Ride Redbridge – 20 September 2026

Ride Redbridge is back! This year’s cycling festival will be bigger and better than ever, with five marshalled rides from nine starting points in the London Borough of Redbridge, all converging at Valentine’s Park at lunch time on Sunday, 20 September, 2026. The return rides will set off at 14:00

See our rides page for details of the starting places, times, and the link to make your free booking.

This year, instead of the Ride London Freecycle, London Cycling Campaign borough groups are organising their own events. Together, they make up the London Cycling Festival.

From 12:00, there will be a Fix-Your-Bike at our main meeting point, near Valentine’s Park Cafe. Bring your bike along and our bike mechanics will check it for roadworthiness. They can carry out minor repairs and adjustments. They have a supply of the most commonly required spare parts, such as inner tubes and brake blocks. Fix-Your-Bike is run by volunteers free of charge, but they do accept donations by cash and card (or via this link) to cover the cost of spare parts.

Leading five simultaneous rides takes a lot of marshals and we still need volunteers. If you are an experienced cyclist or have had previous experience of cycle marshalling, we would love to hear from you. Free marshal training is available if you are available on Satruday, 12 September.

Don’t forget to book your place on one of the rides and we look forward to seeing you on 20 September.

Fix-Your-Bike

Thank you to everyone who supported the Fix-Your-Bike at Fullwell Cross on Saturday, 22/8/2026.

It was a busy session. With our limited resources, we fixed 19 bikes, some requiring a lot of work. If you were one of the people we advised to go to a bike shop, London Cycling Campaign’s list is here. If we suggested you come to another of our sessions, the next will be on Sunday, 20 September, 2026 from 12 noon in Valentine’s Park as part of the Redbridge Cycling Festival. Details of the festival are on our rides page.

Thank you to everyone who made a donation at the event. If you would still like to donate, here is the link to our PayPal page.

RCC Fix-Your-Bike

The next RCC Fix-Your-Bike will be on Saturday, 22 August, 2026 in Ken Aston Square, Barkingside (outside Fulwell Cross Library) from 11:30 to 15:00.

This event coincides with Redbridge Outdoor Arts 2026.

Bring your bike along and our volunteer bike mechanics will check it is roadworthy. We can carry out minor repairs and supply a limited range of spare parts such as inner tubes and brake blocks. All our services are free, although we appreciate donations, which cover the cost of spare parts. We can take donations by card and cash.

The session in Goodmayes Park held on 25 July helped us reach another part of the borough and we fixed five bikes.

The September session will be part of the London Cycling Festival, to be held on Sunday, 20 September, 2026. Again this year, there is no Ride London Freecycle. Instead, London Cycling Campaign borough groups will hold rides and events. In Redbridge, there will be seven rides from nine starting points, converging at Valentine’s Park for a picnic. Details are on our rides page. We would love to see you on one of the rides and, if your bike needs attention, at the Fix-Your-Bike.

RCC Fix-Your-Bike

RCC’s June Fix-Your-Bike session was held at Ilford Library on Saturday, 13 June, as part of Vision‘s  Tech Ilford. The session was another success, with 11 bikes fixed.

The next Fix-Your-Bike will take place on Saturday, 25 July, 2026 between 1 pm and 5 pm, at the Emerald Café, Goodmayes Park, Aberdour Road, Ilford, IG3 9PG, as part of a larger event that also includes a clothes repair workshop:

Provisional dates of future sessions, subject to confirmation, are:

  • Saturday, 22 August, 2026 in Ken Aston Square, Barkingside (outside Fulwell Cross Library).
  • Sunday, 20 September, 2026 in Valentine’s Park, to the north-east of the bandstand and café. The event will be part of the Redbridge Cycling Festival.

We are looking for venues, so if you know the manager of a suitable public space in Redbridge who would like us to host a Fix-Your-Bike, please let us know.