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The battery arrived on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Eve it was too cold to install it. On Christmas Day not only was it too cold, I didn’t get out of bed until 2:30 and then there were presents, and then it was, abruptly, dark. Today, Boxing Day, I decided that I had two choices: install the new battery while it was cold and dry, or wait until it was warmer…and raining.

Hmmm. Decisions, decisions. ;)

I put on layers and did the deed. Having had much practice over the last month or two, I actually knew what I was doing:

1. Remove the cover (unscrew two screws with a Phillip’s screwdriver)
   
2. Disconnect the positive terminal (requires a 7/16″ socket and open-end wrench)
   
3. Disconnect the negative terminal (ditto)
   
4. Remove the two bolts that hold the battery case on (requires a 10mm open-end wrench)
   
5. Move hand away very quickly (the battery holder’s bottom swings open and the battery drops right out–onto your camera, fingers or whatever else you had under there at the time)
   
6. Install battery
   
7. Reverse the above steps.
   

The bike started right up, and I immediately thought of an excuse to go downtown wearing a t-shirt, sweatshirt, jacket with liner, scarf, jeans, over-pants, two pairs of socks and boots. It was very windy–enough to move my bike around on the road–but oh-so-exhilarating and fun to once again have a bike with a trustworthy battery.

Yay!

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