I'm starting this blog, to show the kinds of things we do at the Adelaide Community Bicycle Workshop - 34 Long St Plympton.  All types of activities go on at the Workshop - so why not call in and visit? Or bring your bike along and do some work on it?

Sat 18th Feb

Don Nairn ran a Punctures and Tyres workshop - teaching skills  every cyclist needs, on the road, to know how to swap tyres over with confidence. Much interest, plenty of time for questions/demonstrations, real coffee from Don's coffee machine.

BMX design enthusiast Ashley visited - did a swap with "Bikes for Refugees", taking an 80's BMX lacking chain and tyres, in  exchange for  donating 2 mountain bikes. Ashley  brought to show us, a renovated 80's BMX, anodized aluminium frame red, anodized wheel rims blue, cabling, grips and saddle to match. Ashley also used the Workshop to replace a brake cable, and adjust brakes.

Bikes for Refugees (Mike and Tamba)  serviced, safety-checked and test-rode two  donated bikes - a Diamondback needing gears  and disc brakes cleaning and servicing;  & a  hybrid, which needed little more than micro adjustment on   front V-brakes, and  front derallieur .  

Angus K dropped by, to catch up

John brought 2 historic steel-frame racers, to donate to  Bikes for Refugees,  plus a  generous donation towards running costs

Andrew dropped by with his carbon fibre frame road bike,  and used stand and tools, for some micro-adjustment of gears.  Andrew recently completed the 200 km Audax Alpine Classic on the bike.

Margaret rang , to arrange to collect a bike  for a recently arrived refugee family from Iran.

One of Adelaide's W African community, dropped by, to collect  for her son, the bike he had chosen last Saturday.  Tamba and Mike safety checked the bike earlier, &  made sure the bike was set up correctly and comfortable for him to ride. The car-park behind teh Workshop, is ideal to test-ride bikes and get them adjusted correctly.

Finaly a phone call to arrange return of a family trailer-bike, borrowed last week.These are so parents can take young children (3 to 7) along on rides . The trailer is basically a kids bike without a front wheel:  attachs to the saddle stem of virtually any standard bike. Children can help pedal, or just sit back, and enjoy the ride - which they certainly do!  Trailer-bike will be at the workshop, for the next few week ends -  on loan from "Bikes for Refugees" . If you're a keen cyclist with young children - feel free to drop by and try it out.

NEXT SATURDAY - Saturday 25th Feb - workshop open, 9-12

All welcome , drop in with your bike, fill your water bottle with cooled water from the refrigerator.

Mike Brisco, 0435 02 16 81.