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Several of my friends took a look at my new vinyl sheet flooring in Shaneeda. They all loved it but all commented that the carpet around the front seats and doghouse had to go. Ugh… just another project right!?!? So, I started ripping that carpet out… For those not familiar, my RV is a Fleetwood… [Read More]

RV Flooring Replacement

The old carpet and linoleum in Shaneeda had served valiantly but it’s time had come.  It was matted, dirty, torn, stained, and just nasty – very nasty.  I wanted to keep putting it off but I couldn’t – it was time to replace the flooring. For many months I have agonized over whether to install… [Read More]

RV Tire Pressure

There is a lot of discussion in the RV forums about motorhome handling. Of course, there all sorts of add-on accessories that range from expensive to very expensive and all sort of theories.  I have a very difficult time sorting the good theories from the bad.  Here’s what I know, Shaneeda is not new (twenty… [Read More]

R-028 Derailleur Hanger

If you read this story, you know that I recently broke the rear derailleur hanger on my VeloBuild R-028 carbon fiber bike. I’m not sure how many of these frames are out there, probably not millions.  However; for those that have one, I have a piece of information that you may find useful someday. The… [Read More]

Broken Carbon Bike

Ya, I did it. I broke my new carbon fiber road bike…. Let’s step back. I was out on my third ride with my new beauty (see here) having a glorious time with her.  I started climbing one of the few local climbs (a cat 4, by Strava) and all was going well.  I was… [Read More]

R-028 Impressions

Note: I built up this bike myself. For the details of that build, see this post. I suspect twenty miles is nowhere near enough with a bike to adequately review it.  With that said, some initial impressions… I am not being fair.  I had a very hard ride this past weekend – I am sore… [Read More]

Carbon Fiber Road Bike

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you know that I am relatively new to the world of road cycling.  If my memory serves, it was nearly two and a half years ago that I started riding an old mountain bike on the road.  Several months later, I purchased a much… [Read More]

Carbon Fiber Handlebar

There aren’t too many bike parts that aren’t available in carbon fiber these days.  I’ve generally looked at carbon fiber parts as being for racers and weight-weenies.  I’ll probably never race and still have dozens of pounds to lose off my butt before I start nit-picking my bike for ounces.  However; I was talking to… [Read More]

Trimetric Battery Monitor

While researching solar power on the Internet, one cannot miss the many references to the Trimetric Battery Monitor.  Many, many people love this monitor.  So, I followed their lead and purchased one too.  I got the RV-2030 model. Why??  Well, that is the question I had prior to spending ten days boondocking with solar only. … [Read More]

Energy Audit – Watt For?

Note from JD: Some related posts are solar system for Missy, solar install, solar install take 2, and Trimetric battery monitor install. Like nearly everything else in life, it seems there are an infinite number of ways to approach the use of solar electric for a boat or motorhome.  In my case, my motorhome has a… [Read More]