LGBTQIA+ Bike Maintenance 101

Name: LGBTQIA+ Bike Maintenance 101
Start: 2025-10-26T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-10-26T14:00:00+00:00
Location: Triangle LGBTQ+ Cultural Centre

Details

LGBTQIA+ Bike Maintenance 101

Sunday 26th October 11am - 2pm

This workshop will introduce you to the basics of bicycle maintenance and equip you with the skills to keep your bike on the road when faced with some common mechanical problems. Working on your own bike* so that you get familiar with your own components, you will learn how to:

Conduct an M-Check (a bicycle safety check)
Remove and replace your wheels, tyres and inner tubes
Fix a puncture
Adjust your brakes and replace your brake pads

*This workshop is designed for participants to learn to fix their own bikes. However, we don’t want to exclude anyone from participation, so if you would like to take part but don’t have your own bike or are unable to bring it, please contact Em on the contact details below and we will see what we can do!

The workshop will be delivered by Emily Lewis and Hayley Whitehorn:

Em (they/them) is a cycling coach, ride leader and mechanics educator. Emily lives and rides in and around South London, coaching kids and adults on and off-road at various venues, including the iconic Herne Hill Velodrome, and delivering cycle mechanics workshops in schools across London. Emily dabbles in various cycling disciplines herself, including road, track, gravel riding, mountain biking, and even a bit of cyclocross racing, and loves encouraging others to get out there and try new things on two wheels – whether that be through riding, fixing or adventuring.
Hayley (she/they) is a mechanic, an educator, and operations manager. She loves teaching people to fix bikes and enjoys the stoke of riding fixie, mountain bike, road…anything really that involves fun on a bike. Like Em, they also deliver cycle mechanic workshops to students across London, and to the wider public at weekly sessions, as well in collaboration with organisations like Cycle Sisters, Hounslow Council, and Sisters In The Wild.

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