I’ve had quite a few punctures ever since having my new fixed gear wheel built, even though everything was fine for about two weeks. After some investigating, there was no damage to tyre itself for example, it turned out that they were caused by a lack of rim tape,  so I went and bought a roll of rim tape and applied it.

Annoyingly enough, I’m still getting punctures so I either suck at applying rim tape or it slipped even though I reapplied it today and had a puncture within half an hour, go me!

I’ll try wider tape, but I’ve ordered some veloplugs which are little plastic plugs which fit into the spoke holes hopefully those will be there in time for London to Brighton… Don’t really want to change tubes on the road every 10 miles or so.

This morning I had a call from the BHF and was given my rider number so that I could set up the online donation page.

It would appear that my welcome pack has been lost in the post and they’re going to resend it, hopefully it’ll arrive in the next few days.

I’ve decided to do it on the recent fixie conversion, which should make the 54 mile journey rather interesting to say the least but I’ll make sure to carry enough water and the like…

My exams finish on the 21st of May, which will give me about 3 weeks to focus on nothing but training and moving back home!

Will be cycling to Nottingham this Saturday to give me a taste of doing 30 miles and over on the fixed.

Anyway as previously mentioned I do have a donation page now, so if any of you out there want to sponsor me in aid of the British Heart Foundation it would be greatly appreciated. I can’t say what exactly the money will be used for as it is a general fund raiser, but research is highly likely to be one of them.

My donation page can be found here.

I converted my bike last weekend, and rather enjoy the whole fixed gear experience even if it is slightly odd at the moment and will probably take a bit more getting used to.

The most amusing experience so far was forgetting I was on a fixed gear bike for a millisecond, trying to coast and having both feet thrown off my pedals!

I do still enjoy it though, it’s amazingly quiet and feels somehow more reward, so I’m going to stick with it.