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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · 22d

🎦 Do _you_ and your bike 🚲want to be in the music video sequel to OUR STREETS?

The sequel is called _Amsterdam_ and it's being shot in #Dalry #Edinburgh today (Friday 19 Sept). 😊

Be at the Dalry Lidl car park in time for 16:45 to join the fun!

Our Streets video (3 mins):
youtu.be/qhtrIWBuoAg?...

A person with a bike, holding a sign that reads "Bikes are the answer". The person is standing beside a busy city street. The background shows old buildings (1890s), and an improbably blue sky.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you @robbieainsworth.bsky.social for the road closure checking links. That’s really useful to know!

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · 28d

To all our customers and supporters - this is what Guthrie Street #Edinburgh looks like today. 🤔

The only notice was this yellow sign, sorry we didn't know sooner! @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social the company who closed the street off appears to be Class One Traffic Management.

Guthrie Street with yellow sign saying ‘Road closed here from 0800 to 1700 on 13/09/25 for 2 days’.

Blue cherry pucker in Guthrie Street, which had been closed.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our regular sessions to fix, practice and learn:
Every Tuesday 5-8pm Fix My Own Bike! For women & non-binary folks
Every Thursday 5-8pm Bike DIY session
Every Saturday 2pm-3pm Bike cleaning and oiling
One Saturday /month 11am Puncture repair workshop
One Saturday /month 11am Q&A with our mechanic

The Wee Spoke Hub by SHRUB Coop

We are an Edinburgh-based bike shop with a difference! We are an active travel advocacy hub - we want better cycling skills for the Edinburgh community, to equip people with the skills to repair and m...

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚲🍂 Lots of cycling training dates for September! 🍂🚲

Book your tickets (link in bio)👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-spoke-hub-by-shrub-coop-76333207123

Cycling training levels:
🌱 Absolute beginners
🪴 Introduction to on-road cycling
🌳 Advanced on-road cycling

#Edinburgh #ActiveTravel #BikeRepair

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣 Voting closes today 5pm, don't miss your chance to support local projects! #Edinburgh #Scotland #ClimateChange

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 29

📣 Voting closes today 5pm, don't miss your chance to support local projects! #Edinburgh #Scotland #ClimateChange

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 25

Do you wish you could cycle to work?
We will help make it happen!

#Edinburgh #Scotland #BikeBuses #BikeBuddies #CommuteByBike #CommuterBikeBuddiesAndBuses #EverydayCycling #GetOnYourBike #ActiveTravel #CyclingCommunity #CyclingCommuter #InclusiveCycling #CyclingEdinburgh

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 25

Vote to help us get funding!
🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm

So, how can I help?!
1️⃣ Join ECCAN for free www.eccan.scot/join-eccan
2️⃣ Vote for our project (A6) www.eccan.scot/greenlightvoting
3️⃣ Rank 3 projects in each category for your vote to count
4️⃣ Share this post with your community and relatives

Vote for our cycling project!🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm 🕚

Do you wish you could cycle to work? Know a someone who would try if they had a bit of support? Whoever is dreaming of that refreshing cycle commute, we will help make it happen!

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What’s in it for me?

Our Commuter Bike Buddies and Buses project (CBBBs) will support you, your friends, and your colleagues to commute by bike, bringing communities together along the way.

For those who cycle already - this will be a great opportunity to help others reach their goals, to get involved with your local community, and to show support for safer cycling infrastructure.

🚲The impact
- Direct reductions in transport emissions
- Creating community activity around pro-environmental behaviour
- Generating wider interest in active travel

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So, how can I help?!

1️⃣ Join ECCAN for freewww.eccan.scot/join-eccan
2️⃣ Vote for our project (A6) www.eccan.scot/greenlightvoting
3️⃣ Rank 3 projects in each category for your vote to count
4️⃣ Share this post with your community and relatives

🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm 🕚

This is a Wee Spoke Hub and SHRUB Coop project. We are partnering with Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign, and Edi.Bike

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 25

For this project the Wee Spoke Hub and SHRUB Coop are partnering with @spokes.org.uk, and @edi.bike

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 25

Vote to help us get funding!
🕚 Voting closes Fri 29 Aug 5pm

So, how can I help?!
1️⃣ Join ECCAN for free www.eccan.scot/join-eccan
2️⃣ Vote for our project (A6) www.eccan.scot/greenlightvoting
3️⃣ Rank 3 projects in each category for your vote to count
4️⃣ Share this post with your community and relatives

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 18

Want more cyclists? A re-velo-lution? Bike-Buses with 18 wheels?

Wee Spoke Hub applied for ECCAN climate action funding, and YOU can vote.

www.eccan.scot/join-eccan

You have several votes, so you can...

Vote for Wee Spoke Hub❣️

... AND for some of the other (frankly awesome) projects out there.

www.eccan.scot

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for dropping by the #EdBookFest Repair Sheds to see us @mikebernerslee.bsky.social (A Climate of Truth) who cycled up to #Edinburgh on a beautiful Grompton, aka gravel @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social 🚲🌍😍.

Mike’s talk: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Two books authored by Mike Berners-Lee: A Climate of Truth and How Bad are Bananas.

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 17

We’re back at #edbookfest #repair #Edinburgh until 3:30pm Sunday 17th! Bring your bike for a free safety check, and today only 📣 claim a free 🚲 gift card when you visit us to learn to fix an inner tube. What’s not to like. 😃📚Repair Sheds schedule here:
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Edinburgh Book Festival Repair Sheds with bicycles-down in foreground.

Wee Spoke Hub gift cards next to Edinburgh Book Festival programme booklets.

Two people seated, fixing a bicycle wheel.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 10

We’re ready for you #Edinburgh. Already having fun fixing inner tubes. Such a useful skill! See you at #edbookfest Repair Shed today.

Repair Shed at Edinburgh Book Festival occupied by Wee Spoke Hub Sunday 10th August 10:00-13:00.

Wee Spoke Hub volunteers fixing inner tubes.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 10

Good morning #Edinburgh! We’re at #edbookfest today, Sunday 10th 10am-1pm. 👋🏾 Join us to learn the lost art of inner tube repair. 🚲🛞 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Edinburgh Book Festival events book next to a potted plant.

Wee Spoke Hub volunteer wearing a red Shrub re-use shirt with an Edinburgh Book Festival facilitator’s pass.

Repair Shed schedule for 10 August 2025 showing Wee Spoke Hub on 10:00-13:00.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 8

Can't make it this month or tickets are sold out? Most of our events recur weekly or monthly, check out our Eventbrite for more dates and information! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-sp...

The Wee Spoke Hub by SHRUB Coop

We are an Edinburgh-based bike shop with a difference! We are an active travel advocacy hub - we want better cycling skills for the Edinburgh community, to equip people with the skills to repair and m...

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Aug 8

☀️ Lots of events planned at the @weespokehub this month! ☀️

Bookings 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-sp...

🛠️Swing by our shop Wednesday-Saturday 1pm-6pm to get your bike serviced or check out our refurbished bikes!🛠️

#QueerFriendly #BikeRepair #InclusiveCycling #DIYBikeRepair #EdinburghEvents

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Sat 2 - Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 5 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 7 - Bike DIY Session
Fri 8 - Advanced on-road cycling

Following dates on next slide

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Sat 9 - Introduction to on-road cycling
- So... you’ve bought a bike! Q&A with our mechanic
- Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 12 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 14 - Bike DIY Session

Previous dates on the previous slide.
Following dates on the next slide.

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Fri 15 - Introduction to on-road cycling
Sat 16 - Advanced on-road cycling
- Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 19 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 21 - Bike DIY Session

Previous dates on the previous slide.
Following dates on the next slide.

August events at the Wee Spoke Hub

Sat 23 - Bike Cleaning and Oiling
Tue 26 - Fix My Own Bike! Women & Non-Binary
Thu 28 - Bike DIY Session
Sat 30 - Puncture repair workshop
- Bike Cleaning and Oiling

Previous dates on the previous slide.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jul 31

Build confidence for cycling on the road! August cycle training slots in #Edinburgh now available at Wee Spoke Hub. 🚲 Book here: www.shrubcoop.org/events-at-wsh

Cycle training poster, the text reads "Book now for August".

Cycle training poster, the text reads "Advanced on-road cycling".

Cycle training poster, the text reads "Introduction to on-road cycling".

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jul 31

One of the many benefits of working at the Wee Spoke Hub: you get to wrap up long-distance unicycles!

This lovely unicyclist (NL🇳🇱) had just cycled from #Aberdeen, and needed his #unicycle wrapped for the #Eurostar - for environmental reasons he doesn't want to fly @flightfreeuk.bsky.social

A unicyclist with a blue unicycle standing in front of the Wee Spoke Hub workshop.

The same unicyclist (in front of the Wee Spoke Hub) with what is probably the same unicycle, completely wrapped up to the wrapping standard required by Eurostar.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jul 30

Look what just arrived at the Wee Spoke Hub! Stitch it, don’t ditch it. 📚🌍 We like bikes, but just for today, this is our favourite stock item. 😍 #repair #upcycle More on #EdinburghStreetStitchers here:
linktr.ee/stitchitdont...

Book called Stitch it, don’t ditch it available at Wee Spoke Hub.

Authors Jeanna and Mary holding copies of their book: Stitch it, don’t ditch it.

Wee Spoke Hub with the books in the entrance and a bicycle parked outside.

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jul 19

Happiness is a coffee shop next to a bicycle shop. Welcome to Guthrie Street #Edinburgh, Longhope Coffee! Their coffee is excellent, pastries yum and service fantastic. ☕️🚲😃 Well worth a visit next time you bring your bicycle in for a service.

Wee Spoke Hub with bicycle outside, next door to Longhope Coffee.

Pastries in foreground with barista making coffee in the background.

Flat white coffee and espresso, beautifully prepared.

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walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social · Jul 4

The weekend is upon us so why not get out with your little one and their bike and get them going without stabilisers?

Our blog has some great tips that'll get them pedaling in no time 🚴‍♀️💨

👇 www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/get...

Teach a child to ride a bike without stabilisers in nine steps

A nine-step guide put together with the help of Sustrans' experienced school officers, to help you teach a child to ride a bike without stabilisers.

www.sustrans.org.uk

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jul 5

🛠️Swing by our shop Wednesday-Saturday 1pm-6pm to get your bike serviced or check out our refurbished bikes!🛠️

Our weekly women & non-binary Fix My Own Bike (FMOB) workshops are taking a break until August 🏳️‍⚧

#BikeRepair #EdinburghBikeShop #Edinburgh #Cycling #ActiveTravel #CyclingSkills

Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jul 5

☀️ This month again we’ll be there to help you level up your own cycling maintenance skills ☀️

Can't make it this month or tickets are sold out? Most of our events recur weekly or monthly, check out our Eventbrite for more dates and information! www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-wee-sp...

July events at Wee Spoke Hub
- Thu 3: repair & practise with the Bike DIY session
- Sat 5: check & care with the Bike cleaning and oiling
- Thu 10: repair & practise with the Bike DIY session
- Sat 12: learn & practise with the Puncture repair workshop
- Sat 12: check & care with the Bike cleaning and oiling

Sessions for women & non-binary will be back in August

Next slide for following dates

July events at Wee Spoke Hub
- Thu 17: repair & practise with the Bike DIY session
- Sat 19: check & care with the Bike cleaning and oiling
- Thu 24: repair & practise with the Bike DIY session
- Sat 26: Q&A with our mechanic with the So...you've bought a bike!
- Sat 26: check & care with the Bike cleaning and oiling

Sessions for women & non-binary will be back in August

Previous slide for previous dates

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Wee Spoke Hub @weespokehub.bsky.social · Jun 21

To all our customers, volunteers, supporters, past and future:

Happy Pride, from all of us at Wee Spoke Hub. 🚲🏳️‍🌈

A cycle mechanic emerges from the door of the Wee Spoke Hub, Edinburgh's inclusive cycle workshop, test-riding a white Peugeot drop-bar bicycle. He is draped with a Pride flag, in the style of a Superman cape. More Pride flags are visible in the background - it could be that the photo is taken on Pride Weekend.

The same photo, one second later. The cycle mechanic has now passed the front door of the Wee Spoke Hub, and is intently powering uphill.

The same cycle mechanic with the Pride flag is cycling uphill around the lower corner in Guthrie Street, his Superman Pride cape aflutter.

The cycle mechanic is now on the downhill leg of the test ride. He has the brakes in a death-grip, one can imagine the white knuckles - but the Pride cape is still streaming behind. The picture appears to be slightly speed-blurred.

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