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After a very wet and cold Winter, it looks like Spring has sprung all the way into Summer |
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What a great excuse to get back out on your bike, be it on the return of the Rusty Riders sessions if you haven’t ridden for a while and want to get your confidence back, or you could join a share your ride group on one of the many routes they’ve been taking recently. Read on for more details about both of these |
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We’ve had some really great bikes donated over the last month meaning that we have lots in stock and we’ve also updated our website to show the items on our eBay store. We can’t list everything but where we have something a bit usual to sell we put it online so that more people can see it Shop – Yate Community Bike Hub. As a non-profit all the money we raise this way goes directly back into supporting the Hub activities and our community so you shouldn’t feel guilty about increasing your stash! |
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| This month we’ve seen lots of visitors to the Hub including on our new Tuesday opening day, this means we’re now open Saturday 10-3, Monday 2-5, Tuesday 2-5 and Wednesday 2-5 Don’t forget that we close for Bank Holiday Mondays – which this month means we are not open on the 5th and 26th. |
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Love, peace and bicycle grease, Adrian & the YCBH Core Team
Follow us! All our socials are listed here: YCBH linktree |
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Following the success of the first tranche of W2W bikes it is great news that South Gloucestershire Council have agreed to fund another tranche of bikes. This will enable the Hub to provide an additional 30 bikes over the coming months. So if you are over 16 and need a bike to access work or education contact us at yatecommunitybikehub@gmail.com |
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With grant support from South Glos Council, we are pleased to be able to offer our Rusty Riders skills sessions again this month. Our trainer Karen will be on hand to help you get back on your bike if you’re feeling a little rusty.
This month we have 2 sessions, one evening and one daytime:
Wednesday 7th May 18:30 (meeting at the Abbotswood Inn) Friday 16th May 10:30 (meeting at the Abbotswood Inn)
Book your space using the Eventbrite QR code below or follow this Rusty Riders link
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Bike Hub returns to Park Run Chipping Sodbury |
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We returned to Park Run Chipping Sodbury on Saturday 26th April, this time we brought the Avon and Somerset PCSO bike marking team with us as well as some kindly donated Hobbs House Cyclists flapjacks which are always well received.
Amongst the 403 park runners, 33 bikes were marked and registered free of charge. We spoke to many people including the Blind Society who are interested in borrowing a tandem from our bike library for future accompanied rides. |
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Hot on the back of her Cytech mechanic training, volunteer Juliet is off bike touring in Scotland this month. She will be taking on the North Coast 500 (NC500) route, yes that’s 500 miles across Scotland.
Best of luck to you and we’re looking forward to hearing all about it and your experiences bike touring when you get back! |
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| Map of the North Cost 500 route |
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| You might remember that in March we asked what things would help to make cycling more accessible for women and other less well represented groups. |
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We had a great response to our ideas and so have set a date for an initial in-person conversation – Weds 21st May 7pm at Bolero Lounge. Please come along if you are interested! |
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| Riding along the Bristol to Bath cycle path |
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| The Share your ride has been riding all through Winter, but now with the sunny weather, the group is going from strength to strength
Adrian has led lots of rides, but there are many others leading rides of a variety of distance, difficulty and days of the week that should suit most. If you don’t see a ride that suits you, how about sharing your favourite route with the group? |
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Destinations recently have included:
Frampton Cotterell Thornbury Bristol Docks Old Sodbury Pucklechurch Keynsham Of course, every ride has to include the compulsory coffee stop!
You can follow the group on Facebook, or the new WhatsApp group |
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In response to attendee feedback, in April, we ran our first ever hydraulic brakes maintenance course.
Stuart expertly went through all aspects of hydraulic brakes including replacement and bleeding of fluid, we got close, but no-one ended up covered in brake fluid either! |
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| In our practice course the following week, it was really encouraging to hear that George, one of our younger attendees has used his newly learnt skills from a maintenance course to help a fellow pupil at school to get their bike working again when they couldn’t pedal due to faulty gears. He even explained what he was doing and what the different limit screws were for. Great work sharing the knowledge George! |
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Remember to sign up using the Eventbrite link, if you are unable to attend please cancel your place as soon as possible so that we can offer the place to someone else |
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5th May – Bank Holiday Monday ****the Hub will be closed**** |
| 7th May – Evening Rusty Riders skills session, 18.30 @ the Abbotswood Inn |
| 16th May – Daytime Rusty Riders skills session, 10.30 @ the Abbotswood Inn |
| 13th May – Volunteers and Co-ordinators Meeting 19:00 ALL WELCOME! |
| 17th May – Saturday Dr Bike 10:30-14:30 |
| 20th May – Introduction to bike maintenance 7-8.30pm Booking Link |
| 26th May – Bank Holiday Monday ****the Hub will be closed**** |
| 27th May – Bike Maintenance Practice session 7-8.30pm Booking Link |
| 28th May- Wednesday Dr Bike, 2.30-4.30 |
| 28th May- Bike Hub’s 3rd birthday! |
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don’t forget to follow us on social media for more frequent updates! See linktree for all of our socials. |
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