What we do

We have a small group of volunteers who refurbish cycles that are donated to the scheme. On average two cycles leave the scheme each week for a new home.

Pictured above with City Can Cycle volunteer Dave Thomas is a grateful granddad who was able to present a bike to his granddaughter.

As you can imagine the work refurbishing cycles takes a little time and our present team of volunteers is at full stretch keeping up with the demand for cycles that reach us from agencies such as Barnardos etc.

We are always looking for volunteers to assist us with the work that we do, it doesn’t matter if you have never held a spanner there is a place for you at City Can Cycle!

Over 300 received – 120 + given away!

Cycles Continue To Come And Go 

 To date since October 2007 (that’s when we began to keep a count) we have received over 300 cycles donated to the scheme. Of course some are beyond repair and are stripped for parts, some are being stored - however in the following twelve months we refurbished and passed on just over 120 cycles. Our work continues and since having relocated in May 2008 we have refurbished a further 12 cycles and passed them on to new homes. With a full ‘order book’ we are continuing to provide cycles to both adults and children who without our assistance might not be able to have one of their own.

A Young Man And His Bike – A Story With A Happy Ending!

  At a recent cycle surgery held at the Sycamore Centre in partnership with Glen Flurry of Playrangers a young lad brought in a cycle in bits. It required more attention than we were able to give it during the afternoon so it was agreed that we would keep the cycle and let Tim (not his real name) know when the repair had been completed.

Upon further inspection it became obvious that the cycle was beyond repair so we decided to refurbish a similar fully suspensioned cycle that would replace the original. Once the work was completed I phoned Tim to say that bike could be collected from the Sycamore Centre on the following Thursday.

At 8 a.m. on the Thursday my phone rang – Tim was at the centre ready to collect his old, repaired bike – or so he thought! The problem was that we don’t usually get to the centre that early and so it was agreed that Tim would call back after school that afternoon. Chris, the caretaker at the Sycamore Centre agreed to be there when Tim arrived. Upon seeing the replacement cycle that we had prepared for him Tim’s reaction was that this was not his bike. Chris then told him the good news that this was indeed the bike for him to have. (It was fun when the next day I talked to Chris about what had happened).

A little later that afternoon I received a phone call from Tim thanking me for the ‘new’ bike. Indeed he said ‘thankyou’ seven times and I could hear the smile on his face!

Once again the team at City Can Cycle with help from the staff at the Sycamore Centre had put a big smile on a little face.

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