⬛️⬛️ Bike-DIY Session - our Open Workshop, where you Do It Yourself!️

Join our open workshop sessions, and fix your own bike! Volunteer assistance is provided; also tools, parts, and professional workstands. Booking is free, the workshop cost is £6/hour.

This is a Do-It-Yourself Session

To avoid confusion, this is a booking to fix your own bike. If you want a mechanic to do it for you, please book a ✅✅ Bike Service, Repair, or Safety Check.

How to book

When you book your ticket on Eventbrite, please also complete the survey questions, so we know what time you intend to arrive and what needs done on your bike.

This helps us gauge how much time you will need, and it also helps with planning volunteer numbers.

If you have any queries, or would like to give us more information, please drop us an email: d2Vlc3Bva2VodWIgfCBzaHJ1YmNvb3AgISBvcmc=

Details

Join us on Thursday evenings (17:00-20:00) for a Bike-DIY session, and fix your own bike!

£6 per hour for the use of a stable bike stand, in a warm, dry, well-lit space.

Wee Spoke Hub tools are available for your use. We also have spare parts (new and used) for sale, and mechanical assistance from our Wee Spoke Hub volunteers, backed up by a workshop mechanic.

Wear old clothes - if you're lucky, you'll get them greasy. If you forget, we do have aprons, and a few old shirts. Also extremely fashionable lab coats!

If you have another appointment later in the evening (i.e. a deadline), please let us know about this when you sign in. Things take longer than you think.

After signing in, you will be matched with a volunteer. We'll discuss your repair needs, the available time, and try to gauge your mechanical comfort zone.

Then get your hands dirty. 😇

Practical limitations

Bike-DIY depends on our selfless volunteers. If there is no spare volunteer available when you arrive, please be patient.

Some advanced repairs are not practical during Bike-DIY.

So before you lug over your full-bounce chipped e-bike with the pure mad shockies and the CD waterbrakes for a full electric afterburner overhaul - please drop us an email to see if that's possible. 😅

Also check out other Workshops in Edinburgh.