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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby Burgerman » 02 Apr 2018, 10:51

Depends what you are used to. I was looking at it thinking that road looks really safe.


As a car/van driver since 17 (now 58) I realise how easy it is to hit an unexpectedly slow vehicle if you come up behind at speed while watching one coming towards you in the other direction. Its at the last second you understand quite how slow they are moving. And you cant pull out to overtake till the opposite traffic is clear. Then suddenly you have to brake hard or try to pass without enough room. And its worse the bigger the vehicle. Trust me you are in much more danger than you seem to think.
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Postby foghornleghorn » 02 Apr 2018, 14:25

I too have driven since 17 and understand what it is like to come upon something by surprise that you have to avoid but I was comparing it to what I am normally having to cope with while out in my chair. Either the country lanes around here, where you are up against people driving like Colin McRae when they can't see very far ahead due to the hedges, or central London, where literally everyone is trying to kill you! The road in that video has much clearer visibility than I'm used to and relatively little traffic.
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Postby hobie1dog » 04 Apr 2018, 03:04

Snaker: did you give the black car the middle finger salute?

If you had a flashing bright led light on the back (equal to a cars brake light), it would be great,
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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby snaker » 04 Apr 2018, 04:06

I know you mean the horn :mrgreen: Drivers here (both cars and bikes) usually abuse horn. But it is very popular in VN roads and we see it is normal. I hear people say that it only happens in VN. In the rest of the world if anyone abuses horn, they would be accused being impolite or having ... mental issues.

The "finger salute" is in opposite unpopular here, people simply do not know what it means. Many westerners travel to Vietnam. They usually buy a cheap bike in Saigon (in the South), drive 2.000km to Hanoi (in the North), then resell it to another who will drive from North to South. On the roads they appear very nervous and upset when hearing loud horn from cars, especially big trucks. And they usually give "finger salute" to the drivers. That looks funny. But maybe the VN drivers do not understand it, they just give friendly smiles back to foreigners :cussing
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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby expresso » 04 Apr 2018, 04:17

Snaker - did you make a video when you did 51 miles on that long trip ? i would like to watch that one - if you have it - link it here -

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Postby snaker » 04 Apr 2018, 09:22

Yes, I recorded whole trips. I had to buy a new 128G card that would allow 9hrs continuous recording at 1080p@60fps. My last trip is 84km and has total 83G videos, most of them are tedious. Roads here are dirty and rubbish is everywhere. You would not like them :twisted:
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Postby expresso » 04 Apr 2018, 16:38

snaker wrote:Yes, I recorded whole trips. I had to buy a new 128G card that would allow 9hrs continuous recording at 1080p@60fps. My last trip is 84km and has total 83G videos, most of them are tedious. Roads here are dirty and rubbish is everywhere. You would not like them :twisted:


thats amazing your getting such long trips distance with your chair - you can never go back to lead now :) thats about 52 Miles - !!!! how long does it take to complete that - what time do you start leave your house and what time do you get back ?

do you stop at all or just ride - i want to try for 50 miles myself this summer just to see - most i done is 44 miles and not easy to do - i will try going 25 miles one way and then back same way - i only have 135ah total - but i think your chair is much lighter than mines - did you also change your tires ? larger in the rear or same size just black ?
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Postby shirley_hkg » 05 Apr 2018, 03:50

84km is TWO marathon trips @42.195km .

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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby snaker » 06 Apr 2018, 02:52

My yesterday trip was 92.5km/114Ah. I had to pass a 5km bad road so the chair consumed more power than normal. I think this 150Ah pack would be safe for the 120km range if roads are relatively good.

I stop sometime if seeing something interesting or talking with local people. The total stopping time is usually about a hour. The first time I drove 83km, it was very hard. That's because I did not prepare well for a long trip. Now I know the way to cope it. That's simple. Just eating and drinking as much as possible before going out. And putting a oresol bottle + 2 red bull cans in the bag. I can drive continuously in a whole day. I like the feeling of moving and when moving I can breath more easily. Seriously, I start feeling that I need more than 150Ah :mrgreen:

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Postby Burgerman » 06 Apr 2018, 03:04

Excellent. Beats my best by 30km. But I am fat! And I cheated. I did some on a monday, and didnt charge. And some on a tuesday!

Might be wise to get a set of spare motors in stock, and check brushes every 6 months if you are going to do that distance every day. I have bought used chairs on ebay that have done 25 hours... Although indoor use is normally more harmful.
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Postby shirley_hkg » 06 Apr 2018, 04:20

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Postby expresso » 06 Apr 2018, 16:20

Cool - you can make a ADD ON and hang that on your chair if you want more - 45ah ADD ON - you wont come home for two days :D
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Postby snaker » 15 Apr 2018, 09:36

Did anybody here drive in roads like this?


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Postby foghornleghorn » 15 Apr 2018, 13:31

No wonder you are getting long distances, that is a smoother surface than I could dream of.

Is it a cycle/motorbike lane that you are using or for emergency break downs?
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Postby Burgerman » 15 Apr 2018, 14:35

Its a dual cabbageway.

They dont have those near you?
Theres loads here! Thats the bit they couldnt be bothered to pave for pedestrians. And you use ut if you break down, or walk...

Although ours are fish covered.

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Postby snaker » 16 Apr 2018, 01:36

That lane is reserved for bikes and some other vehicles that no longer exist in UK :mrgreen:
https://www.google.com.vn/search?q=xe+t ... 60&bih=702

This was the second time I went in this road. The first time I hit it, I had to give up and returned home. It is too dangerous because I have to share the road with container trucks. They even race, sometimes they are very close to me. I feel a force that pulls me towards the ... truck :cussing
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Postby expresso » 16 Apr 2018, 02:34

be careful snaker - i know i have to be a bit more myself - i actually almost went head on the other day - i have it on video - my bad - i was focused on something else didnt realize cars can come my way - and one did - every so often i get one of these moments - i have to try to reduce the times though - not good -

other that this one time - i been ok for the most part - besides the first crash but that was not with cars - could have ended must worse than it did - and i was shaken a bit at the time - i learned then to slow it down in that area -

just be careful - i have to also
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Postby snaker » 16 Apr 2018, 03:28

Yes, I have to slow down or even stop whenever hearing ... a truck horn :fencing
It would be safer if I could fit a rearview mirror. Or better, never get in this kind of roads if possible :evil:
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Postby Burgerman » 16 Apr 2018, 10:38

Snaker: Cowpower!
https://www.google.com.vn/search?q=xe+t ... 60&bih=702

True that doesent exist in most places now! :cussing

Some of those have twin engines czy
And some are off road versions!

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Postby foghornleghorn » 16 Apr 2018, 16:45

There is still a rag-and-bone man going round collecting scrap locally with a horse drawn cart but apart from that I don't see working animals very often at all. Most horses seem to be expensive toys and I don't think I've ever seen anything else pulling a cart like an ox.
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Postby Burgerman » 16 Apr 2018, 17:38

Really? Only ever saw one once when I was a kid. Am now 58...
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Postby snaker » 17 Apr 2018, 01:35

This vehicle is still popular in some Asian countries with the wet-rice civilization. E.g Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, South China etc. And it's 'buffalo-power' :lol:

Here is a cowpower vehicle and usually twin engine because cows are much weaker than buffalos.

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Postby Burgerman » 17 Apr 2018, 01:49

Buffalow, or twin engine cow power is all wrong! Crap comes out all over the road. :thumbdown:

And cars skid on it, its slippery :ambulance
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Postby shirley_hkg » 17 Apr 2018, 02:05

Buffalos are assets . They plough fields efficiently , especially in terraced fields where tractors can't access. They are maintenance free and feed on grass, which is free . A tourist attraction now .
Can turn into a considerable sum on selling them .

It's an oriental wisdom , that might not be aware of to city folks .
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Postby snaker » 17 Apr 2018, 02:22

That's why Mark Zuckerberg came to VN just to ride a buffalo :lol:

BM, you might not know that buffalo or cow crap is money here. I know some millionaires who are super rich because of this thing :cussing

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Postby Burgerman » 17 Apr 2018, 02:34

Whilst trying to search buffalow millionair, I accidentally found a short film of a dog taking a dump. IN REVERSE! banghead

What the hell is wrong with people on the web? :fencing
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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby tutatu » 17 Apr 2018, 18:22

snaker wrote:My yesterday trip was 92.5km/114Ah. I had to pass a 5km bad road so the chair consumed more power than normal. I think this 150Ah pack would be safe for the 120km range if roads are relatively good.

I stop sometime if seeing something interesting or talking with local people. The total stopping time is usually about a hour. The first time I drove 83km, it was very hard. That's because I did not prepare well for a long trip. Now I know the way to cope it. That's simple. Just eating and drinking as much as possible before going out. And putting a oresol bottle + 2 red bull cans in the bag. I can drive continuously in a whole day. I like the feeling of moving and when moving I can breath more easily. Seriously, I start feeling that I need more than 150Ah :mrgreen:

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what chair do you have? Where you put all these 150Ah? :ugeek:
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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby Burgerman » 17 Apr 2018, 19:02

In a grp 24 size battery area.

Similaar to these viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7766&start=60
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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby snaker » 18 Apr 2018, 01:38

My chair came with a small NF22 (50Ah) battery box. We had to modify a little to extend the width from 24cm to 26cm. Then it could easily fit 16x75Ah cells plus cables/fuses/connectors. I am still confused why somebody here has a bigger GRP24 box but struggles in fitting 150Ah. And my chair still has a lot empty space under the seat due to its wrong design and build. If the battery box uses all this space, it can contain even 200Ah or more.
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Re: Videos - Rides

Postby expresso » 18 Apr 2018, 02:12

can you post a pic of your chair - to see what kind it is - i cant fit any more in my chair - the battery box is made just enough for group 24 - no space to spare
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