Dr Bike - free bike safety checks

We have funded the Dr Bike service where qualified mechanics complete a safety check on your bike.

Using Dr Bike

There is no need to book, you can just turn up with your bike and wait for your safety check. 

Services

Dr Bike will perform minor adjustments including:

  • Safety checks/M check
  • Checking that your brakes are working properly
  • Pumping up tyres
  • Cleaning and oiling chains, time permitting
  • Indexing gears, time permitting
  • Identifying additional work which may be required
  • Offering professional advice and pointing you in the right direction

What they cannot do

Please note that electric bikes and hydraulic brakes cannot be checked or fixed.

Locations

The team have been delivering a Dr Bike service regularly for the last four years at our three main hospitals in Wandsworth (St George’s, Springfield's and Queen Mary’s), with a focus on keeping our NHS staff cycling.

They also run sessions at community spaces in Balham, Battersea, Clapham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth Town.

Upcoming events

List of Dr Bike sessions - new dates are added regularly.

2024/2025
Date Time Location
Monday 2 December 2024 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Monday 6 January 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Monday 3 February 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Sunday 1 March 2025 12 to 4pm Tooting Market, Totterdown Street, SW17 0SN
Monday 3 March 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Monday 24 March 2025 8.30am to 3pm Rear car park, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, SW15 5PN
Monday 7 April 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Saturday 3 May 2025 12 to 4pm Tooting Market, Totterdown Street 0SN
Monday 5 May 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Monday 2 June 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Saturday 5 July 2025 12 to 4pm Tooting Market, Totterdown Street, SW17 0SN
Monday 7 July 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT
Monday 28 July 2025 8.30am to 3pm Rear car park, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, SW15 5PN
Monday 4 August 2025 7.30am to 3pm St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, SW17 0QT