… and the chestnuts are roasting on the fire… Bike Shed are having their winter break, spending time with family and friends — at least, where we can within the rules! We’ll be back on the 6th February 2021 ready to help you get to grips with your new bike…
The Future
Where have we been Since Christmas 2017? What’s for the future?
Next Session 6th February 2016
We want to say a big thank you to all our volunteers who have helped us in 2015. This year you have helped us run about 40 repair sessions at both Bradmore and All Saints. We say ‘about’, as we lost track counting! You also helped us to run some…
Winter Break – We’ll be back in February (updated)
We hope you all have a great Christmas and a fantastic start to the new year. The Wolverhampton Bike Sheds will be back on the 14th January at Bradmore for our first Bike Shed of 2015.
Easter break
The Bike Shed is taking an Easter break. The next repair session at All Saints will be on Saturday the 12th April. The next repair session at Bradmore will be Saturday 3rd May. But if you miss us already, we have two events that we’d love to see you at.…
Wardens open satellite Bike Shed project in All Saints and it’s a hit!
Wolverhampton Bike Shed, with the support of Local Neighbourhood Partnership Wardens in All Saints have launched a second project. Wolverhampton Bike Shed has been running at Bradmore Recreation Ground for the last 3 years, a community based bicycle repair scheme where members of the community can bring their old, disused…
Simon – Volunteer Profile
Name : Simon Nickname : Beechy Specialist Area : Turning sow’s ears into silk purses. Polo player : “Oh yes!” Hobbies : (or what I do a lot of in my spare time) Fixing his 1955 Landrover after something else has broken or dropped off, or fixing someone else’s bike in…
Geoff – Volunteer Profile
Name : Geoff Nickname : Pops Specialist Area : Punctures Polo Player : Yes Hobbies : Handicap golf. Favourite quote : “It wasn’t me.” About : Geoff has been with the Bike Shed from the start and in his youth he once rode to rhyl in north wales on a dawes realmrider sports racing bike,…
Our mechanics know their stuff!
At the Bike Shed, we recently had a training day to make sure that all our mechanics were up to scratch and could fix all the common problems found on an average bike. The team went through the ‘M’ check which we use to give your bike a thorough examination…
David – Volunteer Profile
Name : David Nickname : Robbo Specialist Area : punctures and building polo bikes. Polo Player : yes Hobbies : Football and eating the bike shed’s supply of biscuits… Quote : “Simon, how do you fix this” About : David joined the Bikeshed early 2011, and enjoys showing off his goal…