2019 Disaster Relief Trials

A bit late in posting this, but I am registered and would be happy to join a team. Remember that I know how to safely make alcohol, which will be very valuable in a post-apocalyptic Arlington.

@Emm 192559 wrote:

I may need to drop out, so you could perhaps take my slot on team renegade with Reji and Steve O if you’re interested…

Guess it depends on if they will have me!

@bentbike33 192566 wrote:

Really?!? Without natural gas or electricity?

Umm, beer has been brewed long before gas and electricity.

@sjclaeys 192567 wrote:

Umm, beer has been brewed long before gas and electricity.

Cool, so you’ll be demonstrating these pre-industrial techniques as part of the disaster relief challenge?

@mrhappy_onabike 192572 wrote:

If the goody-goody Steve and the evil Steve O are on the same team, do they cancel each other out?

For such a good cause, I am sure that we can work it out.

@ChristoB50 192577 wrote:

An E-sponder category I could’ve tried out this time, if I wasn’t booked elsewhere!

I don’t see the rules require you provide your own power source but that would be a contention in a real power outage. The received wisdom on the Endless Sphere forum is a home solar system, of the sort Arlington homeowners can purchase through a solar co-op, is the best solution for fully charging an ebike battery in a useful amount of time off the grid. There is an off-the-shelf 120w panel canopy kit available specifically for the Pedego Stretch cargo ebike but the 48v motor on that bike consuming say 20wh/km would burn through 120w in about 6km/10-15 minutes for a day’s worth of charging so not really practical, still I wonder if Todd Ketch owner of Pedego Alexandria could be persuaded to participate?

@Dewey 192588 wrote:

I don’t see the rules require you provide your own power source but that would be a contention in a real power outage.

Yeah, I’m lucky now that I also have the pedal-bike in working order! The ebike would be handy in the Trial — but in a real emergency, once I spent my ~50-85 miles of battery range without a way to recharge, I’d be all-Bianchi after that

Now, I want to live in the FutureHAUS (on display at Potomac Yard for 2 more days of tours) and be all-solar with a 2-day house battery reserve for consistent bad weather…
(If you haven’t toured FutureHAUS, I suggest it — but hurry, since it closes this week. Really remarkable what the students at Virginia Tech came up with, winning First Place in the International Solar Decathalon…)