Category Archives: Bikelab Notes

Bikelab Report #4 – RUMP Packaging & Cardboard Core Composites

The cardboard-core fiberglass packaging technique discussed here, originally suggested by David Berkstresser, has been such a popular subject that it long ago landed on its own page… even though it was originally part of this Bikelab Report. I’ll leave it … Continue reading

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Bikelab Report #3 – Solar Power and Battery Babysitting

The bikelab series was starting to hit its stride, and this issue focuses on the BEHEMOTH power system… a huge and central part of the project. As with the others, this text languished for decades in a dark corner of … Continue reading

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Bikelab Report #2 – the Sun Lab and LED Taillights

This second issue of the Bikelab Notes, published during my time building BEHEMOTH at Sun Microsystems, focuses on the high-brightness LED taillight assemblies. These were not commercially available at the time, so this was a hack. I also commented on … Continue reading

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Bikelab Report #1 – BEHEMOTH Intro, HF Dipole, and Microwave Motion Sensor

While I was living at Sun Microsystems during the home stretch of the 3-year BEHEMOTH project, I started a publication series called the Bikelab Notes. Seventeen of these were published, and they carry some of the best technical details about … Continue reading

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