Our story
We're passionate about getting more people on bikes.
The way that we get more people onto bikes is by saving unwanted bikes from landfill, refurbishing them with a team of volunteers supported by professional mechanics, selling them at a reasonable price or giving them away to people in need. We provide formal and informal training in bike maintenance in a variety of settings so that more people have the skills to keep their bikes in good repair.
We do this because we believe that bikes are brilliant and address a variety of health and social issues. Cycling is proven to have beneficial effects on physical and mental health. It's an affordable and environmentally friendly form of transport. The skills required to fix a bike can be easily taught and transferred to other settings.
Recyke y'bike is a charity. We've been established since 2006 and generate the majority of income through sales of refurbished bikes and servicing bikes.
Our advice
Providing opportunities to volunteer can make a huge difference to marginalised groups.
Our Changeprint
Our Changeprint can be measured by the number of unwanted bikes refurbished and saved from landfill (around 5000 each year); bike maintenance skills develop (through 75 volunteering opportunities, particularly targeting marginalised groups); mental and physical health benefits of cycling more; and by helping more people get on their bikes (with weekly pop-up bike repair sessions delivered April to October to make bikes safe to ride).
