Visit
- SPOKES BICYCLES, Herefordshire
Spokes for recycled bicycles, bike spare parts
and bicycle servicing and repairs in Herefordshire
and Ross-on-Wye.
The Spokes project
collects discarded or second hand bicycles
from a variety of sources and strips them
down, retaining the good parts and then
rebuilds, services and checks bikes before
selling them on as cheap "first"
bicycles.
Spokes reduces the demand on landfill by
environmental services and promotes a healthy
form of transport or activity.
We supply affordable bicycles for families
on low incomes or for people who may not
have ridden a bike for a number of years
and wish to try out one without initially
committing to a more serious investment.
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The trainees who work
on the bikes start off with an introduction
course which takes them through health and
safety at work procedures and familiarizes
them with the workshop and its equipment.
The trainees then progress to learning about
maintenance and construction of a bicycle
and through this learn to take pride in
their work and enjoy working with colleagues.
Finished bikes are road and safety checked
with a certificate and then sold, with the
incoming funds used to help run the Spokes
business.
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