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Bike shop rescues The 1975 bassist Ross MacDonald's charity ride

Bike shop rescues The 1975 bassist Ross MacDonald's charity ride

A bike shop unknowingly came to the rescue of the bassist from The 1975 during a charity cycle. Ross MacDonald from the Brit-award winning band was cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats when his bike broke down in Penrith, in Cumbria. Owner of Arragon's Cycles, on Brunswick Road, Sarah Graham provided MacDonald with a hire bike to continue his journey and said it was not until later she realised she had been in the presence of a "rock star". The 36-year-old musician and his team were doing the challenge for a music therapy charity, and have so far raised more than £32,000. Sarah, who owns the shop with her husband Phil Graham, said they regularly service the bikes of people taking on the Lands End to John O'Groats challenge and had been booked to do it for a group last Monday. When the group arrived, one of bikes had damage to its frame that was beyond repair. "We had to write the bike off which was a bit of a shocker for them," the 48-year-old said. It was only when the team had cycled off, she realised she had had a brush with a former Glastonbury headliner. Graham said although she had heard the band's music, it was only when a reporter contacted her to ask about what had happ

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