The following story takes places after the events of my last post.
So I’m riding home from work. It’s a three mile trip. Everything is typical, save for the fact that I have more battery than usual. Because my remote had broken in the moring, I carried my board to work that morning. The entire round trip is only four miles. I had traveled about two miles when the board lost power.
No bump, or jostle. Nothing sudden or dramatic. I simply rolled to a stop. I hopped off the board and hit the power button. It flashed once, then turned off again. I tried this several times. Nothing. Luckily I was close to a bus stop that would take me to my apartment complex. I waited around, and carried my broken board onto the bus home.
After nearly 700 miles, my board has encountered a problem. I emailed Evolve about it. But after a few rounds, I discovered I had been emailing the Australia branch. I needed to talk to the American branch.
In the meantime, remember the friend I have who makes his own electric boards over at Red Rock Boardshop? Well I took the board over to his house last night. He was kind enough to open it up and test the battery. The results are on my Instagram @maulakai. But the battery seems just fine.
The board flashes one time when I try to turn it on. Which is unfortunate because Evolve’s troubleshooting section has codes for 3, 4, 7, and 8 flashes. But nothing for a single flash.
However, I’m in the middle of emailing the guys at Evolve USA. It looks like the board is going to have to go into the shop. If my two years of engineering school are worth anything, I believe there is a problem in the internal electronics. We shall see.
And in the meantime, I shall walk. Headphones up, gaze down, wishing for my board to once again roll it’s magic for me. Or for the Carbon series to arrive in the mail already.
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