Tuesday, April 7th

Tuesday, April 7^th

Were getting closer! Today was our final day of preparation before we begin building (finally). Our day actually began last night when Eli and I met for two hours at Caribou Coffee debating a list we compiled of different bikes on Craigslist over the weekend. After a little bit of emailing and calling, Eli and I arranged meetings with many different Craigslist sellers in order to ensure that we would have a bicycle by the end of the day. We ended up buying a bike from a guy located in Dallas, Georgia, about an hour away from Atlanta. Eli and I met the man and he told us how he had won the bike in a trade and didn’t want it, which enabled us to bargain it down from $100 to $70.

The bikes we bought

Leaving Dallas, Georgia with a new bicycle in hand, Eli and I went back to his house to compare the two bicycles. Over the weekend, our electric motor arrived in the mail. Using the motor to compare the bikes, we came to the conclusion that the bike we just bought would be used for the electric motor, as it seemed to fit best on it. While we were sitting outside comparing the bicycles at Eli’s, FedEx arrived at his front door with a large package ( 3 guesses as to what the package was). Overjoyed, we tore into the package and spent ample time going through the motor kit. We made sure everything seemed to fit onto the bicycle, which it did. We went through the parts making sure everything that we ordered was included and nothing was lost. Luckily, everything was there, and we are now ready to build!

Parts included in motor kit

It’s really hard to type how I am feeling about this project right now. I guess you could say I am excited to actually build something. Eli and I are planning on arriving bright and early to Patrick’s tomorrow to begin building our electric motor bike. If all goes well, we should be done in two days or so, after which we will build the gas-powered motor. Taking these long road trips to find bikes and parts has taken a lot out of Eli, and me but the kits arriving rejuvenated us. We are both still having fun, and are very interested in our project, and cannot wait for our day tomorrow.