Tuesday 5-7pm - cycle maintenance, Fawcett Estate E5 9DG. Saturday (1) 9.30am-12 - cycle rides out from the Concorde Centre, Homerton E9 5PP. Membership/consent forms are available at all of our sites. To enable more quality cycling for all, these projects are fully funded and free of charge.
Friday, 26 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
all sorts
Though most of the orphan bikes that come through have a 'sports' specification we get other examples.
Michaela's first restoration project - now almost finished - has a
step-through frame, 3-speed hub-gear, a back-pedal 'coaster' brake,
mudguards and luggage rack.
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
win-win situation.
Local resident - also father of a long serving member - Clive needed his bike serviced. He plans to try commuting to work.
We checked his machine over and, by way of thanks - he donated some useful supplies....
We checked his machine over and, by way of thanks - he donated some useful supplies....
Friday, 21 September 2012
new recruit at the Fawcett
I arrived to open up yesternight to find a small boy in a yellow jersey lying on his back on the concrete eager for the action to begin.
I didn't get his name but he's certainly keen. When Michaela made him a banner he stoutly waved it all evening surveying the action from the top of the filing cabinet.
I didn't get his name but he's certainly keen. When Michaela made him a banner he stoutly waved it all evening surveying the action from the top of the filing cabinet.
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Fawcett community Bike Club
Hello from everybody here at Fawcett estate!
My name is Roy and I’m one of the youth workers at the Fawcett Youth and
community Bike Club which gives young people the chance to learn and
cycling related skills as well as something cool to do after school, we
have staff from different walks of life and this makes fawcett the place
to be on a Thursday evening at 6pm till 8pm.
Who is this strapping young gentleman inflating his bike tyre with such
skill you ask? This is Trayvond one of our latest members who has found
a new love for the wonderful art of cycling and cycle maintenance. so come along and join us
as we improve the general knowledge and build the intrests of young minds at the Fawcett Youth and community Bike Club
My name is Roy and I’m one of the youth workers at the Fawcett Youth and
community Bike Club which gives young people the chance to learn and
cycling related skills as well as something cool to do after school, we
have staff from different walks of life and this makes fawcett the place
to be on a Thursday evening at 6pm till 8pm.
skill you ask? This is Trayvond one of our latest members who has found
a new love for the wonderful art of cycling and cycle maintenance. so come along and join us
as we improve the general knowledge and build the intrests of young minds at the Fawcett Youth and community Bike Club
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
New free resource
Madegood - which is coincidentally based in the London Borough of Hackney, also known as bicycle paradise - has a new online bike repair manual.
It's free and growing, and useful for those times when the Fawcett Bike Club isn't open...
It's free and growing, and useful for those times when the Fawcett Bike Club isn't open...
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Fawcett fuelled by a couple of bikes
Two *le-git bikes destined for the Fawcett Bike club stand locked up outside my door awaiting transport to Upper Clapton Road. The Saracen was donated by a colleague of mine from 'Young Hackney' and the Giant was passed onto me by my neighbour on the ground floor. These gifts (that will keep on giving) are much appreciated and will arrive in the right young hands of proven worth and suitability - as deemed by our team at the centre.
These days we struggle to locate second hand bikes to fuel our project, this is mainly due to Hackney Police maintaining their current policy of exporting accumulated bikes out of the borough and not towards our project occasionally as used to be the case. This is reportedly to avoid the possibility of conflict and problems resulting in unclaimed bikes being released back into the same community that they came from.
So appealing to anyone out there with a legitimate cycle to donate for the cause please get in touch or go direct to the centre at Fawcett Estate Garage 8 on a Thursday evening between 6 & 8pm.
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*le·git/liˈjit/
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licit - lawful
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