We headed over to Gearing Up, which is part of a community project called "The Brick Works".
This company specialise in recycling unloved & unwanted bikes, they sell low cost / affordable bikes – promoting healthy lifestyles, travel to work and reduction in congestion.
The staff at Brick Works were really friendly, they let us bring the bike in and offered a brew.
In no time Simon had the wheel off the bike, tyre, cassette and disc rotor removed, he then replaced the spoke and trued the wheel. We were expecting a late start to the day but were actually on the road by 09:30.
Fortunately we had already planned a shorter 65 mile day as we are staying at Danny's grandparents in Arnside the following evening. After leaving Wigan and heading for the Lake District we stopped along the route for McDonald's breakfast and then The Barn at Scorton for lunch
The flats started turning into rolling hills as we got closer to the Lake District. When we arrived in Arnside we could give the bikes a long overdue clean, degrease and fresh lubricant on chain and other moving parts
It was Danny's uncles 50th birthday and a big group of the Lashley family were over for the evening. We had a great time and a delicious buffet dinner.
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