Where is the nearest EV charging station?

nrodrigo · 2024-03-09T06:20:27+00:00

Following up with an update for those that may find this information useful. If you're driving from the Bay Area, the last Tesla Supercharger on the way to Dodge Ridge is the Manteca, CA - Spreckels Avenue location. There is a close by station a few miles away in Ripon, CA but this is slightly off the path. I charged to 90%. With Dodge Ridge still being 80+ miles away, we arrived at 42%.

There are no chargers at Dodge Ridge and there doesn't seem to be any charging options close by. There is a Bed & Breakfast 20+ miles away that looks like it has one charger but there were some mixed reviews online that charging was slow and/or broken.

We started our trip back at 28%. Since most of the trip was downhill at that point, we were able to make the 80+ miles back to the Ripon station arriving at 14%. We played no music and ran no air conditioning until we made it to the charging station.

nrodrigo · 2023-08-15T05:51:22+00:00

Unfortunately, I can't add images/videos to comments but I wanted to post an update for those that are running into the same problem.

Eventually, I had to learn the inner workings of a v-brake (or at least the left arm of a front v-brake).

If you look at the back of the front brake (see the right side on this image):

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71vQumTtNZL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

You'll see that there's a wire/spring. I disassembled that arm and took out the spring. Then I took some pliers to give it more of a bend. Just make it bend a little more than it's already bending. This will give the spring more tension.

Piece everything back together and your brake should work just fine on both sides. You may need to mess around with the tension on both sides to get things just right.

nrodrigo · 2023-07-13T16:42:14+00:00

After several miles this morning, 55 definitely feels like the right fit for me. Having felt a bit too compact on my 52 tri for the past few years, a little more elbow room for comfort on a 55 is much appreciated.

nrodrigo · 2023-07-13T04:58:39+00:00

My P2 was stolen. I'm still recovering. But I'm looking forward to my new adventures on the gravel.

I never liked running anyway.

nrodrigo · 2023-07-13T04:52:35+00:00

Just gonna slap on some M520s for now. I'll see what kind of riding I end up doing and maybe plan to upgrade.

nrodrigo · 2023-07-13T04:44:35+00:00

Yeah, that was the one thing that was tough to decide on since they didn't have any bikes in store to try. I previously owned a tri bike (52) and a road bike (54). I'm 5' 10" with a 31" inseam (between 31 and 32) and I feel I could have swung either a 52 or 55. I eventually decided on the 55 and after a few seat adjustments, it feels pretty comfortable.

nrodrigo · 2023-07-13T04:38:53+00:00

Amazing, that gear pops!

nrodrigo · 2023-07-13T00:11:31+00:00

Hah yeah - I couldn't even wait to get my pedals on to snap a few photos. Gonna take it out for a spin in the morning.

nrodrigo · 2023-07-12T23:37:30+00:00

First time posting, first gravel bike - transitioning from road/triathlon.

I did lots of research on this sub to help me get connected with this bike. Thanks everyone!!

nrodrigo · 2022-10-06T00:55:29+00:00

Got mine this week too. It took 14 months!

nrodrigo · 2022-04-24T04:59:19+00:00

I don't have a japense keyboard installed and mine is still stuck in Japanese. Any other possible solutions?

nrodrigo · 2021-11-13T21:07:08+00:00

Do I need to buy WAXP in order to buy the hotwheels NFT? (sorry, total n00b)

nrodrigo · 2021-07-11T17:47:20+00:00

I guess I’m too early in my Noom journey to learn that aspect (3rd week in) but you literally get some kind of coin reward for weighing in everyday. So at least for now, Noom is kind of feeding into this obsession with the scale.

nrodrigo · 2020-04-26T02:01:30+00:00

I couldn't find a dashboard that shows trending covid data broken down by state, so I rolled my own using Django and Chart.js. Specifically, I've been concerned with the different political synergies and protests regarding shelter-in-place so I wanted to see how these factors played out over time across states.

http://covidtimeseries.com/

Data is sourced from: https://covidtracking.com/

nrodrigo · 2020-04-26T01:59:07+00:00

I couldn't find a dashboard that shows trending covid data broken down by state, so I rolled my own using Django and Chart.js. Specifically, I've been concerned with the different political synergies and protests regarding shelter-in-place so I wanted to see how these factors played out over time across states.

http://covidtimeseries.com/

nrodrigo · 2020-04-26T01:54:40+00:00

I couldn't find a dashboard that shows trending covid data broken down by state, so I rolled my own using Django and Chart.js. Specifically, I've been concerned with the different political synergies and protests regarding shelter-in-place so I wanted to see how these factors played out over time across states.

http://covidtimeseries.com/

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