Category: Customer Services

We interview Gordon who works at our Bruntsfield shop as a mechanic since 2002.

It’s been a year since I started working at Bicycle Coop HQ in the middle of a field outside of Edinburgh, and I’ve survived 1.5 winters of bike commuting.

Many cyclists have made this journey but I believed that, if I achieved this, I may be the first person with cerebral palsy to have done this.

When Ricardo Gomez applied for a job in our Bruntsfield Edinburgh workshop in March 2013, we quickly discovered his skill set was exceptional.

Defensive cycling’ helps prevent other road users from taking advantage of your relatively small size and slow speed, making it safer for bicycles & cars.

Often simply referred to as ‘The Tour’, it’s the most prestigious annual bicycle race in the world. Here’s a beginner’s guide to the Tour de France.

Many of us here at the Bike Co-op commute from Edinburgh to Co-op HQ in the middle of nowhere. But we all take a slightly different approach.

Read about Coop member Stuart’s cycling adventure up the west coast of America from San Diego to Vancouver & Calgary. Includes route map. Read now.

It depends on terrain, wind resistance and rider weight, but the answer is usually: Pretty much as far as you need, and then some.

As one of the first Co-op members to own an electric bicycle, I get asked a lot of questions by my colleagues about what it’s like. (Spoiler: It’s amazing)