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

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.

RCC Fix-Your-Bike

Redbridge Cycling Campaign’s second Fix-Your-Bike session at St Gabriel’s Church car park, on Saturday, 21 March, 2026 was another success – we fixed ten bikes!

The next session will be on Saturday, 18 April, 2026 between 10.00 am and 12.30 pm, again at St Gabriel’s, Park Road, Aldersbrook. Fix-Your-Bike will be part of the St Gabriel’s voluntary groups’ coffee morning. So come along, meet Redbridge Cycling Campaign volunteers, and learn about our work to support cycling and cyclists in the borough. It will also be a great opportunity to meet people from other voluntary groups in the area. And we can check your bike and carry out minor repairs at the same time!

Thank you to everyone who made a donation at our first two Fix-Your-bike sessions. For anyone who would still like to make a donation, here is a link to our PayPal page.

Fix-your-bike

We’re happy to announce that, on Saturday 21^st February 2026 we are launching our Dr. Bike scheme – we’re calling it RCC Fix-your-bike – in St Gabriel’s Church Hall car park. The session will run from 11.00am to 2pm.

At the session we can:

check bikes for roadworthiness.
make small adjustments to bikes.
carry out small repairs.
advise on more major repairs.

The aim of the scheme is to get customers’ bikes going again.

To give a few examples, we can adjust brakes and gears, lubricate chains and sort out rattling mudguards but we can’t give your bike a full service or bleed its hydraulic brakes.

There is no charge for the work although if you want to you can make a voluntary contribution. However we would ask you to pay for any parts – like brake blocks or brake cables – that we fit. We can take cash or card.

Maybe we shouldn’t say this but … if you need to bring your bike by car there is on street parking along Park Road.

And once your bike is good to go you can join us for our first scheduled ride of 2026 on Sunday 1st March. Details are on the website. St Gabriel’s Church Hall is a good place to start – it’s close to where the mechanics live, so if they find they are short of a tool they can nip home and get it. And it’s close to where many of our members live. But it is in a corner of the Borough and for the long term we are looking for a more central venue or venues.

RCC Fix your bike

Redbridge Cycling Campaign is going to launch a Dr. Bike scheme. Here’s the plan …

We want to run Fix your Bike sessions one Saturday or Sunday a month. At the sessions we will:

check bikes for roadworthiness.
make small adjustments to bikes.
carry out small repairs.
advise on more major repairs.
the aim of the scheme is to get customers’ bikes going again.

The session will last for three hours, probably between 11.00 am and 2.00 pm.

To run the sessions, we will need a pool of volunteers. We already have a few but the more the merrier. Volunteers will be needed for half an hour before and after a session to set up and break down the stall.

For each session we will need:

At least one person front of house.
At least one senior mechanic capable of carrying out the full range of repairs we offer.
One or two other mechanics who can carry out the repairs listed in the ‘required’ column below.

The roles can be split between two people. So, for example, if you could do front of house only between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm, we will try and pair you up with someone who can do 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm.

We hope we can create a pool of volunteers from which we can staff each session

Role	Description	Need to be able …	Nice to be able to ..	Very Nice to be able to …
Front of House	Help set up the stall. Receive bikes for repair. Record the customer’s phone number, bike type, and the repair requested. If necessary, check with the senior mechanic that the repair is possible. Issue a repair ticket and Place and secure the bike in the cycle rack. Contact the customer when the bike is ready for collection. Return the bike to the customer. Accept any donations the customer makes. Hand out RCC business cards and any material relating to current RCC campaigns. Talk to customers to find out about current cycling issues in the area. At the end of a session money Help break down the stall.	Use a Sum-up card (training can be provided). Chat to customers to get information on their cycling issues.	Come to our once monthly meetings to tell us what cycling issues customers have raised.
Mechanic	Carry out repairs to customers bikes according to the mechanics’ level of competence. Be responsible for a toolkit. If a tool gets lost, to let the lead mechanic know.	Lubricate a chain. Replace brake and gear cables. Replace brake and gear cable outers. Change an Inner tube. Adjust rim brakes. Replace brake blocks.	Adjust disc brakes. Adjust headsets. Adjust hubs. Adjust mudguards Index gears.	True wheels. Replace parts such as derailleurs, and pedals. Adjust hub gears. Adjust hub brakes.
Driver	Transport the toolkits and other kit needed for the session to and from the session venue.	Medium or large family car, SUV or van.