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Corporate Teambuilding Days!
Looking for a team day out with an incredible difference? Westminster Wheels provides a unique and fun volunteering experience for your staff!They’ll learn new skills in cycle maintenance and strengthen team relations. All while directly supporting the Westminster Community! A practical volunteering day will get your team refitting pre-loved and abandoned bikes. These will then…
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Meet the Trainees: Tilly Mattich
WESTMINSTER WHEELS MECHANIC SINCE 2023 I trained at Westminster Wheels since September 2023. I was studying music at university and graduated last summer, so I had a few months of… not having very much to do! I was getting really fed up with academia at the end of university, so I knew I needed something…
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HOW TO… Check Your Chain
Get the best from your bike! Westminster Wheels Senior Mechanic Patrick shares his tech tip on how to test your chain for optimal city cycling! A simple tip, but it’ll give you a smoother, easier, safer ride! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more top tips from Patrick, Barny and team: https://www.youtube.com/@WestminsterWheels
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Meet the Trainees: James
WESTMINSTER WHEELS TRAINEE SINCE 2024 James, 40 years old, is a former ambulance driver who, after working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, started to suffer from severe depression and anxiety. James ended up being out of work and wanting to change careers without knowing where to go next. His advisors from Westminster Council supported James in…
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HOW TO… Select Your Gear
What connects Suggs from Madness, the Swiss Alps, Wagner and Westminster Wheels? Ahhhh wouldn’t you like to know… Ride in STYLE! And also COMFORT and SAFETY… Westminster Wheels’ Barny shares his lived experience and top tips for gear changes. And also some Ska…
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Meet the Trainees: Alejandro Otalvora Toro
WESTMINSTER WHEELS TRAINEE SINCE 2023 I was unemployed and I went through a probation program which took me to Westminster Wheels: I grew up cycling a lot – I like my bikes – and my motorbikes as well! I found Westminster Wheels something that I liked and went from there. I’ve always been a hands-on…
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HOW TO… Turn a Bike Over
Our latest ‘How To’ video! Now it may seem like a small thing, but this really is a ‘core skill!’… Before you can start work on your bike, you sometimes need to flip it over… Westminster Wheels’ Saffy demonstrates the safe form…
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Meet the Trainees: Saffron Andrew
WESTMINSTER WHEELS TRAINEE SINCE 2022 Saffron Andrew was 22 when she joined Westminster Wheels back in 2022. She had been working, largely unhappy, in hospitality. Supported by her mum who wanted her daughter to find a better place to work, Saffron, who didn’t know much about bikes at all, seized the opportunity and signed-up to…
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HOW TO… Cycle in City Weather!
Welcome to the Westminster Wheels ‘How To’ series where we give you the best, friendliest tips on how to make the most of your cycling. In this episode, Barny gives you the best tips for cycling on your commute: especially for wet weather… Discover how to take on the elements in the city. Check out…
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London Cycling Festival!
Here comes the London Cycling Campaign’s London Cycling Festival! In association with LIME, this month, temporary traffic-free playgrounds and more than 30 led rides mean fun for the whole family! Saturday, May 25th is the great Westminster day, so of course, Westminster Wheels will be on hand to help the day go with ZIP! Church…
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Cyclists are a Boon to Local Business
Studies on consumer spending by mode of transportation have all reached the same conclusion: People on bikes spend more money… OK so, in some cases, people on bikes spent the same per individual trip as people in cars: but in all cases, people on bikes spent more in the long term – because they make…
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WW at Marylebone Station.
Cycles and trains share a symbiotic relationship when commuting in London. It’s an honoured tradition for commuters to travel to the centre by train, with their bike in tow… Then complete the final league of the journey riding easy on their eco-friendly bicycle! With Marylebone station as our friendly local terminus, we have enjoyed a…
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Fresh Stock
Delighted to be a stockist for Co-Bags, a 100% recycled plastic bike pannier from Copenhagen. Available in black, green or blue. All for £15.49 each!
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Biodegradable Bottles
There’s a little secret our industry would rather you didn’t know. From shipping oil, packaging to mining and rubber production, to inbuilt obsolescence and sweatshops. Our industry has the potential to become a lot greener. Groundwork London’s project – Westminster Wheels is doing exactly that. It is working towards sustainability: old inner tubes are being…