Out last night for a quick back road sortie detouring to a nearby town for fuel. The one and only petrol station had diesel only
. I had to decide where to go next with the reserve counting up. The next nearest town normally has two fuel stations (were five when I started riding in the 1980's) but one is closed for redevelopment. Last week the remaining station had run out of diesel and my car was also on dregs so I was not confident but my choices were not good as the next town along is a good way out as was heading home. Fortunately I filled her up with £25 of Shell V-Power and went on my merry way.
Tonight I fitted a new rear tyre. It was not terribly worn but had squared off and felt terrible when gently tipping in. First time I have ever used tyre irons and done it myself. Interestingly enough the demarcation of the dual compound was pretty defined on the old tyre. I also took a few readings with my durometer (hardness) tester which gave some interesting results. Its probably all academic as it only really matters when at operating temperature but I would have expected the five year Angel GT to be harder than the 2022 tyre.....I also stuck it into my track bike Supercorsa SC2 rear just to compare.
Its fairly biblical weather here tonight so I will have to wait for a better day to scrub it in.