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Cycle surgery

Update: The Cycle Surgery receives an award in the 'Best Sustainable Travel Event' category in the West of England Travel Plan Awards.

Due to popular demand, the Cycle Surgery will take place again in 2011/2012, courtesy of the Student Sustainability Society - BUST and the University Sustainability Team. 

The surgery will be running on the dates below, 1pm - 4pm during term time from Wednesday 19th October 2011 until the end of the academic year. It will be located in the corner of the Hawthorns car park for the Autumn and Spring terms and it will then move to the grass area opposite Senate House for the Summer term. Each surgery will take place on a Wednesday.

Note: Due to planned building works in the area outside the Hawthorns in 2011/2012 the Cycle Surgery may need to be relocated. Please check this page for up to date information.

Autumn Term (Hawthorns):

19th October 2011	2nd November 2011
16th November 2011	30th November 2011
14th December 2011

Spring Term (Hawthorns):

25th January 2012	8th February 2012
22nd February 2012	7th March 2012
21st March 2012

Spring Term extension (Hawthorns):

4th April 2012	11th April 2012
18th April 2012	25th April 2012

Summer Term (Grassed area):

2nd May 2012  (10:00 - 16:00)	9th May 2012
16th May 2012	23rd May 2012
30th May 2012	6th June 2012
13th June 2012	20th June 2012

Summer months extension (Grassed area):

11th July 2012	25th July 2012
8th August 2012	22nd August 2012
5th September 2012	19th September 2012

Background

The Cycle Surgery has been developed to help address the situation where small problems with bicycles present major obstacles and where removing these obstacles has a major impact. The Cycle Surgery helped 266 students and staff over the nine week pilot project carried out in 2008/09 and around 330 in 2009/10. Bikes were brought for services and minor problem fixing, free of charge. Any parts that needed replacing were paid for by staff and students, with the labour being provided free of charge by the mechanic.

A major aim of the Surgery is to transfer skills onto cyclists, diffusing the confidence and knowledge needed to maintain bikes throughout the University. With the continuation of the Surgery, funded by the Sustainability team, we foresee the benefits to be as follows:

• An increase in usage of cycles for commuting and otherwise at the University; leading to a reduction in general car use, congestion and carbon emissions.
• An increase in general safety of cyclists and pedestrians as a result of more and safer bicycles.
• Cost effectiveness: a small amount of funding resulting in widespread enabling.
• Improved reputation of the University for prospective staff and students.

Our overall aim is to continue to increase awareness of and participation in cycling within the University, to transfer useful skills to cyclists, to support the University’s sustainable transport initiatives and to encourage engagement in environmental and sustainability issues.