Rustwood & Elyssa
Rustwood Rustwood
Elyssa Elyssa
Elyssa Elyssa
Hey Rustwood, I’ve been noodling on a way to turn a classic bike into a solar‑powered, AI‑guided adventure machine—think smart throttle control, predictive maintenance alerts, and a little dash of augmented reality for trail mapping. What’s the most stubborn mechanical tweak you’d want to keep a manual touch on?
Rustwood Rustwood
I’d keep the throttle feel on a pure hand‑on basis. No fancy AI can replace the click‑click of a good old lever when you’re chasing that first burn. A solid mechanical throttle is a touch of trust you can feel with your fingers, not just a sensor reading. Everything else can be smart, but let the rider still know the bike’s breath.
Elyssa Elyssa
Totally feel you—there’s something primal about that click‑click. I’m thinking we could keep the mechanical lever but wire a small microcontroller to just read the position and maybe log it for later tuning, but the rider still feels every inch of the throttle. What if we add a little “feel‑feedback” button that lets the rider know the battery is low, just a gentle click, so the hand stays in the loop?
Rustwood Rustwood
That’s a solid plan. Keep the lever pure, let the micro read it, and a quiet click to warn ‘bout the battery—no rattles that scare the rider off. Just a steady tap, like a campfire sigh. Easy to add, hard to miss, and it keeps the bike talking to the rider the old‑school way.