Dr Bike - free bike safety checks

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.

Dr Bike sessions 2023/24
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