Clach Cycle

Clach Cycle is building up its leadership!

We are just a small team who met while working on bikes together, and in the last year we have achieved so much! It been hard work, and we could do with a hand!

Some highlights from last year:
- We Set up a Community Interest Company
- Ran free Community Bike Mechanic sessions across town
- Developed a Cargo Bike Library
- Ran Fix-Your-Own-Bike sessions
- Drunk a huge amount of coffee
- Made mistakes and learnt loads
- Had a laugh with good pals
- Furthered our dream of cycling equality for all in Inverness and beyond!

If you’d like to be a part of our next steps, see our open board positions here: https://clachcycle.co.uk/our-board.

If you are interested in applying for these volunteer positions, please email [email protected] by 10th Feb.

Happy New Year to all from Clach Cycle CIC!!!

2025 saw the beginnings of our vision for a Community Bike Workshop in Inverness, and we can't wait to see what 2026 has in store. We're starting the year off by continuing our Build Your Own Bike course and Fix Your Own Bike sessions, you can book your place now by heading to the events page on our website.

www.clachcycle.co.uk/events

Fix Your Own Bike sessions open this week!

Make use of our workshop space and tools to get those jobs done that you've been putting off. Our mechanics will be around to give some advice if needed too.

Tuesday 18th & Wednesday 19th Nov, 2pm - 4pm
The Treehouse, Scottish Canals
Pay What You Can

Are you in need of a bike and interested in learning a bit more about bike maintenance? Then we have the perfect course for you: Build Your Own Bike!

The Build Your Own Bike course will see participants work with our mechanics to put a bike together themselves using second hand frames. The course will take place over 3 days (a few hours each day) and at the end participants will be able to take ownership of the bike they have built.

If you'd like to join us on this course, please complete the form to Register your Interest and we'll be in touch with course dates.

https://forms.gle/AxfHyA1sET7rk5VdA

Build Your Own Bike is made possible with funding from HiTrans' People and Places grant meaning we are able to offer this course at no cost to participants. For those with the means who wish to contribute to our work, we operate a Pay What You Can system for our funded projects.

Please share to anyone who may be interested and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

We are delighted to announce the launch a Cargo Bike Library in partnership between Clach Cycle CIC and !

This pilot library consists of a variety of styles of e-cargo bike (pictured) available for medium term loan from 2-12 months. For business or personal use, e-cargo bikes bridge the gap between traditional bikes, and cars or small vans.

If you are interested or would like more information please don't hesitate to get in touch.

We're back on Friday at the Aquadome!

Come on down with your janky brakes and skipping gears.

Come on down tomorrow to the aquadome to get your bike checked before the winter months kick in.

If you're wanting to know if your bike is ready and safe for the changing seasons we've got your back!

We can also show you some tips and tricks to keep your bike running smoothly, so you can learn some basic skills yourself.

See you tomorrow 🚲 🚲

Thursday at the Library! be there with your bikes!

Come to the library and get your bike and your books checked out! 📚🚲

Clach Cycle will be outside the library on Thursday 16th from 10am - 3pm.

Hello Inverness!

We've been working behind the scenes for some time now, but we figured we had better finally figure this social media thing out...

We are Clach Cycle CIC - Inverness's community bike workshop

Established in 2025, we aim to provide access to bikes for all as well as helping develop the skills needed to maintain and use those bikes.

Our flagship project, Mobile Community Bike Mechanics, has been operating across Inverness already. Offering bike safety checks and minor repairs in a variety of community spaces. Keep an eye out for dates of future sessions.

Our refurbished bikes have made their way to the Highland Council resettlement team in order to give transport options to those without.

Coming soon, in partnership with Hitrans, is a Cargo Bike Library. We're very excited about this, more info to follow.

We have other plans and projects in the works which we can't wait to tell you about. Follow us here and watch this space for our website and how to get involved.

Keep pedalling!

Clach Cycle Team