progress on bike

9.47 pm. Everything seems to be going well.

I will be testing the bike tomorrow as soon as the battery fully charges. And hopefully it works... One of the most troublesome parts of this kind of stuff, electronics, engineering, which I enjoy... is the first test. Because sometimes after all the blood sweat and tears of putting the components together, drilling the holes, tightening bolts, you turn the damn thing on and it doesn't work.

Uh... but I've always never given up on something that's just not working. I fucking keep on trying to mess around with it until it does. Similarly to the computer I fixed. And like the hard drive I had to clone. I couldn't find damn piece of software to do it with, but ultimately my persistence in trying to goddamn find something that works, lead to a program that did the job no problem. It's all part of the learning process we all go through as nerdy computer geeks. Computers and electronics and all these mechanical disciplines are a goddamn battlefield and you learn as you go, but also utilize the knowledge of those who've come before and made the same discoveries and mistakes.

Still I'm incredibly excited. I feel like a kid again at christmas.  ya know how you get a new toy and can't wait to play with it, that kind of thing.

It's striking to me though how bad I've had it with these kind of things. I've spent upwards of 3000 dollars on two different electric bikes, both with their respective strengths and weaknesses and both have been stolen and raped for parts by some crack heads. I've never thought I'd live to see such a thing go down, but overall I'm still crazily optimistic. This bike is better, more powerful, will ultimately save me more money because I won't spend shit on getting to work and back again. The only thing I have to do is make sure it's not stolen by any means necessary.

Tomorrow you're going to see some serious shit... gonna do a video of my bike and everything. Just need that battery to charge!!!!