Jérôme» 120W http://www.jeromedemers.com/blog Half robot, half g33k. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:48:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Got a new scooter http://www.jeromedemers.com/blog/2009/08/got-a-new-scooter/ http://www.jeromedemers.com/blog/2009/08/got-a-new-scooter/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:12:09 +0000 Jerome http://www.jeromedemers.com/blog/?p=294 Saturday, my girlfriend and I when to St-Eustache flew market, one of the biggest flew market in Québec. I was able to find the exact scooter I have. It did not have any battery and no motor. It  is the new version of the one I have. It has a place to put a bicycle seat! I bought it for 10$, I did try to bargain but that lady did not want to do business. The wheels are in very good conditions! They are worth 24$ for the back wheel and 19$ for the front. The frame is also wider and does not have this metal container. I also find a other electric scooter that I already have. It was more expensive and missing parts. It was 35$ and only had one 12V battery and it a was a mess.

I also saw some brand new scooter like the one I got for 10$, they where brand new for a 100$ and the where suppose to go 15km/h. Mine will cost way more and go way faster! :)

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There is the scooter with my mom bike seat. I have a Giant mountain bike and giant’s seat post are not standard, they are ~30mm diameter compare to ~26 – 27 mm.

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Here you can see how wide the frame his. I can not insert the battery in the frame I have right now. By the way, I will not use lead battery in the final scooter, this is just for testing.

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The wheels are also different. The back wheel seems to have a better incorporation of the back break. The front wheel has holes in it.

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