If you want to see if cycling is for you before committing to buying a bike you might want to try loaning. Two options for Lewisham residents are borrowing from Lewisham Cyclists own pool of loan bikes or through Lewisham Council’s hire bike scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lewisham Cyclists Loan Bike Pool<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nLewisham Cyclists have a small pool of bicycles for short-term loan for anyone who is either contemplating purchasing their first bike or existing riders whose own bicycle is currently unavailable for use. We generally hire them out for up to a month at a time, although this period could be extended a little if the bike isn’t needed by someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no set charge for this service but we appreciate donations from those in work. Unless it\u2019s for a single day ride with Lewisham Cyclists, we\u2019ll normally need to ask you for a refundable deposit of \u00a350 and two forms of ID, one of which should show your address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bikes come with front and rear lights, and a D-lock. If you want to wear a helmet you will need to provide your own. All the bikes are checked and serviced by a qualified mechanic prior to each loan session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/loan-pic-1024x768.jpeg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEmail us<\/a> for more information or to arrange a loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLewisham Council cycle loan scheme<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nLewisham Council run a cycle loan scheme \u2013 Try Before You Bike \u2013 which is available to anybody who lives, works or studies in Lewisham.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nYou can try out a new or nearly-new bike for a monthly fee, with prices starting at \u00a320 a month for adults and \u00a310 a month for children. If you like the bike, you can buy it later at a discounted price or pay monthly until you own it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMore information is available on Lewisham Council\u2019s website.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cycle-loan.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nBuying<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIf you plan to buy a bike there is a lot of helpful advice and information on the subject. LCC’s pages<\/a> on types of bike available and other useful advice for beginning to ride are highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBike shops in Lewisham : <\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n- South London Cycles<\/a>, 288-290 Lee High Road SE13 5PJ
Tel: 020 8852 6680 (shop)
Tel: 020 8297 8166 (workshop)<\/li>\n\n\n\n- The Cyclery<\/a>, 302 Lewisham High St, Lewisham, SE13 6JZ
Tel: 020 8265 1648<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Ladywell Village Cycles<\/a>, 257 Algernon Road, Ladywell, SE13 7AG
Tel: 020 8265 4791<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Compton Cycles<\/a>, 25 Catford Hill, Catford, SE6 4NU
Tel: 020 8690 0141<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Parts and Labour Cycles<\/a>, 148 Lewisham Way, New Cross, SE14 6PD
Tel: 020 8265 2426<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Vaidas Bicycles<\/a>, 74 Honor Oak Park, Honor Oak, SE23 1DY
Tel: 020 3417 0436<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nJust outside Lewisham borough<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Vaidas Bicycles<\/a>, 166 Westcombe Hill, London SE3 7DH
Tel: 020 3093 9506<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Herne Hill Bicycles<\/a>, 83 Norwood Rd, Dulwich, SE24 9AA<\/span>
Tel: 020 8671 690<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Balfe\u2019s Bikes<\/a>, 36 East Dulwich Road, East Dulwich, SE22 9AX
Tel: 020 7732 4170<\/li>\n\n\n\n- Cycles UK<\/a>, 135 Creek Rd, Greenwich, SE8 3BU Tel: 020 8692 3148 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Major chain bike shops<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Halfords Catford – Unit 1, 1a Catford Hill, Catford, SE6 4NU<\/span>
Evans Cycles East Dulwich – 43A East Dulwich Rd, East Dulwich, SE22 9AN<\/span>
Decathlon Surrey Quays – 9 Maritime Street, SE16 7FU<\/p>\n\n\n\nSecondhand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Buying secondhand can be a good way to get an inexpensive bike when starting out. However, it is important to avoid buying a poor quality bike or a bike that is stolen. For more information on what to look out for (and what to avoid), LCC have a some good advice here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Bikeworks<\/a>, 138 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, E1 5QJ. Tel: 020 898 1221. Although a little way away this social enterprise organisation sells recycled bikes at \u00a360 and upwards with a one month guarantee<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Lewisham Cyclists refurbish donated bikes at our workshops. We reserve these for people on low incomes, who really cannot afford to buy a new bike, or good quality second hand one. We don\u2019t have many, but if you are very short of cash, do ask us<\/a>. A donation of whatever you can afford is all we ask.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Squeaky Chains<\/a>, 33 Rushworth Street, Soutswark, SE1 0RB. Tel: 020 7902 7974. A not-for-profit bicycle recycling project.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Individual sellers (or donors) of single bikes may be found at eBay<\/a>, Gumtree<\/a> gumtree.com <\/a>, Freecycle<\/a>, and Freegle<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Also worth considering but with limited or no guarantees or opportunities to examine or test are Police Auctions, the Cash Converters chain and other pawn-type shops. All of these options may require some work and we do caution about buying stolen items as per the LCC pages above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- We caution against street markets and Brick Lane in particular which has a reputation of selling both stolen bikes and parts of disassembled stolen bikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nEmail us<\/a> for more information or to arrange a loan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lewisham Council cycle loan scheme<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lewisham Council run a cycle loan scheme \u2013 Try Before You Bike \u2013 which is available to anybody who lives, works or studies in Lewisham.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can try out a new or nearly-new bike for a monthly fee, with prices starting at \u00a320 a month for adults and \u00a310 a month for children. If you like the bike, you can buy it later at a discounted price or pay monthly until you own it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n More information is available on Lewisham Council\u2019s website.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you plan to buy a bike there is a lot of helpful advice and information on the subject. LCC’s pages<\/a> on types of bike available and other useful advice for beginning to ride are highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just outside Lewisham borough<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major chain bike shops<\/p>\n\n\n\n Halfords Catford – Unit 1, 1a Catford Hill, Catford, SE6 4NU<\/span> Buying secondhand can be a good way to get an inexpensive bike when starting out. However, it is important to avoid buying a poor quality bike or a bike that is stolen. For more information on what to look out for (and what to avoid), LCC have a some good advice here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two options when you are considering starting to ride a bicycle: buy a bike straightaway or loan one first. Loaning If you want to see if cycling is for you before committing to buying a bike you might want to try loaning. Two options for Lewisham residents are borrowing from Lewisham Cyclists own… Read More »Getting a Bike<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":8549,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2450","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11547,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2450\/revisions\/11547"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewishamcyclists.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nBuying<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Bike shops in Lewisham : <\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\n
Tel: 020 8852 6680 (shop)
Tel: 020 8297 8166 (workshop)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 8265 1648<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 8265 4791<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 8690 0141<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 8265 2426<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 3417 0436<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 3093 9506<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 8671 690<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Tel: 020 7732 4170<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Evans Cycles East Dulwich – 43A East Dulwich Rd, East Dulwich, SE22 9AN<\/span>
Decathlon Surrey Quays – 9 Maritime Street, SE16 7FU<\/p>\n\n\n\nSecondhand<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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