Dr Bike - free bike safety checks
On this page
We have funded the Dr Bike service where qualified mechanics complete a safety check on your bike.
Using Dr Bike
There is no need to book, you can just turn up with your bike and wait for your safety check.
Services
Dr Bike will perform minor adjustments including:
- Safety checks/M check
- Checking that your brakes are working properly
- Pumping up tyres
- Cleaning and oiling chains, time permitting
- Indexing gears, time permitting
- Identifying additional work which may be required
- Offering professional advice and pointing you in the right direction
What they cannot do
Please note that electric bikes and hydraulic brakes cannot be checked or fixed.
Locations
The team have been delivering a Dr Bike service regularly for the last four years at our three main hospitals in Wandsworth (St George’s, Springfield's and Queen Mary’s), with a focus on keeping our NHS staff cycling.
They also run sessions at community spaces in Balham, Battersea, Clapham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth Town.
Upcoming events
List of Dr Bike sessions - new dates are added regularly.
Date | Time | Location |
Monday 6 November 2023 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Monday 4 December 2023 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Monday 8 January 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Saturday 20 January 2024 | 8.30am to 12 noon | Balham Community Space, back of Sainsbury's, Bedford Hill, SW12 9AU |
Monday 5 February 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Saturday 17 February 2024 | 8.30am to 12 noon | St Mary's Church, Putney, SW15 1SN |
Monday 4 March 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Saturday 16 March 2024 | 8.30am to 12 noon | By St Nicholas Church, Church Lane, Mitcham Rd, Tooting, SW17 0QT |
Monday 15 April 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Friday 19 April 2024 | 8.30am to 3pm | Rear car park, Queen, Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PN |
Monday 13 May 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Tuesday 28 May 2024 | 8.30am to 3pm | Outside Trinity & Shaftesbury Building, Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London, SW17 0YF |
Monday 3 June 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Monday 1 July 2024 | 7.30am to 3pm | St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Rd, London, SW17 0QT |
Monday 26 July 2024 | 8.30am to 3pm | Rear car park, Queen, Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PN |