Alansbmx Racing

Cheddar Report: Alix Deakin

The Bike
We decided to Change the Gearing on Alix's bike for this season as he needs to "spin out more" .A New Tangent 43 tooth front sprocket had been ordered and was duly fitted to the new Shimano DXR crank assembly. This beautifully manufactured crank was easily fitted compared to some other cranks I could mention. This along with the Shimano hubs, 16 tooth
free wheel and Shimano Chain provided reliable service all weekend. Alix's Avent Frame in special addition Black really looked the part alongside the highly polished Shimano components. A Gusset seat has also been fitted and wore well even after a few incidents on the track, proving it's high quality. We have also changed to Tioga Competition X Tyres for this year complementing the new Gusset Rims that have been knocked up by Alans Custom wheel building service, 'Perfect'. We feel the tyres are the best available giving good grip on the Burms even in Damp conditions. ODI Lock on grips proved superb in the wet conditions, I lost count of the people coming to our workshop area asking for advise on how to keep there grips on. The team had no such problems!! Giro provided the Team with Excellent Carbon helmets, these proved to be Light and comfortable, after we had 'stickered' them up they truly looked the part getting many favourable comments

The Mud
When the weather changed we had another problem to contend with, Dirty Bikes. This is a topic that a certain 'Alan Woods' loses sleep over !!! You see Alan s likes his BMX bikes to look immaculate, and why not ? This is where the Fenwicks products came into there own. 15 Bikes coming back one after the other need s a lot of manpower to clean them , but with the Fenwicks cleaning solution you just spayed it on and washed it off !!. This product left the bikes Gleaming!, amazing !!

Dehydration
All these youngsters need to drink plenty to keep Hydrated. This is where another one of our sponsors has yet again come good. Be- Well have supplied us with Drinks powder that went down well 2 tubs were consumed, so it proved popular and everyone enjoyed it keeping the team at peak
performance.

Alix's results
National 1 17+ 2nd in 'B' Final
16-29 Cruiser 2nd in 'A' Final

National 2 17+ 8th in 'A' Final (Crashed while 3rd)
16-29 Cruiser 1st in 'A' Final ( just Brilliant)

We will do even Better next time!!

Dave Deakin (Chief mechanic ! )

posted by Argent @ 7:50 am