LATEST NEWS
Christmas/New Year 2025 – There will not be any Dr Bike workshops on 23rd or 30th December 2025.
We will resume our regular Tuesday sessions on 6th January 2026, 3pm – 5:30pm.
See below regarding possible Saturday session on 20th December.
Saturday workshops
This autumn (2025) we offered Saturday sessions once a month, on the last Saturday of the month, in addition to our regular weekly Tuesday afternoon workshops. These had the same hours as for Tuesdays: 3pm-5:30pm, and ran from August to November.
We will also hold a session on 20th December if there is demand, but this one will only go ahead if we have bookings in advance by email. If you are planning to bring a bike along to this saturday session please let us know in advance by email to drbikestapleford@gmail.com.
Tuesday sessions will continue every week 3pm -5:30pm, but we are not scheduling any Saturday sessions in 2026 until the spring, when we move to British Summer Time. We will keep this under review based on demand..
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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.
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.
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. There is no need to book.