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Thursday 25 April 2019

Ready to move on.....

Tomorrow we leave our Moreton site and head just 25/30 miles to Verwood on the edge of the New Forest.
I can't believe that 25 days have gone so quickly. Mind you since we have been here we have been busy with hospital appointments.... visits here on the site from friends and family as well as picking up our new awning and our visit to the social event at Automotive Leisure.

After we get to Verwood a visit to the bike shop is needed as I want a new cassette on my Fulcrum Racing Zero wheels as I plan on storing my winter bike the Tifosi and bringing my summer bike the Felt out of it's winter hibernation....

Last year I had a new chain fitted on the Felt but didn't bother on changing the cassette which didn't appear to have much wear but that proved to be a bit of an error as the gear change wasn't perfect afterwards...nothing serious but I noticed it and decided that it was more worn than it had initially appeared.....

This will be my first visit to this particular bike shop following the closure of the shop that I have used for more than ten years....the owner of the shop decided to retire so I can't complain as he had earned a good rest and they were good enough to give me the details of this new shop (to me)which is another well established family owned concern...

After the Easter break the weather has changed with winds and wet weather forecast...
With that in mind we took down our new awning on Tuesday as there is nothing worse than packing away a wet awning...
We then put up our new Isabella Shadow Canopy to try it out...

We set it up with a 'v' shape in the middle as heavy rain was forecast that night and the 'v' set up would avoid the rain pooling....the next morning the forecast delivered and the rain didn't pool on the canopy roof just flowing down off the front as planned....

We have now taken down the canopy which takes less than 5mins to put up or take down and are ready to move on........




2 comments:

Dave said...

I use a chain measure to keep on eye on my chains and usually change them when they have stretched to 75% of their max. That way the cassettes usually last for about 3 chains. I've just done the cassette, chainrings and chain on the Genesis.
I like the new canopy, they are so handy when touring, I'm always wary of high winds though, and roll ours away overnight if its windy.

TrevorW�� said...

@Dave
Your chain regime is the same as mine... I had changed the chain twice previously and it looked as if the cassette would be ok with a third chain but on this occasion I wasn't happy with the gear change in some situations. It was only a slight roughness but it wasn't perfect and I like perfect :-)
Yes we are pleased with the canopy....We took it down after 24hrs though because of expected winds....

Six weeks off.

 The visit to see the Consultant went quite well really ...   My ' numbers' have started to creep up again so I am going to be given...