Re: Bike tech idea for Jeff

On 1/23/2025 8:35 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:05:42 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On 1/23/2025 7:55 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:38:20 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
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A sling of firewood is not a light load.  I just weighed it at 30 lbs.
When green, it's about 40 lbs.

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<https://photos.app.goo.gl/rmqqcZ4g8h6mGg7v6>
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Nice photo. THX.
Any reason you couldn't carry less but more frequently?

 Thanks.  I'm not a very good photographer.  However, improvements in
today's smartphone cameras have greatly improved the quality of my
photography.  Incidentally, I tried to load the "sling" with a mixture
of firewood types to produce a better average weight.
 Yes, there's a reason I don't want to do light loads.  Going up 50
stairs, with no additional load (firewood, groceries, junk, etc) makes
the muscles at the front of both legs, between the ankle and knee,
rather tired and sore.  It wasn't always this way, but that's the
current situation.  Near the end of the climb, I have trouble lifting
my legs result in a tendency to trip of the stair treads, which is
very dangerous.  With more exercise, I'm getting better, but it will
be some time before I can go up the stairs without becoming overly
tired.  Therefore, the project requires minimizing the number of trips
up (and down) the stairs, at least until when my strength and stamina
both return.
 

The heating season is only 7~8  months and I assume you
leave the house and return at least once every two days on
average. yes?

 My schedule is a disorganized mess.  Right now, the weather is
unusually warm (thanks to global warming).  The first real warming
fire was in early Nov 2024.  I expect warm weather to return in late
Apr 2025.  That's about 6 months of burning firewood.  If we have a
delayed rainy season, which appears to be the case, add one month.
 At least 1 day per week, I leave the house early and return late.  In
effect, I'm not home.  Some weeks, that can be 2 or 3 days per week.
 At this time or year, to save on firewood, I don't start a fire until
about 6pm.  On really cold days, I might start at 4pm.  I keep the
fire burning to about midnight, when I put the largest log I can find
on the fire and let it smolder all night.  I'm still quite warm in the
morning.  It's now 6:30PM and 64F indoors with no additional heating.
61F outdoors.  If it remains this way, I probably will not start a
fire.
 In terms of firewood consumption, I burn an average of 4 "bundles" of
firewood (30 lbs) per day.  That means 4 trips up and down the stairs
per day.  Sometimes one bundle more, sometimes less.
 

"the weather is unusually warm (thanks to global warming). "
I wish.
Dawn today minus 8F. Didn't ride. Again.
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Andrew Muzi
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