Finally, I'm proud to be able to share the actual status of the restored KTM Lucky Country that I bought for 20€.
More comments inside...
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 05 - Wheels
After finishing with the frame, I moved to the wheels. I thought it was going to be easier here, more like a plug-and-play situation, but it wasn't. I needed to do a couple of things to make this work.
Firstly, I started by preparing the front wheel. As the original tires were literally destroyed, I bought a pair of Schwalbe Marathon and I added some anti-puncture tire liner as extra protection (although the Marathon already have some extra thickness dedicated to anti-puncture). I bought this latter from AliExpress, and it's pretty amazing, I've tried to pin trough it and I couldn't, so it looks promising.
Saturday, 14 May 2022
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 04
Well, I'm riding the restored KTM Lucky Country since a year now, but I haven't had the time to finish this series of posts, but I wanted to share the rest of the process because the result was very satisfying.
So after removing all the paint, I proceeded to apply a couple of layers of primer (for metal). You can get such in spray doses.
Saturday, 27 November 2021
Cheap 24BYJ01 Stepper Motor + ULM2003 + Arduino
Back in 2012 (wow, it's been almost 10 years already) I posted quickly some info about the 24BYJ01 stepper motor, mostly because this was not really the most common one in the internet and I thought it might be of some help to somebody.
In this time I did some projects at home with this motors and arduino, but I never added extra info about them, and I think (again) that some info here might be of some help.
Now I bring you here some working code for arduino, right after the jump.
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 03
After receiving the Chinese cassette/sprocket, the hub and the rear derailleur, I basically had everything what I needed for the bike. But I was not particularly happy with the color, so I decided to go deeply into this update and I re-painted the bike at home.
This and next posts will drive you through the process of the DIY bike frame painting.
Monday, 31 May 2021
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 02
Do I need another bike? Couldn't the Rockrider do the touring-bike job as well?
No and yes.... But then, where is the fun, right??
The 20€ all-rounder touring bike build project starts with...
Sunday, 30 May 2021
KTM Lucky Country touring bike restoration - 01 - The 20€ touring bike
Yes, I'm not joking. My KTM Touring Bike costed me 20€. What? you still don't believe me?
Here's the proof. I made a screenshot of the advertisement from Willhaben (an austrian portal for buying/selling stuff).
Well, let's see what I got for 20€!
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Upgrading Ubuntu Bash in Windows 10 from 14.04 to 16.04
Upgrading Ubuntu Bash in Windows 10 from 14.04 to 16.04
I was trying to install OpenFOAM using the Ubuntu Bash in Windows 10 and I was struggling with the installation until I realized that I have not checked what Ubuntu version was installed in my Windows 10.
Of course, it was not the recommended one for OpenFOAM, the 16.04, it was the 14.04, and no matter what I did (lxrun /uninstall and then lxrun /uninstall) I was still getting the 14.04.
Then I've tried the sudo do-release-upgrade but I was getting a "screen is terminating" message and the upgrade aborted.
The solution to this problem you will find it after the jump -->
I was trying to install OpenFOAM using the Ubuntu Bash in Windows 10 and I was struggling with the installation until I realized that I have not checked what Ubuntu version was installed in my Windows 10.
Of course, it was not the recommended one for OpenFOAM, the 16.04, it was the 14.04, and no matter what I did (lxrun /uninstall and then lxrun /uninstall) I was still getting the 14.04.
Then I've tried the sudo do-release-upgrade but I was getting a "screen is terminating" message and the upgrade aborted.
The solution to this problem you will find it after the jump -->
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Raspberry Pi 3 + Kano OS = Eureka for Kids!!
Raspberry Pi 3 + Kano OS = Eureka for Kids!
Hello everybody!
It's been a while that I do not post anything. My job is keeping me very busy and the kids are taking the rest of my time, so very few time for new projects.
However, I managed to join my hobbies with the interest of my older kid, and I ended up buying a Raspberry Pi for a second time. The first one I bought 3 or 4 years ago, was the first version I think, but I never found the time and a nice Linux Distro to dig into, so I ended up selling it again. This time I bought a Raspberry Pi 3, which ended up being a whole out of a computer!
I'm not going to write about the Raspberry Pi 3, you can find infinite blogs talking about it. I just wanted to share you the magical combo that I have found mixing the R-PI 3 and the very nice linux distro Kano OS (http://developers.kano.me/downloads/) based on Debian.
Hello everybody!
It's been a while that I do not post anything. My job is keeping me very busy and the kids are taking the rest of my time, so very few time for new projects.
However, I managed to join my hobbies with the interest of my older kid, and I ended up buying a Raspberry Pi for a second time. The first one I bought 3 or 4 years ago, was the first version I think, but I never found the time and a nice Linux Distro to dig into, so I ended up selling it again. This time I bought a Raspberry Pi 3, which ended up being a whole out of a computer!
I'm not going to write about the Raspberry Pi 3, you can find infinite blogs talking about it. I just wanted to share you the magical combo that I have found mixing the R-PI 3 and the very nice linux distro Kano OS (http://developers.kano.me/downloads/) based on Debian.
Kano OS Start Screen
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Colección completa de Revistas Lúpin - Link de descarga
Gracias a la gente del grupo de Facebook de la Revista Lúpin (https://www.facebook.com/groups/32863048461/), pude conseguir este tesoro que es la colección completa de la revista Lúpin, los 499 números, mas todos los Suples anuales, los Suples Técnicos, las Tapas, y de yapa, todas las Pinlu.
El link de descarga del grupo de Facebook corresponde a un archivo ZIP con todas las revistas, lo que equivale a mas de 6 GB de revistuchas, así que lo que yo hice fue zippearlas de 50 en 50 para que sea mas fácil bajarlas, o por si acaso solo te faltan algunas, podás bajarte solo los paquetes con los números que te faltan, y no tengas que bajarte los 6 GB.
El link después del salto --->
El link después del salto --->
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Differences in the prices of the Seat Ateca (as example) in Europe
UPDATE 29/06/2016: I've checked the topic and the 4000€ promotion in Spain are coming from the "Plan PIVE", which is a program from the spanish government to incentivate the sell of "greener" cars. A part of those 4000€ are coming from the government, another part from the manufacturer.
I was playing the other day with the SEAT configurator for the new Seat Ateca in the austrian website of seat (www.seat.at) and I got curious to see how big could the price difference be in comparison to the same car, for instance, in Spain (www.seat.es), Germany or Italy.
I was playing the other day with the SEAT configurator for the new Seat Ateca in the austrian website of seat (www.seat.at) and I got curious to see how big could the price difference be in comparison to the same car, for instance, in Spain (www.seat.es), Germany or Italy.
Sunday, 9 August 2015
Las increibles ilustraciones de Alejandro Burdisio
The amazing illustrations from Alejandro Burdisio
Die unglaubliche Illustrationen Alejandro Burdisios
Alejandro Burdisio (aka Burda), Cordoba, Argentina
https://www.facebook.com/alejandroburdisio
Die unglaubliche Illustrationen Alejandro Burdisios
Alejandro Burdisio (aka Burda), Cordoba, Argentina
https://www.facebook.com/alejandroburdisio
Tuesday, 4 August 2015
Proceso de armado de mi bici MTB partiendo de una Conor ATX 2010
Montage details of my Mountainbike starting from a spanish Conor ATX 2010
I had these old pictures in my hard drive from the transformation of my Conor ATX 2010 with 21" frame that was too big, into a 19" Thompson frame totally upgraded (only few components remaining from the Conor).
The original bike: a 26" Conor AFX 8500 with Suntour XCT fork, Shimano M486 hidraulic brakes and Shimano Alivio group.
I had these old pictures in my hard drive from the transformation of my Conor ATX 2010 with 21" frame that was too big, into a 19" Thompson frame totally upgraded (only few components remaining from the Conor).
The original bike: a 26" Conor AFX 8500 with Suntour XCT fork, Shimano M486 hidraulic brakes and Shimano Alivio group.
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Multiple uses voltage regulator
Práctico regulador de tensión multiusos
Esto no es novedad alguna entre los "electrónicos", pero lo comparto igualmente para aquellos que no tengan tanto conocimiento de electrónica pero quieran animarse.
This project is no news for those of you more into the "electronics", but I share it anyway for those others that has not too much electronics practice and are looking for a challenge.
Lo que les traigo es un práctico regulador de tensión basado en el regulador LM317 para ser utilizado en multiples proyectos, pero yo lo he construido principalmente para poder intercalarlo entre baterías tipo Lipo de 2S, 3S o mas celdas y algún electrodoméstico que usa tensiones mas bajas (por ejemplo, una aspiradora de mano, que funcionaría con 3,7V, o sea, una lipo de 1 celda), o entre alguna fuente de mas de 18V y el cargador de Lipos IMAX B6 (que acepta hasta 18V en la entrada).
What I bring you here is a very useful voltage regulator based on the well know LM317 chip. I build this regultor with the intention of use it with Lipo batteries, so that I'm able to use big batteries with several cells with some tools or appliances normally driven by low voltage and not so life lasting NiMh batteries (like the hand-vacuum cleaners for instance). I used it as well to bring down the voltage of an adapter that I use for my IMAX B6 Lipo charger (which input voltage must be up to 18V).
También puede ser usado para reducir la tensión de la batería del coche para algún equipo que use menos tensión (como esta misma aspiradora por ejemplo).
It can be used as well in your car, to use some appliance with less than 12V (for instance, the same hand vacuum cleaner).
Esto no es novedad alguna entre los "electrónicos", pero lo comparto igualmente para aquellos que no tengan tanto conocimiento de electrónica pero quieran animarse.
This project is no news for those of you more into the "electronics", but I share it anyway for those others that has not too much electronics practice and are looking for a challenge.
Lo que les traigo es un práctico regulador de tensión basado en el regulador LM317 para ser utilizado en multiples proyectos, pero yo lo he construido principalmente para poder intercalarlo entre baterías tipo Lipo de 2S, 3S o mas celdas y algún electrodoméstico que usa tensiones mas bajas (por ejemplo, una aspiradora de mano, que funcionaría con 3,7V, o sea, una lipo de 1 celda), o entre alguna fuente de mas de 18V y el cargador de Lipos IMAX B6 (que acepta hasta 18V en la entrada).
What I bring you here is a very useful voltage regulator based on the well know LM317 chip. I build this regultor with the intention of use it with Lipo batteries, so that I'm able to use big batteries with several cells with some tools or appliances normally driven by low voltage and not so life lasting NiMh batteries (like the hand-vacuum cleaners for instance). I used it as well to bring down the voltage of an adapter that I use for my IMAX B6 Lipo charger (which input voltage must be up to 18V).
También puede ser usado para reducir la tensión de la batería del coche para algún equipo que use menos tensión (como esta misma aspiradora por ejemplo).
It can be used as well in your car, to use some appliance with less than 12V (for instance, the same hand vacuum cleaner).
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Cómo crear un pendrive USB de recuperación de Windows 7
How to create a Windows 7 recovery USB Pendrive
Si tienes que recuperar Windows 7 en tu laptop/netbook y no tienes una unidad de DVD, te dejo luego del salto una forma comprobada de cómo generar un pendrive USB de recuperación de sistema, que te permitirá reescribir la MRB en caso de que, por ejemplo, hayas querido instalar Linux y luego te hayas arrepentido borrando las particiones.
If you need to recovery Windows 7 in your laptop/netbook but this one doesn't have a DVD reader, I leave here a tested procedure to generate a Win 7 recovery USB pendrive that will allow you to re-write the MRB (Master Boot Record) in the case that, for example, you've just regret from your Linux installation and deleted the partitions damaging the MRB.
Si tienes que recuperar Windows 7 en tu laptop/netbook y no tienes una unidad de DVD, te dejo luego del salto una forma comprobada de cómo generar un pendrive USB de recuperación de sistema, que te permitirá reescribir la MRB en caso de que, por ejemplo, hayas querido instalar Linux y luego te hayas arrepentido borrando las particiones.
If you need to recovery Windows 7 in your laptop/netbook but this one doesn't have a DVD reader, I leave here a tested procedure to generate a Win 7 recovery USB pendrive that will allow you to re-write the MRB (Master Boot Record) in the case that, for example, you've just regret from your Linux installation and deleted the partitions damaging the MRB.
Saturday, 24 January 2015
¡Cuidado con Constructa (2da marca de Bosch)!
Attention with Constructa, the 2nd brand of Bosch!
Vorsicht mit Constructa, die 2. Marke von Bosch!
Vorsicht mit Constructa, die 2. Marke von Bosch!
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Lenovo Ideapad S210 Upgrade Guide (SSD and MEMORY)
Gracias a BOUWNT por el excelente tutorial. Yo había logrado toda la parte de la instalación del SSD por mi cuenta, pero no lograba que la S210 "viera" el SSD, y para eso fue crucial el comentario de cambiar en la BIOS a Legacy drive.
Thanks to BOUWNT for the great tutorial. It was really helpful the comment regarding the BIOS setup change to Legacy drive (otherwise the Lenovo won't see the SSD)
Sunday, 26 October 2014
"Pechito" López campeón del mundo FIA WTCC 2014, ¿y Pozzo?
"Pechito" López FIA WTCC 2014 World Champion. Have we Pozzo forgotten?
"Pechito" López FIA WTCC 2014 Weltmeister. Haben wir Pozzo vergessen?
José María "Pechito" López se coronó campeón del mundo del mundial de turismos FIA WTCC, luego ganar la primera de las dos carreras celebradas hoy Nov 26th (Nationaltag in Österreich!) en Suzuka, Japón.
José María "Pechito" López is the new FIA WTCC 2014 World Champion after finishing in first position of the first race in Suzuka, Japan, this early morning Nov. 26th.
La razón por la que hago este post no es solo para felicitar a Pechito, sino también para tratar de corregir una información que ha sido generada incorrectamente por el periodismo en argentina y copiada también erróneamente alrededor del mundo.
The reason of this post is to congratulate Pechito, but also to correct some wrong information that the argentinean media is distributing, and the rest of the world copying without checking.
"Pechito" López FIA WTCC 2014 Weltmeister. Haben wir Pozzo vergessen?
José María "Pechito" López se coronó campeón del mundo del mundial de turismos FIA WTCC, luego ganar la primera de las dos carreras celebradas hoy Nov 26th (Nationaltag in Österreich!) en Suzuka, Japón.
José María "Pechito" López is the new FIA WTCC 2014 World Champion after finishing in first position of the first race in Suzuka, Japan, this early morning Nov. 26th.
La razón por la que hago este post no es solo para felicitar a Pechito, sino también para tratar de corregir una información que ha sido generada incorrectamente por el periodismo en argentina y copiada también erróneamente alrededor del mundo.
The reason of this post is to congratulate Pechito, but also to correct some wrong information that the argentinean media is distributing, and the rest of the world copying without checking.
Friday, 26 September 2014
El Torino Argentino - Mi tributo al gran auto argentino
The great argentinian Torino - My tribute
Der wunderschönen argentinisher Torino - Mein Tribut
Este es el IKA Torino. Un auto argentino que vio la vida en la década del 60 basado en el Rambler American pero con carrocer¿ia de Pininfarina.
Mucho se puede encontrar en internet acerca del Torino. Pero si no eres argentino o no hablas castellano, seguramente nunca habrás oido hablar de él.
Así que con este pequeño tributo al Torino, mi invitación a que lo conoscas.
¿Por qué no soñar con un Torino siglo XXI traído a la vida por el mismísimo Horacio Pagani?
This is the IKA Torino. An argentinian car that came to life in the late 60s, based in the Rambler American but with the body shape from Pininfarina.
Plenty of information about the Torino can be found in the Internet, but if you are not from Argentina or you don't speak English, I bet that you've never heard from this car.
So, with this little tribute to the Torino, I extend you my invitation to meet him.
Maybe we can dream with a Torino from the 21st-Century brought to life by the great Horacio Pagani.
Dieses ist der IKA Torino. Ein argentinisches Auto das in der 60er Jahre zum Leben kam, basiert auf dem Rambler American aber mit Pininfarina carroserie.
Zu viel kann man in Internet über den Torino finden. Aber manche menschen in nicht-spanische-sprechenden Ländern oder außer Argentinien kennen dieses Auto nicht, und vielleicht eine kleine Einladung brauchen.
Also, hier mein Tribut, deine Einladung zum Torino.
Ein Traum: vielleicht mit etwas Glück sehen wir einen 21. Jahrhundert Torino von Horacio Pagani.
Mas fotos tras el salto / More pictures inside / Mehrere Bilder drinnen.
Der wunderschönen argentinisher Torino - Mein Tribut
Este es el IKA Torino. Un auto argentino que vio la vida en la década del 60 basado en el Rambler American pero con carrocer¿ia de Pininfarina.
Mucho se puede encontrar en internet acerca del Torino. Pero si no eres argentino o no hablas castellano, seguramente nunca habrás oido hablar de él.
Así que con este pequeño tributo al Torino, mi invitación a que lo conoscas.
¿Por qué no soñar con un Torino siglo XXI traído a la vida por el mismísimo Horacio Pagani?
This is the IKA Torino. An argentinian car that came to life in the late 60s, based in the Rambler American but with the body shape from Pininfarina.
Plenty of information about the Torino can be found in the Internet, but if you are not from Argentina or you don't speak English, I bet that you've never heard from this car.
So, with this little tribute to the Torino, I extend you my invitation to meet him.
Maybe we can dream with a Torino from the 21st-Century brought to life by the great Horacio Pagani.
Dieses ist der IKA Torino. Ein argentinisches Auto das in der 60er Jahre zum Leben kam, basiert auf dem Rambler American aber mit Pininfarina carroserie.
Zu viel kann man in Internet über den Torino finden. Aber manche menschen in nicht-spanische-sprechenden Ländern oder außer Argentinien kennen dieses Auto nicht, und vielleicht eine kleine Einladung brauchen.
Also, hier mein Tribut, deine Einladung zum Torino.
Ein Traum: vielleicht mit etwas Glück sehen wir einen 21. Jahrhundert Torino von Horacio Pagani.
Mas fotos tras el salto / More pictures inside / Mehrere Bilder drinnen.
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