Sunlight and Bike Light: a Perfect Weekend
This weekend proved to be a huge leap forward in our SURG project. Here’s what we did:
- made a jig to drill out our rim
- drilled the 6 groups into our test rim
- soldered 6 groups of LEDs together (an hour simply just to do this)
- added a 2200 uF capacitor to our circuit (thinking of replacing it with a 4700 uF one)
- hooked up the LED’s to the newly drilled rim
- created two types of diffusers (clear vs. scratched)
- formulated our plan of attack for the coming weeks
- frolicked in the rare sunshine while eating oh yeah ice cream
Think we did a lot? Here’s what we still need to do
- Slip Rings - how do we even make these?
- Purchase centerlock adapter
- Buy the rest of the bike components
- Drill the final rims
- Lace the final rims
- Solder the 2 sets of LED’s
- etc. and eat more ice cream
For just being a 1 1/2 months since receiving our checks, we’ve done quite a bit. Let’s keep it up!
