Poster for KTBW
Workshop dates and location
The workshops are free.
We normally hold workshops on the first Monday of each month. We were at a temporary location for November and December 2021 but we hope to resume at Kentish Town Health Centre soon. You can check the date of the next one from our Home Page
You can sign up for monthly notifications here.
Extract from email from participant at a recent workshop:
I was nervous about attending and I'm not a serious cyclist, but I was made to feel very welcome and treated with the utmost respect. As well as making me feel welcome, they helped fix the problems with my bike and I learnt a few things as well.
This is a really good initiative and it takes the stress off doing the mechanics. Plus it makes my cycling a lot safer, now the brakes are working properly. It felt like I was cycling on a brand new bike this morning :)
Contacts
Tom Steel of Transition Kentish Town email to Tom Steel
Jean Dollimore of Camden Cyclists email to Jean Dollimore
Covid-19
Currently you must book for our workshops. An Eventbrite form will be made available two weeks before each workshop. We will offer eight places at 6:30pm and another eight at 7:30 pm.
You should not attend this workshop if you are displaying symptoms of Covid-19 or think you have it. The safety of our volunteers and participants is important to us. Please make sure you are following the latest government guidance in regards to Covid-19.
We will keep everyone as safe as possible by observing all the COVID Regulations. Our volunteer Dr Bikes will be wearing face masks. Please bring a face mask and wear it while at the workshop.
Workshop practice
When you arrive you will be booked in to see one of our mechanics. The mechanic will show you how to check your bike and then teach you how to do any necessary repair yourself. The mechanics have their own tools and some basic spare parts (brake pads, cables, inner tubes, repair kits) which you can buy (cash only). If your bike needs a part we haven’t got, then you can bring it with you to the next workshop.
We plan to focus on easily do-able repairs, like cables, tyres/inner tubes, tuning gears etc, as these are the type of things that people will be able to do for themselves in the future. If your bike requires a complex, time-consuming repair we will advise you as how to get it done.
The workshops are free.
Electric bikes
Our Dr Bikes are unable to provide advice as to the functioning or otherwise of the electric motor, controller or battery on a power-assisted bicycle. Although we can help with maintenance of the brakes and gears and other parts we will decline to do anything that may disturb the functioning of the electrical components. For example, it may be difficult to change brake cables without disrupting electrical connections.
Donated bikes
Although we were able to give the first unused bicycle to TKT to use with a trailer for Vegbox for delivering vegetables every week to pick up points, we are not able to accept donations of bikes and parts for lack of space.
If anyone else wants to donate a bike for a good cause, then try one of:
- Akwaaba who run a drop-in centre + bike project on Sundays for refugees and migrants;
- Bikes can also be donated to Bikes for Good Causes in Wood Green who’ll service and sell them, phone 020 8888 1005
- The Bike Project takes second-hand bikes, fixes them up and donates them to refugees and asylum-seekers.
Pictures of earlier workshops – click to see an enlargement
Workshop on 2nd February 2020, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 1st July 2019, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 4th March 2019, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 3rd September 2018, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 6th August 2018, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 4th June 2018, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 5th March 2018, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 8th January 2018, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 4th December 2017, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 7th August 2017, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 3rd July 2017, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 3rd April 2017, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 6th March 2017, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 6th February 2017, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 5th December 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 7th November 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 3rd October 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 5th September 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 1st August 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 4th July 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 4th April 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 7th March 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 4th january 2016, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 5th October 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 7th September 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 3rd August 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 6th July 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 1st June 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 11th May 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre
Workshop on 2nd March 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre.
Workshop on 2nd February 2015, Kentish Town Health Centre.
Workshop on 2nd June 2014, Kentish Town Health Centre. Click on a photo to see an enlargement
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The first two workshops were held under the canopy outside Kentish Town Station in June and July 2012.
See photos below (by Paul Braithwaite). Click on a photo to see an enlargement,
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