OUR STORY
Drosi Bikes was built on an idea that was dreamt up whilst it’s founders, Beth and Robin, were cycling from Wales to Istanbul (and back again).
Hours, days, weeks and months in the saddle does something funny to your brain. We came back from the trip convinced that cycling was the answer to all of life’s problems and that if we could convince every last one of you to choose a bike not a car, we’d be well on our way to saving the planet. Easy, right?!
Since opening the Community Bike Workshop in May 2021 Drosi Bikes has built an inclusive, accessible and inspiring cycle hub in Llangollen, where bikes are repaired and recycled and people are upskilled and educated around bike maintenance and sustainability.
With the support of an ever growing team of staff and volunteers we’re making it our mission to help other people benefit from the joys that cycling can bring.
OUR IMPACT
POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Making bikes and electric bikes more accessible has increased the number of people on two wheels; reducing our carbon footprints and creating communities that are safer, more cohesive and full of healthy, happy individuals.
Since May 2021…
58 bikes have been repurposed to e-bikes
REDUCING WASTE
Reusing, refurbishing and converting existing bikes has reduced the amount of waste being sent to landfill. (Did you know that around 15 million bikes are discarded each year? That’s a lot of waste!)
Since May 2021…
346 discarded bikes have been recycled / refurbished
30 bikes have been donated to refugees in and around Denbighshire
EMPOWERING PEOPLE
Running structured maintenance and cycle training courses and offering a supported DIY workshop with tools for people to fix their own bikes is creating an inclusive cycle culture in the local community; enabling anyone, regardless of their background, to join the cycle revolution!
Since May 2021 we have run…
21 Doctor Bike pop-up workshops
37 workshop and training events, including sessions delivered to women-specific and youth groups
….and….
trained 18 volunteers!
MAKING CYCLING FUN
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