And the bike weighs in at...

With PiScales up and running it was time to finally check out the weight of the small additions to the bike made over the last few months.

• Scott Mountain Bike
• Lunacycle Bafang mid-drive kit 750W
• 52V Lunacycle Panasonic Shark 13.5ah Battery
• DC/DC 60V Stepdown 12V 10A Regulator (Should have gone for 20A)
• 2 x 8V/12V Front LED lights - They are bright :)
• DC (8V-52V) TO 5V 3A 15W Waterproof DC Regulator
• QI 2.0 Fast Charge step up convertor
• QI 3.0 Fast Charge Regulator
• Ram Mount X Grip Ball Phone holder (stem + ubolt)
• 3 Coil 15W Wireless Charger (for Note8)
• 1 Coil Wireless Charger (for S7)
• Small 3x7 segment DC display
• Samsung Gear 360
• Cuboid Bluetooth Speaker
• Wahoo cadence / Speed Sensors
• 8.4V 6xCell 18650 LiIon Battery Pack (backup for lights)
• Planet Bike Men's A.R.S. Anatomic Relief Bicycle Saddle 
• Rear square automatic light
• Rear under-seat auto light / alarm
• Handle bar extended mount bar
• Ergon GP5-L Grip BioKork w/Adjustable Bar
• Suspension seat post
• Sunlite Rear Wire Folding Basket
• Basic Dual action hand pump
• Front frame pack
• Moosetreks Bike Handlebar Stem Bottle Bag
• Chain Guide
• Mud Fender / Mudguards
• Yellow Kevlar OttoLock 
• Magnetic usb charge cables
• Cable Sleeving
• Silicon tape - essential for grip on all mount points
• DC Power switch
• 16 AWG Silicon Wire
• Automotive Dielectric Grease/Silicone Paste/Waterproof Marine Grease
• 3M Scotch-Mount 1/2 x 15' Molding Tape

It was time to find out....

A side effect (aka bug) of PiScales not connecting to a wireless network was that after every measurement the code throws exception and restarts, so it was a quick ... read before reboot...

- in this case the non connection to wifi was great for this otherwise fitbit would have added a few lbs to my weight tracking :)

So weighed myself and then holding the bike... with some simple maths ....

64 lbs / 29 Kg

without battery: 55 lbs / 25 Kg

battery: 9 lbs / 4 Kg

Dig out the old Wiifit board and allow it to tell fitbit how well you are doing .. enter PiScales ...

The thought of manually typing in my daily weight into fitbit just didn't sit well.

Manual / Repetitive.

Sure fitbit have their custom scales, but where's the fun in that.

Have been experimenting the great wiifit raspberry pi tutorial form initial state..., but it was a little too much functionality / not quite what I wanted and bluetooth was playing games with me - I could easily set the code in a loop and cause too much 2.4G(assumption) noise that it messed up my local wifi , so the whole thing sat on the shelf for quite a while...

I want something that where I can turn on / off easily and ideally give clear visual feedback on what the measurement was that day with some nice small display, have the ability to measure a few times, not have to drag too many things around (too many boxes connected) and not having to switch things on / off and wait too long....

with the pi zero w released and displays getting still cheaper and custom fit to pi zero, it's time to start looking again.

• pi zero w - https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-zero-w-basic-kit/
• simple lcd display with buttons for potential reruns / config - http://a.co/aWdZo4D
• wip code pulling together - https://github.com/frostymccool/piscales