The site is slowly getting tidier. Our stock has been reinforced by a donation of tyres.

None of them are new but they're all good quality and have plenty of life left in them.

bin there, done that

The steady evolution of our base on the Fawcett continues. From redundant space designed for storing one car,  into a comfortable and efficient workshop for sharing knowledge, developing new skills and rescuing and refurbishing orphaned pedal bikes.
Here's Roy inaugurating our NEW bin....

Fawcett back with a new team

Thursday 26th April 2012 - Fawcett is open again with a new team.

Thursday evenings 6-8pm

Interlinkx CiC director Giuliana Molinari along side new lead staff Patrick Field & Roy Odoom during the jolly relaunch session - Fawcett Youth & Community Bike Club is back in action.

Young volunteer Christopher Adelana with a bike biscuit as supplied for the occasion, hand made by pastrie chef Adrian at Palm Two grocers right by Clapton Pond. 

 Ato and Liam perform an operation on a sick bike.

Reminder - free jam tonight - benefit gig at The Glyn Arms E5

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Clapton Park Youth & Community Pedal Bike Club - launch night

Clapton Park Youth & Community Pedal Bike Club. It starts with DJ Keir & friends servicing our Benefit Jam No1 for the cause. This will be happening on Easter bank holiday eve Thursday 5th April 2012. The session is starting at 7pm - open mic time for singers. Located at The Glyn Arms 1 Mandeville Street, Homerton, London, E5 0DH.

Free admission - any donations accepted with thanks. More importantly though would be your interest, support and enthusiasm - even :)


Cheers


Keir Apperley & Lynda Holloway (organisers)

Fawcett Garage 8 workshop is closed for the holidays - HNY 2012

The workshop is closed for the holidays and is reopening on Tuesday 24th January 2012 - TUESDAYS will be the new Thursdays in 2012 at the Fawcett Youth & Community Bike Maintenace Club :)

In case you're stuck; how to fix a puncture...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntYIITLp90k

Magnificent Revolution's power surge

Magnificent Revolution are getting behind CC Hackney, Interlinkx CiC and Cycling Uganda.

After visiting lead person Adam Walker at Mag. Rev's base on Hackney City Farm.  It was agreed that there is plenty of potential for interesting and productive partnership work in all three linked projects.

Adam presented me with one 24v motor to take to Cycling Uganda in the capital Kampala. It's ready to use, complete with the aluminum contact point for the rear wheel's tyre to spin that thing. This motor is the type used in electric scooters and can produce 300w of DC power (the scooters are not so challenging in my eyes now:))

Power produced in this way has many applications including, LED lighting, computer/phone charging, sound and vision.

New at Fawcett Youth & Community Bike Club will be our own rig; a pedal generator and LED lights. We can charge members's phones and power our radio - self sufficient in 2012.

Planning for partnership work and increased learning opportunities into 2012 with Magificent  Revolution; this is something interesting to look forward to, happy new year in advance.

Keir Apperley

 

Wednesday 14th December 2011

Look Mum No Hands

CCH club fellows; Shaveh and Jace Daley joined in by revving the Magnificent Revolution generators to supply electricity for the Gorilla Film Magazine's short film night at LMNH. The evening was entertaining, thought provoking and pleasurable as well as being a bit of a work out for those who donated their leg power in watts for conversion.

L-R  Adam Keir Shaveh Jac