It is upgrade time for The Flying Crane. Today the bike will go into Bristol Motorrad (the BMW motorcycle dealer in Bristol) to have its 18,000 mile service. On Friday its mileage was 18,899 so the service is slightly overdue. While it is there the bike will have a GPS fitted, thanks to a recent donation from NatWest and a very good deal that we got from Garmin, who were impressed with the work that we do.

Yesterday we fitted a rack to  the bike. This rack will allow us to carry an insulated box containing either blood for transfusion, or frozen milk for premature babies. The rack, which is made from stainless steel bars that have been bent and welded together, sits on top of the hump where the All Hallows School logo is displayed. Thankfully the rack doesn't completely cover the logo so people will still be able to see how incredibly generous the school were in donating The Flying Crane to Freewheelers.

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