At the beginning of 2010, Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service were invited to do a presentation to the pupils of All Hallows Preparatory School to talk about the work that we do. The children were told about our bikes, the area that we cover, the hospitals that we serve and the things that we carry.

After this presentation, the school decided that it would do some fundraising for Freewheelers, with an incredibly ambitious plan to buy us our first ever brand new motorcycle. All the children worked on fund raising ideas that would help them reach the target of a new blood bike by the end of the school year in July.

The bike chosen is the BMW R1200RT - the very same one used by Avon and Somerset Police. The R1200RT has a 1,170cc two-cylinder engine which uses a drive shaft instead of a chain to power the rear wheel. This means that the blood bikers will not need to adjust or oil the chain - a very messy job as any cyclist will know.