Bike recycling events to set old wheels spinning again

Date Added: 16/11/2021

We are once again thrilled by the response to our latest call for unneeded bicycles, with 75 bikes now set for new homes and cyclists.

The Bike Recycling Scheme sees unwanted and outgrown bikes donated and then refurbished, made road-worthy and found new homes. The refurbished bikes are available to those residents on limited incomes who are in need of a bike to get to work or school who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford one, or for children in care.

Many of the donated bikes have helped the homeless or long-term unemployed to get back into paid work or volunteering. Other bikes have provided a source of transport and independence for children in care and staff who work in the NHS.

Around 75 bikes were collected, during our five bike recycling events at the start of November, and these have gone to the workshop to be refurbished, ready for re-homing.

Bikes of all shapes and sizes were donated and even the bikes unsuitable for riding again will be used for spare parts so nothing is wasted.

Since the Bike Recycling Scheme started in 2017, more than 1200 bikes have been saved from the scrapheap and found new homes.

If you have a spare bike, you would like to donate to our bike recycling scheme they can be dropped off at the Luton depot (unit 42, Portland Court, Kingsway, LU4 8AU), Monday to Friday (excluding Wednesdays) between 9.30am and 3pm.