Regular Weekly Tuesday afternoon workshops
Every Tuesday 3pm -5:30pm at the Old Slaughterhouse on Church Road, Stapleford.
A small group of volunteers is using the Old Slaughterhouse, next to the Three Horseshoes pub in Stapleford, as a community bike repair shed. This is a 2G3S initiative with support from local Cycling UK members, and the local Repair Café organisation. Stapleford Parish Council have kindly allowed the use of their Grade 2-listed building for this purpose.
We will do free ‘Dr Bike’ type safety checks, with adjustments and minor repairs for a donation.
We are open every Tuesday between 3pm and 5:30 pm. No booking required.
Summer Saturdays (Last Saturday of the month)
During the “summer” when we are on British Summer Time, we also offer a monthly Saturday session on the last Saturday of each month. These operate exactly the same as out Tuesday sessions, with the same opening hours of 3pm – 5:30 pm, and same venue.
The first 2 Saturday sessions of 2026 are on 25th April and 23rd May respectively.
Drag that bike out of your shed or garage, bring it to us, and hopefully we can show you how we make it easier and safer to ride. Whether or not you ride regularly we will try to improve your bike with our simple checks and service.
Normally only a series of simple things are needed to make a bike serviceable, and then it should require much less effort to ride! And we can advise on best way to tackle other issues.
We offer a free 23-point check, and we can do minor repairs for a donation (just to help us maintain a stock of commonly used spares).
Children are welcome but must bring a responsible adult with them as well as their bike.
We can’t undertake work on e-Bike electrics, but we can deal with the non-electrical aspects of e-bikes such as brakes. Some of our volunteers are experienced in hydraulic bike brake repairs/fluid change.
We always welcome additional volunteers to help occasionally. For those with a little skill we can easily show you how to do important basic ‘Dr Bike’ checks, with help from those with decades of fiddling with cycles.
No booking is required, but feel free to contact us either by email at drbikestapleford@gmail.com, or just come and pay us a visit when we are open – every Tuesday afternoon from 3pm to 5:30pm.
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The term “Dr Bike” is used by other similar groups that are nothing to do with our weekly Stapleford workshops.
In particular, South Cambs DC funds “Dr Bike” sessions at various locations in South Cambs. It looks like there are workshops on Mill Road Rec in Sawston on 9th March, 9th April and 1st June. Booking required:
Just to be clear, these are not related to 2G3S or the weekly Dr Bike Stapleford workshops, but we are happy to advertise them as they offer a similar service. None of the above dates clashes with our Tuesday workshops, so they might provide an alternative way of getting your bike checked out or fixed.