All our latest festive news here.  Christmas opening, last minute presents, new year courses and opportunities.

We are expanding and need another enthusiastic instructor to join our team to work in West Oxfordshire schools.  Please see the attached job description for more information.  If you are interested please get in touch. 

We are moving to our new workshop on 18th August.  It is really exciting, and quite daunting.  Here is 152b Corn Street, a place soon to be transformed into a fully accessible workshop. For the rest of August we will just be open on Saturdays from 10am – 2pm. New opening hours will start mid September.

Latest news from Bikeability, workshop and the rest. 

The workshop will be closing for Christmas from the 19th December until the 13th January, so just two Saturdays left to come and buy a bike, lights, locks and puncture repair kits from us. Look out our shop page for the bikes we have for sale too.

We are having a big push to sell all the bikes that have been refurbished by volunteers from all walks of life. Each bike is fully checked by a qualified mechanic before being released for sale.    If you are looking for a great value round town bike we probably have the thing for you.  We have a selection of men’s, women’s and children’s bikes in both hybrid and mountain bike styles.  Bikes are listed on our Facebook page, and are available for viewing and sale on Tuesdays and Saturdays 10am – 2pm.

Our September newsletter is out now. We have information on the Tour of Britain, our Bike Jumble and updates on our workshop and Bikeability work.

Please read our May newsletter. It is packed full of information about our Big Bike Revival events coming up in May and June.

In a party atmosphere our Open Workshop at Cogges Farm pedalled off to a sunny start on Saturday with the help of our friends and plenty of tea, cake and biscuits.

Officially opened by the Mayor of Witney who emphasised the importance of the inclusive nature of the project – enabling cycling for all – the workshop will now run every Saturday and Tuesday from 10am to 2pm.

David Hibberd of the Veteran-Cycle Club travelled all the way from 1890 with his ‘Extra Special’ Crossframe Safety. Still in fine fettle it didn’t require any work but was the centre of attention among the mechanically minded.

Our mechanics and volunteers got straight on with the job of repairing or breaking down old bikes for parts and helping to diagnose the needs of our first visitors which included new chains, new cassettes (the cluster of sprockets on the rear wheel), new brake pads and a gear cable. Once diagnosed a mechanic is on hand to guide people through the process of replacing parts should they need it and to ensure the bike is fit for purpose once repaired.

Anyone can drop in but if people wish to book a slot or have a mechanical question then email workshop@windrushbikeproject.uk.

We are launching our Open Workshop on Saturday 25th March at Cogges from 11am. Come along and meet the team, have your bike checked, play the pedal powered games and enter our competition. Will has made aprons for the workshop and has renovated a Pashley delivery bike with our logo.  More details about our Open Workshop here.