Bikes For Good Causes

About Bikes For Good Causes

We are a social enterprise and supporting member of Social Enterprise UK, located at 350 Wood Green High Road that sells good quality, refurbished donated bikes and also provide a full bicycle repair and maintenance service. We also sell a range of bike accessories including lights, locks, tyres and inner tubes.

In addition to being a bike shop, we also have a coffee shop and offer freshly brewed Drury coffee and a selection of different teas and hot chocolate.

Bikes For Good Causes provides valuable work experience opportunities for young people who are supported by AFK and the young people complete a work experience programme which includes learning how to make coffee using the coffee machine, customer service skills and taking payments from customers.

Any profit remains in the business to ensure that we can continue to provide the range of services to our customers including work experience opportunities in the shop. We also support AFK in the excellent work they do in assisting young people to “lead the life they choose”.

SUPPORTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

We are committed to supporting the local community in a variety of different ways:

Providing a bike repair and maintenance service at very affordable prices
The opportunity to buy a good quality second- hand bike.
Somewhere to donate your unwanted bike
The ‘must visit’ coffee shop and meet up with friends and family
Working with students from local schools in teaching basic bike maintenance

DONATIONS

We accept all donated bikes and it doesn’t matter what condition they are in so if you have a bike that has been lying unused in your garage gathering dust (or garden gathering weeds!) please bring it in.

Our aim is to restore all donated bikes we receive to their former glory but sometimes this is not possible so if we can’t restore a bike to one that is a safe and road worthy to sell, we will strip it down and keep any parts that are safe to re-use, either for a repair or offered for sale.

Donated bikes that can be restored are thoroughly checked and any worn out or unsafe parts are replaced. The bike is then given a full service and a final road test for safety, prior to being put up for sale.

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My AFK

AFK

AFK is the operating name of Action For Kids Charitable Trust which is a charity registered in England and Wales (Reg. no. 1068841). It is a successful national charity that works with young people with disabilities and the charity was set up over 30 years ago to help young people with physical and learning disabilities across the country find greater independence and opportunities.

Their vision is of “a world where all people living with a disability get to lead the life they choose”.

The aim of their Life and Work Programme is to support disabled London residents aged 18- 25 into paid employment by providing skills training and real-world work experience, leading to job opportunities and flexible support.

Bikes For Good Causes provide valuable work experience opportunities and the young people complete a work experience programme which includes learning how to make coffee using the coffee machine, customer service skills and using the cash machine.

For further information about AFK, please visit www.afkcharity.org

AFK,
Sense Building,
101, Pentonville Road,
London,
N1 9LG

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Services

We pride ourselves of offering a high quality and value for money bike repairs and servicing in North London so we will confirm the work to be done, the cost and will then contact you when your bike is ready to collect. If we find that further work needs to be done, we will contact you to confirm you are happy for us to proceed.

We offer a FREE CHECK on every bike, and we offer three different types of services.

BASIC SERVICE EXCLUDING PARTS, FROM £25:

Drivetrain (chain, cassette, front and rear derailleurs) lubricated and tuned
Brakes adjusted if necessary
Wheels and tyres inspected for wear and tyres pumped to the correct pressure

FULL SERVICE EXCLUDING PARTS, FROM £45:

All elements of BASIC service

PLUS

Headset checked and serviced if necessary
Bottom bracket checked and serviced if necessary

PREMIUM SERVICE, FROM £80:

All elements of FULL service

PLUS

Thorough clean of all parts and bike frame
Complete strip, clean, lubricating and re-assembling headset, hubs, bottom bracket, brakes, drivetrain.

We also offer specific services for any part of the bike too.

Puncture or tyre change: with the exception of very busy periods, punctures will be carried out while you wait. We fit a new inner tube and will also check the tyre for wear and rim tape will be fitted if necessary. The price for a puncture starts from £17, depending on the bike. Electric bike rear wheel puncture starts from £20. New tyre prices start at £20
Brake Service: V brakes, calliper bakes and cantilever bakes. The type of system will be checked, cleaned, brake pads aligned. £20
Brake bleeding: to bleed hydraulic disc brakes, From £25 each brake.
Disc brakes: mechanical disc brake callipers can be checked and adjusted. Hydraulic disc brakes can be realigned. From £10 per calliper. Replacement disc brake pads cost from £15 a pair.
Wheel Truing: the wheel will be trued. Front wheel true, excluding spokes £15. Rear wheel true, excluding spokes, from £20. Electric bike spokes poa.
Gear Service: The shifters, front and rear derailleurs will be checked, cleaned and lubricated, gears will be tuned. From £20
Headset Service: the headset will be completely stripped, checked, cleaned and re-greased. £20
Hub Service: the wheel hub will be opened, checked, re-greased. £20
Bottom Bracket Service: the bottom bracket will be taken off the frame, inspected for wear, re-greased. £20
Bike cleaning: Dirty bikes will be cleaned prior to the required work being carried out. From £15.

ALL PRICES INCLUDE VAT AND EXCLUDE ANY PARTS

ACCESSORIES

We also sell a wide range of bike accessories including helmets, lights, security locks, stabilisers, bike covers, foot pumps, bells, phone holders, saddles, baskets and panniers as well as chains, tyres, gloves, handlebar grips and mud guards.

BIKE BUILDING

Do you have an old and rusty bike you’d like to bring back to life or have a bike that you want to upgrade?

Do you have two frames and want to swap parts from one to another?

Maybe you have bought a bike online which came in a box and you don’t know how to put it together safely?

We can fix all of the above. Our bike build labour charge for a child’s bike is £25 and for an adult bike between £45 - £80, depending on the type of bike and what needs to be done so come and see us or send us an email for a quote, providing full details of the bike that needs assembling.

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Bikes For Sale

A second hand bike is certainly the cheapest way to get you everywhere around the city and beyond.

We offer a wide selection of bikes and depending on the bikes we have for sale, prices can start from as low as £30 for a child’s bike and £130 for an adult bike. As we rely on donations the range of prices for bikes will vary.

The donations we receive are from the police, local councils and members of the local community so we can vouch for the provenance of any bike you purchase from us.

Our prices are lower than current second hand market prices and on top of that, every bike we sell has been serviced, road tested and thoroughly checked so that it is totally safe to be ridden right after purchase.

So, unlike any pre-owned bike you can buy anywhere else, you have an assurance that your bike isn’t unsafe in any way or worse, stolen.

As we are reliant on donations, the range of bikes we have for sale at any one time is constantly changing so we may not have the full selection of different bikes shown below. Please contact us to check current availability.

Hybrid
Road
Mountain Bikes
Vintage city bikes
BMXs
Single Speed/Fixies
Dutch bikes
Folding bikes
Kids bikes from 12” to 24”

We encourage you to try out a bike before you buy it and you can try as many as you like without any obligation so please make sure you wear or bring suitable foot wear.

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Coffee Shop

Our coffee shop during our shop opening hours and you can enjoy a freshly brewed Drury coffee of your choice, hot chocolate or a cup of tea in the shop or take away.

Working in partnership with AFK, you may be served by one of the young people who are working in the coffee shop, gaining valuable work experience skills.

Relax over a cup of coffee, browse through some magazines and take a look at our lovely artwork. The pictures on the wall are for sale so if you are interested in buying an original piece of art, please ask us and all the proceeds go to AFK.

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News & Events

Bikes For Good SOCIAL!

We’re now fully Social NetworkED!

Add us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and also Whatsapp! That’s right, if you have any questions or want to know something more about our bikes, just add our number to your contacts and chat directly to us! Our bikes are coming and going so quickly and we can’t always keep our website updated with the latest pictures, and Whatsapp comes in handy should you need to actually see the bike you’d like to purchase.

We usually answer fairly straightaway, except of course weekends/holidays or outside working hours, or during very busy periods.

07432588055

facebook.com/Bikesforgoodcauses

@bikesforgoodcauses

Always “on the up” with Action For Kids!

Through our partnership with Action For Kids, we are delighted to have been awarded their ‘Inclusive
Gold Partner’ award because of the support we have provided to young people by providing them with
invaluable work experience opportunities in our coffee shop. The award is part of Action For Kids ‘On
the Up’ initiative which aims to reach out to as many organisations, business and individuals who will
support their work to help as many trainees, students and other disabled young people to lead the lives
they choose.

To find out more about this initiative and Action For Kids and the fantastic work they do, please visit
their website at www.actionforkids.org