Hi all, as the title says I'm looking for a 3rd party charger that can trickle charge the battery of the Roadster V3 to about 80% for longevity & any other tips you might have for battery health. I'm looking at about 2000 miles on the bike and charged the battery about 275 times in the last year.
Let me know if you all have had any luck and recommendations!
Hey everyone please stay safe out there and take care of each other when you see incidents happen on the bike path. Yesterday I saw an acoustic biker at the Manhattan side entrance of the Queensboro bridge bike path shout out to those who are waiting for the green light coming off the bridge, "Clear it, clear it! Guys come on clear the path!" Impatient & rude to all those trying to be safe at rush hour. On top of that he starts climbing the bridge path on his bike and immediately knocks over a lady on a grey citi bike not 10 yards up the path who was minding her own business. I stopped my e-bike immediately and cut in front of her to protect her from oncoming traffic because she fell over into the opposite lane. Douche on the bike has some redeeming qualities because he did stop and humble himself and admit that he was passing too close to the lady and apologized. He asked the lady if she was okay, as soon as she said she was as she was coming to her feet, he just dips off. No. Lingering concern, no awareness that this lady is still pretty shaken up and maybe he should wait until she's actually all the way on her feet and all the way back on her bike before he leaves her a little shook up in the oncoming bike lane. I stuck around blocking traffic and directing them around her until her stuff was strapped back onto the rack. Asking if she was actually ok. Eventually I felt good enough to leave after she was able to stand and say she was actually ok. Cyclists, DO BETTER. If you guys hit someone and they fall over, MAKE SURE they are safe and uninjured BEFORE YOU FLEE.
Also I'd like to say there are a few magical words you can use out here when passing to keep everyone safe: "on your left" " on your right". Not "yoyoyoyoyo" as you narrowly miss your fellow cyclists. (Hello road biker on McGuinness yesterday after the canal draw bridge). In this second example, I was already going 15-18mph safely passing an older woman on the bike lane after the bridge and low and behold a road biker had to cut his line on my left going like 20+ mph. Barely missed me. Same problem. I'll end this post with this: Learn to pass, NYC! And it's not always e bikers doing dumb shit, some of us are responsible & enjoy the assist on the way to our blue collar jobs on long commutes into Manhattan.