EAB - "EARN A BIKE"
On this course our students are given a bicycle. Over 4 weeks they will learn how to strip it down and, then rebuild it from scratch, learning different parts of the bike and gaining the practical skills needed to restore the bike along the way.
On completion of the course, they will get to keep the bike to take home as a mode of transport or exercise (as long as they have attended all 4 sessions).
Course Duration:
3 hours per week for 4 weeks
Course Locations:
Taunton or Bridgwater store
Course Cost:
Free
Visit our website to download an application or pop instore for a paper copy.
Application Criteria:
This course is part of a pathway for those in the community who are need of skills development, work experience, social reintegration, emotional and social support, confidence building, community inclusion and those on low income to gain a mode of transport.
VOLUNTEERING
What we can offer you
Many of our EAB graduates get the bug for bikes and ask if they can volunteer in our sites, which we try to accommodate, although this is not the only route into volunteering with us.
Volunteers at On Your Bike assist with useful tasks during their time with us, including preparing bikes for sale, salvaging parts from bikes we can no longer use etc
Some volunteers even assist us with collecting donated bikes, funding applications, admin, fundraising events, gardening.
If you would like to know more about volunteering with us, please use the button below.
CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING
On Your Bike are very fortunate to benefit from other local businesses support by way of “volunteering days”
To date Suez and (Tracey whats the name of the other company that visits us?) have asked to support our work across both of our sites.
Sometimes the volunteers are busy assisting us with Bicycles and other times they have helped us with other tasks such as Painting decorating, as well as helping us with a big garden renovation at our Bridgwater site.
We really appreciate their help, if your or your business would be interested in volunteering with us please do get in touch.
DONATIONS
BICYCLE DONATION
The core part of our charity is donated bikes.
If you have a bike or bikes (adults or children’s) that you would like to donate we can can come and collect them (within 15-mile radius of sites). Or you can just drop them off to one of our sites during our opening hours.
Please contact us to arrange collection with the button below and help us to renew these bikes and assist others
ONE-TIME DONATION
If you would like to help support our work in the community, please use the link below to our PayPal account. All your donations go back into the charity to help us continue our mission.
SMOOTHIE BIKE
Want something fun at an event that is healthy and includes cycling? We have just the thing!
We have an adult and a junior smoothie bike available for hire. Choose your mixture of fruit and juice and hop on the bike and get pedalling. Fun for all the family and tasty too.
The service includes an operator to supervise, plus bike hire, delivery, collection, fruit, paper cups, and waste disposal.
For hire prices, please email Taunton@on-your-bike.org
On Your Bike provides experienced Cytech 2/3 qualified mechanics for “Dr Bike” sessions. These sessions provide safety checks and adjustments on bikes owned by members of the public or employees. The sessions aim to make bikes safer, keep people riding, and reinforce corporate and individual aspirations to travel sustainably.
The Dr Bike service includes doing bike safety checks for the public or staff/employees, giving advice, and making minor adjustments where possible. The average check/time for a bike is 15 minutes. Where time permits, our mechanic may replace some essential parts such as brake blocks or cables, but there is no obligation for us to do so. Our mechanics are happy to work on bikes in front of the bike owner and explain the issues they find.
As a booking organisation, you need to ensure that bikes are pre-booked into a timed slot, that your staff or clients understand the time to deliver and/or collect, and to manage that process. Our mechanics can’t be responsible for bikes that are left with them following the check, particularly at the end of the day.
For price enquiries or booking, please email Taunton@on-your-bike.org
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SCHOOL PROJECTS
We can offer schools a free Maintenance Course for Year 5 and 6. OYB can accommodate up to four sessions or groups in a single school day (8:45 AM – 3:15 PM).
In each one-hour session pupils will:
- learn how to perform a safety check on a bike,
- learn how to identify the parts of a bike,
- participate in a puncture repair race,
- complete a quiz to reinforce learning.
The aim is to promote safer cycling practices while enhancing the skills taught in Bikeability but is not dependant on participation in Bikeability. Each session is inclusive of all students.
OYB will also:
- assess all the bikes that have been brought in by the children who are attending the sessions
- any minor issues that are identified will be fixed on-site, if possible, and this will be at no cost to the school or the family
- Any major issues will be communicated to the teacher, and a report will be made available for the parents
Over the past three years, OYB has successfully delivered this project to numerous schools across Somerset.
To book a session please tracey@on-your-bike.org
COUNCIL PROJECTS
We can offer Parish, Town and County councils Dr Bike repair sessions, basic maintenance sessions and schools sessions in their locations. We can also collect unused bicycle for recycling.
We hope these sessions will:
- promote active transport, sustainability, and recycling within the community.
- promote affordable transport options, reducing air pollution and landfill.
- offer cycling support and basic maintenance advice
Our initial partnering was with Bishops Lydeard Parish Council (funded by SALC) and has been very positive, both in terms of community engagement and raising awareness of the benefits of cycling.
To discuss your Council’s requirements, our pricing structure or to book a session please email tracey@on-your-bike.org
MAINTENANCE COURSES
We can offer a 2-hour Individual Maintenance Courses for a minimum of 6 people and delivered in either Taunton or Bridgwater, 6-8pm.
The course covers:
- Terminology (naming of parts)
- Pre-Ride Checks (M check)
- Changing an inner tube, seating the tyre correctly
- Checking and adjusting brakes, replacing brake pads
- Checking and adjusting gears
We can cover other areas if requested in advance and if time permits. You can bring your own bike, or we can supply one to work on.
Be aware that we do not cover hydraulic brakes or forks.
We do need participants to be 18 years old or over, but we do accept 14–17-year-olds if accompanied by a parent/guardian.
The course is £25 per person per course with payment in advance.
To book a session please email tracey@on-your-bike.org