this 1200 pounds. It will crush you.
Two. Posture. To empower your abs and hip flexors, and disempower your outer extremities.
Wind noise rendered this long important post unintelligible.
Seems to be the first order important elephant in the room. Important, but second-order are things like egg beater perineum, and staying Seated on the narrow hard saddle.
Massive calorie burn yesterday, 4500 calories, 4200 calorie burn today. Extremely difficult day with high winds and bone chilling cold. Yes wedding gallons with all of the exertion. No logical stopping places short of these extreme expenditures. And quality calories are pretty much unavailable made difficult by the terrible cold and lack of quality food. Why pass out? Unclear. Could be dehydration, 8500 calories burned in 2 days and fewer than 2000 calories taken in. 2 hours later feeling a bit stabilized. The next 3 days can be more moderate a still allowing arrival in Oklahoma City on Thursday it is hoped. Temperature dropping and precipitation on Wednesday. Snow and rain.
Two Clif bars and two bottles of Gatorade for dinner. Feeling a little bit better.
This was a gigantic day energy-wise, maybe too big. That was not the plan but there was no logical place to stop earlier. It was a very good ride, slightly or substantially favorable Tailwind. Very good son. Very good cycling but that's pretty normal now.
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday the weather turns much colder and cloudier and rainy or snow. The prospect of being indoors on Wednesday in the Machine Shop may be impossible but it would be a good way to spend a problematic travel day.
Calling all Engineers. Details to follow. Passive solar water heating for this vehicle? The sun is low on the horizon today and getting lower every day., this is not Peak Sun hitting the solar panels perpendicularly.
And yet 400 watts per hour has been our reading for the last hour or so. In the summertime with the sun right overhead 380 watts is a good day.
What's going on? Temperature.
Warmer months there is plenty of solar and son for hot coffee in the morning. That is not an issue. However, solar thermal require sitting for several hours stationary pedals.
But obviously heat is a problem for the panels. And if there was a way of dissipating that heat with water tubing and there are obvious advantages.
And in the coldest month the availability of warm or hot water to circulate around the batteries would be a nice and obvious advantage.
There are three panels that can be popped towards the Sun they are on roughly one in square aluminum tubing. They would be the easiest Prospect for running tubing behind. And maybe that would be a phase one. There are three more panels laying flat on quarter inch poly carbonate and very thin tubing circulating underneath them might be a good Phase 2.
it's not something that's going to happen unless it catches the fancy of some engineer that thinks it through.
My Traveling companion, Michael, did some timely research and tells me that charging while below zero the batteries can be destroyed. This was just in the nick of time, I think. With additional planning that should become manageable including hot water bottles and thermal bags when needed.
And at times bringing indoors the batteries where it is warm. During meals. Etc.