Bicycle Doctor will not be opening until 11:00am tomorrow 12th October to accomodate new staff training.
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

The annual I Bike MCR Mini festival starts today. A weeks worth of ace cycling activities are to be had. Click the link below for what’s on.

Bicycle Doctor will be closed all day on Tuesday the 29th September and until 1pm on Wednesday the 30th to conduct interviews for new staff. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Business as usual from 1pm Wednesday.

Today is World Carfree Day (or In Town Without My Car Day, depending on who you ask). If you normally drive to work or school then today’s designed as a day for trying an alternative. Obviously we here at Bicycle Doctor would recommend you try a bicycle, but you can use any alternative you choose. The idea is that you’ll try it today, realise “oh, that’s so much better/less stressful/more fun/etc than driving” and work the alternative into your everyday life.

So go on, what are you waiting for… on ya bike!

It’s almost that time of year again!
That’s right kids, in two short weeks the I Bike MCR Mini Festival will be upon us with a weeks worth of cycling fun and adventures to be had. Running from the 5th til the 11th October the festival will host a range of FREE events from maintenance classes to film nights and historic tours of the city to bike polo. Click the link below for full details.

APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED

We’re looking for some friendly new faces to get involved in ALL aspects of the business, including sales, repairs, bookkeeping and marketing.
Must be team workers with good communication skills
Experience and qualifications are preferred, though not essential for the right applicant.

For a job description contact us:
Bicycle Doctor Ltd
68-70 Dickenson Road
Rusholme, Manchester
M14 5HF
or pop into the shop.

(Applications close Saturday the 19th September)

School offers GCSE in BMX riding

A Derby school has announced that it will offer cycling as part of a GCSE next term.
Sinfin Community School will now include mountain biking, ‘cyclo-cross’ and BMX riding as part of its PE GCSE from September.
The school already offers cycling on its curriculum, which is being rolled out to all Derby secondary schools from next term.
Practical assessment makes up 60% of the examination.
The school also has its own ‘cyclo-cross’ track. The sport involves riders racing on a cross country track.

Check out the video here.

We’ve finally taken delivery of Treks new belt-drive bikes, the District single-speed (with it’s very own dedicated blog here) & the Soho hub-geared, hub-brake ‘urban assault vehicle’.

Both bikes utilise a Gates Carbon Drive belt that is brutally tough yet cleaner than any chain you’ve ever owned (the same stuff they make Harley Davidson timing-belts with). The head of Gates Corporation has been using the same belt on his bike for an incredible 18 YEARS!

So if low/no maintenance riding sounds like your bag, drop into the shop and take one for a test ride.

Check out this in the Independent.