Welcome to Windsor Cycle Hub
We’re a charity, run by volunteers, based at The Swan in Clewer. Our key objective is to increase the accessibility of cycling in and around Windsor – helping to make it a reality for all.
We open every* Saturday at 11am for free Bike Kitchen repairs and Guided Rides. Booking is essential.
*Excl. Xmas & New Year
Pedal To The Park – Sunday 15th September, 2024
We’re riding from Stag Meadow (by the football club) up to The Village in Windsor Great Park – to show you how easy to do and what a great place it is to cycle. Click here for more info & to book.
It’s FREE and for the whole family – kids to grans. Solo riders are welcome too, you’ll make plenty of new friends.
We’ll be at Stag Meadow between 13:30-14:00, for check-in & last minute booking. We’ll be at the Village until 15:00. See you on Sunday the 15th.
What's new?
- Saturday 25th April. After a special ride & bike kitchen, we are having our 5th Birthday Party at The Swan. Look out for more details on social media!
- Guided Ride Booking - it’s great that our rides have become even more popular. To help us have sufficient volunteers to run them safely, please book your place at least ONE DAY IN ADVANCE. ALL rides will now leave at 11:00. Please arrive at 10:45 having pre-booked.
- Volunteer Ride Leaders - if you’re a confident cyclist who knows your way around our area, please join us on some of our guided rides to see if we're right for you.
- Our Bike Kitchen gets VERY busy when the weather’s nice. Please book before you come & aim to be with us by 11:30 or visit when the weather’s not so good!
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Accompanied children under 13 are welcome on our Level 1 rides. Please see our ride descriptions here.
N.B. One adult per child under 13 - We are now using BlueSky as our primary social media channel and have dropped X completely. Click here to create an account and follow us.
- Bike Donations: Thanks to everyone's generosity, we're close to capacity at the moment. Please don't just bring bikes in - check in advance by emailing info@windsorcyclehub.org if you have something suitable to offer.
Saturday Sessions at The Swan
Bike Kitchen
11:00 – 12:30
Need help with a puncture, uncomfortable saddle, ineffective gears and/or brakes? We offer minor repairs and safety checks weekly. We want bikes out of garages and back on the road.
You must book, please do so in advance of visiting to be sure of a slot. In an emergency, you can book on the day at The Swan – but it gets VERY busy when the weather’s nice and we may have to ask you to come back next week.
Guided Rides
11:00 – 13:30*
We ride every Saturday (except in rare months with 5
Saturdays). We start the month gently, for people returning to
cycling, with a Level 1 Easy Ride, building pace, distance and hilliness as the month progresses – rising to a Level 4 Advanced Ride on the fourth Saturday. It’s best to try Level 1 first and take it from there.
All rides now leave at 11:00, so please be with us up 15 mins earlier for safety checks. Level 4 rides leave on the dot, a little wriggle room is given on other rides to pump up tyres etc. See Rides page for more info.
You must book all rides, and there’s a limit on numbers.
We’re proud to be affiliated with Cycling UK, please check our pages
on their website (link below) for our full schedule and ride descriptions.
What We Do
Repairs
In addition to our weekly Saturday Bike Kitchen, with its basic repairs and safety-checks, we run training sessions on puncture repairs and more thorough servicing at our Dr Bike sessions. Follow us on social media to find out when the next sessions are.
Rides
Guided Rides start and finish at The Swan* in Clewer, Windsor. We check our bikes and chat about the route before we depart. It’s essential that your bike’s safe to ride in a group with others – hence the Bike Kitchen (but please don’t wait for your first ride to get it checked thoroughly). We’re back in time for a refreshing drink and a chat.
*Unless it’s a rare Away Day – check here or follow us on social media for info
Community
We’re grateful for the support we receive from local businesses and organisations that value our town too. We’re proud to play a part in helping Windsor to be a great place to live – for all of the town’s many diverse communities. We’re dedicated to helping Windsor become a safer place for people to ride bikes. We also play our part in trying to reduce bike theft by offering free Bike Register marking.
Our Base
We’re the cycle hub based in a pub.
Our gracious host, The Swan community pub, is well located for cyclists – just off National Cycle Route 4. The big courtyard, with stable blocks for our kit and bike-racking really help. It’s the social aspects of meeting and sharing a coffee, or locally produced beer, that makes it the perfect place. It’s no coincidence that our rides return to The Swan for lunch. Post-ride chats are what brings our diverse community together.
Get Involved!
Like to join our team?
Then it’s best to visit The Swan on a Saturday morning to experience what we do, we’re always busy – so you might need to bear with us for a bit! We need experienced cyclists to help lead rides, and mechanics to fix bikes – but if you’re not that confident we’ll train you. We also need ‘meet and greeters’ and help with our social media. Still interested, then please email us on info@windsorcyclehub.org
