A new chat has been created: I have been working "behind the scenes" for quite a while on my eLecTricks trike. It was put on hold due to testing a few things on my Warrior so that they would be ready for when the time came, sort of making progress without it being visible. However, I am now back into working on eLecTricks. eLecTricks things that are now installed on the Warrior for testing: Arduino-controlled lighting. Working well but a few convenience modifications for the future. Installation of a 10.1" tablet for navigation, speed display, whatever tablets can do. Just great. 12V battery and main trike battery monitoring. Can now see what is happening. Completely replaced the mid-drive with the Hilgo transmission from eLecTricks - modified. I have another implementation for eLecTricks to make installation even easier. I have used it for about 30km and it works great. A 10W solar panel for topping up the 12V battery. 5V USB power supplies. Some modifications required for the future. A transporting system has been fitted to my 6x4 trailer to make loading/unloading very easy. Easily modified for carrying two trikes. Testing these items on the Warrior has been very revealing and I have decided to "reinvent" eLecTricks to make the end result even better. The MTB rear end is being replaced with a new rear end, designed to accommodate the Hilgo transmission and other components. As it stands at the moment, the rear dropouts and chainstays have been made, the transmission and rear suspension pivot have been designed, the front suspension is where I left off. The next step, today, is to get a couple of spacers made so that I can get the combined rear suspension pivot and mid-drive completed. I will use this chat for updates on the build. It has been a long time coming but should now move forward reasonably quickly by comparison. Feel free to comment as you see fit. I might create a special photo album for the build. You can also follow construction on the Atomic Zombie site at: https://www.atomiczombie.com/forum/threads/vk3ckcs-electricks-trike-design-and-build.21/page-4#post-3879. View/Join This Chat -- Kevin Crockett VK3CKC Axedale, Victoria

This topic has been created to be used as a notification of a planned ride. If you are planning on a ride that others may be interested in, please post advice in this thread.

I have created this electronics accessories thread specifically for discussion on the fitting of electronic accessories, that make riding and/or operating more comfortable or easier, to bikes and trikes, etc. It may branch out into different threads as time goes by and specific accessory subjects are suggested.

Have you ever been perplexed about what sort of lighting to purchase for your trike or bike? There are so many types, sizes, running voltage, running current, effectiveness, mounting requirements, etc., to consider and I find the need to have a number of small batteries and having to check them decidedly annoying. In short, there is a requirement for a "better mousetrap". I purchased a number of RGB WS2812 8-LED strips and a couple of 1m lengths WS2812 strips for testing. Although I had a couple of Arduino Uno boards, I also bought an Arduino Nano. I tried a downloaded Arduino sketch using the FastLED library but I couldn't get the Nano to run it for some reason. I loaded the same thing to a Uno that has run other sketches and it runs perfectly. The LEDs run off 5V which leads to one power source for all lights. The exercise has proved completely successful and I have an 8-LED demo running a wide variety of colours and displays from a USB battery bank at 90mA. My plan is to use WS2812 LEDs for everything except headlight use - tail light (low intensity), stop light (high intensity), turn indicators, body interior lighting and display lighting with whatever colour, intensity and pattern takes my fancy. The 8-LED strips will be generally put them in a small Jiffy box, replacing the lid with a diffusing panel. I do have a couple of plastic panels that can be used for this. There are plenty of examples of using WS2812 LEDs on the Internet. If you get experimenting, please post your results here.