Several members of staff underwent a training programme with the Edinburgh based cycle charity ‘The Bike Station’ to become fully qualified bike mechanics. The qualification is called the Weldtech Gold Award, and is accredited and recognised by the Bicycle Association. We also set up a bike workshop in the church, with all the tools and equipment necessary to teach young people new skills in bicycle mechanics, repairs and maintenance.
]]>Andrew Ellis, who runs the Bike Project, is a qualified mountain bike trail leader. This means we’re able to take small groups of people out on riding trips. Young people may be able to use their own bikes for these trips (providing they are suitable), or they can use one of our 6 fleet bikes. Rides can be on local routes, setting out from, and returning to the church at Niddrie, or can be to various forestry sites, which are a short minibus journey away. These forestry sites include Glentress and Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders, and Carron Valley near Falkirk.
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