Much as we have loved our home at 12 South Walk, a commercial tenant has now been found and so it is time for Yate Community Bike Hub to relocate to home number 5! We will be moving at the beginning of December to 16 North Walk and will set up our happy new hub there.  We are still in the Shopping Centre, and the move provides us with a great opportunity to have a jolly good sort out.  As a result we will be pausing donations until the New Year but anyone looking for a bike over the next few weeks can help by re-homing some of the amazing bikes we have available. Roll up and make us an offer!

It was a beautiful sunny Saturday at the beginning of October when the Hub pitched up at Chipping Sodbury parkrun.  Hobbs House had kindly donated some of their decadent riders bars which were given out to those park runners that arrived on two wheels.  20 runners cycled to the event and the bikes were left in the safe keeping of the Hub during the run.  Hopefully the ride to parkrun provided an excellent warm up resulting in record PB’s. We plan to run this collaboration with parkrun again in the spring and look forward to seeing lots more runners cycling to the start next time.

Lots of lovely cyclists at parkrun

Thanks to the funding the Hub received as part of the Big Bike Revival we have been able to support cycling in Yate and the surrounding area this summer through:

• 6 Dr Bike Sessions

• 6 Rusty Riders Skills Sessions

• 6 Rusty Riders Rides

  
  

The Hub has helped 19 people to join a session and either learn to ride or to become more confident in their cycling skills.   The Rusty Riders sessions made a “tremendous difference” to one participant who couldn’t cycle before and now can cycle shorter journeys instead of using their car.

We have also been able to fix 40 bikes during the Dr Bike sessions keeping people moving on two wheels.  Fingers crossed for the 2025 funding round as we would like to do it all again next year.

An unexpected attendee at one of the last Rusty Rider Sessions – he thought it was purrrfect!

Spirits were high for our second annual Halloween ride to the fantastic Creepy Hollow in Chipping Sodbury.  15 riders aged from 6 to 80+ joined us for the spoke-takular event.  Keep an eye out on our social media for our next community ride – dare I mention the C word now we are in November?  We are ready with the tinsel and lights for our Christmas Lights ride, date to be announced shortly.

Halloween at Creepy Hollow

Following on from our story last week about the Carrera bike that had been stolen from Abbey Wood Retail Park, the Hub was delighted to be able to reunite the bike with its owner.

The Hub was able to fit a new back wheel which was missing, and the owner very sensibly bought a robust D-Lock from the Hub to hopefully avoid the bike being stolen again.

2nd Nov – Volunteer Mechanic Training Session 9:00 – 10:00

12th Nov – Volunteers and Co-ordinators Meeting 19:00 ALL WELCOME!

16th Nov – Volunteer Mechanic Training Session 9:00 – 10:00

16th Nov – Dr Bike 10:30 – 14:30

16th Nov – Ladden Garden Village Christmas Fayre

19th Nov – Intermediate Maintenance Course (Gears) 19:00 Booking Link

26th Nov – Maintenance Practice Session 19:00 Booking Link

30th Nov – Volunteer Mechanic Training Session 9:00 – 10:00