Staying home/away?

Planning for travel has been messy lately. Take June for example; getting away to the North Coast from Sydney kept being disrupted but eventually everything came together & we headed off for 5 or 6 days.

Hmm, Covid events happening in the Eastern Suburbs? Better get going? Well, we got away – but the Covid event grew & even though we left well before the total lock-down for Sydney was announced, the “stay home” rule was applied to people like us. So, here we are – staying home amongst people who can dine-out, visit wineries, clubs, etc! Oh well, we can get out for exercise & for me it’s Brompton-heaven.

Clarence’s lightweight conversion continues with various tweaks & bits. The latest is greatly appreciated; an extra, lower gear! Now the cassette setup has 11/13/17/20T sprockets & lots of tinkering has shown that the 20T cog is the biggest the standard chain tensioner will cope with. That’s ok, I’m extremely happy with the outcome; my extra-light Superlight is awesome!

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3 thoughts on “Staying home/away?

  1. Brommie 02/07/2021 at 02:57 Reply

    Clarence is looking quite spiffy! Glad to see you post, and to know you are getting out a bit. Here in the USA we’ve been essentially in lockdown since March 2020, and, because of our location, not even getting out on pedals. It’s been interesting . . . and likely to continue, as Covid-Delta has just begun its spread throughout our contry. Hope you stay safe and well, and that Australia continues to escape the worst of the pandemic.

  2. Ron Freestone 08/11/2021 at 20:01 Reply

    Very impressive “diet” on Clarence. Just wondering whether it included a titanium seat post?

    • Aussie on a Brompton 10/11/2021 at 12:33 Reply

      Yes Ron (Brompfication), probably the only steel bits now are the mainframe & stem (wonderful what a long lockdown will do)

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