Gear up for bike re-use

Gear up for bike re-use

Don’t throw your bike away, give it a new lease of life in time for Bike Week

Is your bike ready for Bike Week? (15 June-23 June 2013.) Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) is helping residents no matter what their age to get back on their bike, by partnering with bike re-use organisations across Greater Manchester to host Doctor Bike events. The events will offer FREE health checks to fix minor repairs such as a puncture and the option to donate any unwanted bikes.

On average, 624 bikes are thrown away per year in Greater Manchester that could have been re-used. R4GM would like to reduce the amount of bikes that are thrown away by letting people know there are alternative options.

A Cy-tech trained bike mechanic will be on hand to check the bikes over and give advice on bike maintenance. Residents are also being encouraged to bring bikes they have outgrown or worn out and donate them to a bike re-use project. The bikes are then repaired and refurbished in a number of projects, including, youth schemes, art projects, as well as providing people with training skills for future employment.

Don’t forget the Doctor Bike and donation events are not just happening during Bike Week, there are events right through to the end of September.

Bike Week events