Car trouble and wheel fixing.

I’ve been a little distracted the last week or so attempting to fix my own car, a step up from the bike mechanics wise. Unfortunately I have hit hitch after hitch and have finally called it quits and booked it into a garage, however the car won’t move at the moment so it’ll have to be towed in. The problem has been the alternator and I’m sure I’ve undone every bolt on the thing but I still can’t get it to budge! Once it’s fixed I’ll be able to actually go pick the rest of my tools up and continue with the bikes.

Meanwhile I have been restoring some of my faith in my own mechanical abilities by doing a little work on the Lanai, I got all my parts from Chain Reaction Cycles, though I did have to go to my local bike shop to get a nipple (the bit that connects spoke to rim.) for the replacement spoke and they were kind enough to give me one for free. I had tried to find one online but as you can imagine search results were interesting, so while the internet is good for cheap deals it’s often worth just going to your nearest shop and asking. This meant I could at least get the broken front wheel fixed.

Recently a number of my friends have had bikes stolen, remember to your bike securely so that nothing can be taken off it and it’s worth registering with a website such as this; http://www.immobilise.com/index.php just in case the worst should happen.

Finally the World Cup round at Windham was yet again an awesome race with Aaron Gwinn running away with it but also with Steve Peat at the age of 37 taking 2^nd place showing he’s still up there after 15 years of racing. Rachel Atherton took the women’s race, her first World Cup win since her return from injury, ahead of Florianne Pugin and Tracy Mosely. It’s been an amazing season so far can’t wait for the last two rounds and the World Champs and it’s great to be able to watch it all live on Freecaster.