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@HoldenWright
The disaster of my first fixed build.
After spending months sourcing each perfect piece of the puzzle and being wet with anticipation. It all began to go wrong when I lost the left crank arm on the train... Finally once all put together, within 24hours i'd broken 7 spokes... Upon fixing the spokes, I took it for a test run and received a puncture in the front tyre... At Halfords the next day I attempted to buy a puncture repair kit... They refused to serve it to serve me as I did not have my ID, despite the fact I was brandishing a bicycle with a very flat tyre.