Bottom Bracket problems

This afternoon I rode over to Mike Cooksons in Whitefield to pick up a rear derailleur hanger. I knew they had them in stock so I rode on my trek to ensure it was the correct part. While there Shaun had a look at my bike to check it was ready for next week (transwales) while looking he noticed some movement in my bottom bracket, since this is newly fitted by lifecycles it should be fine, he took it off and it turns out there was no spacer, which there should have been. Shaun rang Hope, I rang lifecycles. Not very helpful, blamed it on Hope and said there was noone in who could sort it. So Shaun kindly did taking the part off another bike. Problem is a bit of the bb seems to be broken. Shaun is sure it'll be fine for next week, but it will probably accelerate the wear, he is going to check after transwales. Ali is going to ring tomorrow, I get too emotional, but she is even less impressed! They knew how important it was, it could have ruined my Hit the North! Bike is going in tomorrow for a few other bits, obviously to Cooksons. They really are a great bike shop! Even Ali likes going in there as she finds they are the only place that doesn't talk down to her!

Ollie's here!

Well ollie has arrived so I have him hard at work fixing punctures. My bike is at the shop, lifecycles to the rescue again! Hopefully I am ready for tomorrow, I'm hoping for 10 laps, but wondering if that is a bit optimistic in the rain?

Thank you Life Cycles

Before I took my bike to Mountain Mayhem I knew I had to get my brakes sorted, I had thought that it was all going to be done but on the wednesday before I went down I found out that I would still have no brakes. A little worried a had a look on the internet and found a hope dealer in bolton, life cycles, I headed over there on my singlespeed to see if they could help me out. Turns out they had some on a bike that they could take off and fit to mine, this they did on friday morning (turned into a big job as they had to drill out the screws on the old discs) so I could get down there and race. So a big thank you for saving my weekend life cycles!!!