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Soz, going to postpone as not comfortable being out in a group at the moment. My father is 79 and hoping to see him soon and need to be careful. Sorry guys
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Lovely!
What’s the rough timing tomorrow? Just planning day one of lockdown-not-lockdown...
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Wow! We had no idea if many folk would come and overwhelmed to say we handled 32 bike fixes in 6 flat-out hours! Non-stop mechanic-ing and our volunteers ‘front of house’ were amazing. We will be back next Saturday and the one after, at the Boulevard Market on Islington Square from 11-5pm. Come along! Tell your friends! Free winter cycling gift with all fixes too! 🖐
Flickr account from yesterday here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/[email protected]/19MXg2
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Hi all,
After a three week hiatus (to recharge and get a bit of time in green scenery) we are back and offering free bike fixes in the N1 (Islington) area! So far we have fixed and serviced over 250 bikes during lockdown and awesome N1-based folk have donated over £13,000 to the Qhubeka bike charity!
Qhubeka is a UK registered charity and gets children and women on bikes in South Africa and across Africa to get them better access to education, health, jobs, amenities and a brighter future. Our motto is #BicyclesChangeLives 🖐
The service is free of charge (not including parts) and if folk want to give a donation to our charity, all good! If you have a £50 Bike Repair voucher (the new government scheme) we are registered with them also now so can accept these too. We aim to turn your bike around in 24hrs or less! Certain parts can now be sourced from several distributors of many major brands, within reason.
Send me a message on here or Whatsapp on 07741536809 to book your bike in!
Here is a brief film we made with the Tour de France (we are their current lead charity) about what we do:
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Happy to have joined! Look forward to seeing you all soon :)
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Thanks Sean, happy to help anyone that needs a tweak, a service or anything more substantial maybe... Electronic transmissions and major disc brake bleeds are tricky right now but waiting for some new kit from Park Tools so might be able to offer the latter soon.
Qhubeka UK is now a brand ambassador for Muc-Off and Park Tools so I can also guarantee that bikes are getting a 5* treatment too!
Bike-mad Islington resident!
Raced MTB Downhill throughout 90s-00s semi-pro.
Race Enduro now (getting too old for DH!) and have road and mountain bikes.
Work professionally in marketing/client relations for a large leading global law firm and am involved - pro bono - with several big initiatives in the cycling world: