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Come and help with the community clean up and Kingsway Court high flats! The event will take place from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 26th May. The meeting point outside 30 block. We hope to see you there!
Tonight Dave and Dylan finished their bikes after just 3 sessions, and made a really good job of it too. They picked the workshop soundtrack for the evening and went for The Misfits, The White Stripes and Queen. A++
Andrew’s also been in helping us out a lot this week, tonight he spent a while repairing a puncture on an unloved BMX that lives in a garden. We’ve persuaded the owner to come in and give it a bit of TLC…
Other news – we spent some of today talking with potential partners about exciting plans, and we hope that some new developments might be in the pipeline – watch this space!
What’s definitely happening is a trip to the Western Titans BMX track at the end of Feb – Scotland’s only ‘proper’ BMX club have invited us along for a taster. Magic, and best of all it’s only 3 miles so we can ride there.
And finally… thanks to two: the Bike Station in Edinburgh for taking the time to chat this week – they have an amazing project and despite being ridiculously busy were happy to spend a while on the phone giving very good advice. Second, Billy Bilsland Cycles, who are helping us out with workshop supplies for now. Support like this is further proof that local bike shops rule.
Pedal on, Kirkpatrick.
Woop! Lots of images here The workshop is officially open – Mon Tue 5-8pm, Wed Thu 1-6pm. We had a busy day up there today, there’s now 14 candidates applied for our build-a-bike courses, and today we had two people in fixing their bikes with Sandy’s help. Martin sorted out some niggly gears, brakes and headset issues, while Jim came in for an hour or so and cleaned and oiled his chain and freewheel, which were starting to seize up (despite liberal applications of cheap margerine to his chain – we think this could be a new market: “I can’t believe it’s not chain lube”) . Jim told us he rides around a lot and it helps keep him in good health, but lately he’s not been out on his bike at all because it wasn’t working and he’d been told it’d cost £70 to fix. All it needed was the right tools and a few drops of oil – Jim’s well pleased and he’s coming back next week to learn more about bike maintenance.
The workshop is officially open!
We’ve been working hard to get the workshop back up to scratch an our bicycle recycling project is ready for re-launch. We need bikes and we need volunteers, so get down to 40 Kingsway Court and help us out. The workshop looks fantastic – photos will follow, and we’ll fill you in about exactly what will go on there in a post to follow.
But in general, it’s all about encouraging cycling. We want local kids and adults to learn to build and maintain bicycles and use them every day.
Bill Kidd MSP is blowing our trumpet in the Scottish Parliament!
S3M-4730 Bill Kidd: Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust Waste Collection Scheme—That the Parliament commends the work being carried out by the Dumbarton Road Corridor Environment Trust, a Scottish charity based in the Yoker, Scotstoun and Whiteinch areas of Glasgow, which in May 2009 launched a food waste collection scheme for the residents of the Kingsway high-rise flats in Scotstounhill; notes that this pioneering scheme sees the conversion of residents’ food waste to compost that can then be used for other purposes, and believes that this scheme provides an excellent example for other community groups across Scotland that seek to develop and implement initiatives that promote environmental sustainability in the local area.
Supported by: Alasdair Allan, Gil Paterson, Bob Doris, Kenneth Gibson, Michael Matheson, Rob Gibson, Stuart McMillan, Sandra White, Robin Harper, Jamie Hepburn
Last week our composters recycled a record total – 564.8 kilos of food waste! And every kilo contributes 90% less CO2 than it’s landfilled equivalent. ‘Mon the Kingsway!
