Bring your bike along for a free check-up with qualified mechanics from On Your Bike! This friendly drop-in Dr Bike session offers a quick and practical way to get your bike road-ready – no booking needed.
What’s included:
🔧 Safety checks
⚙️ Brake and gear adjustments
🚲 Tyre inflation and puncture repairs
💬 Advice on further repairs if needed
Whether your brakes are squeaky, your tyres are flat, or your gears are misbehaving, we’ll help get you back on the road safely. All ages and bike types welcome.
No booking required – just turn up!
About Step Ride Thrive
Step, Ride, Thrive is a year-long project improving access to the Avalon Marshes through active travel. It offers an extended bus route, free community bike servicing and school workshops, and guided walks—promoting healthier lifestyles, tackling transport inequality, and connecting 23 local parishes with nature, wellbeing, and each other.
About On Your Bike
On Your Bike is a Somerset-based charity that promotes sustainable transport and provides skills training through bike repair and reuse.
Key information
COST
Free (funded by Step, Ride, Thrive project)
DATE AND TIME
Monday 18 August, 10:00am – 2:00pm
WHERE
Avalon Marshes Centre, Shapwick Road, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9TT
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
No booking needed – just turn up! Checks take around 15 minutes to complete.
ACCESSIBILTY
The Avalon Marshes Centre is fully wheelchair accessible with flat paved paths and wooden boardwalks. We have a dedicated disabled toilet which does not require a RADAR key.
ORGANISED BY
Natural England and On Your Bike. Part of the Avalon and Poldens Local Community Network’s ‘Step Ride Thrive’ active travel project
PHOTO CREDIT
On Your Bike