We’ve changed the way we’re operating to ensure the safety of our staff and the community We’re serving people at the door and not allowing anyone into the shop unless they are wearing a face covering and at the discretion of the staff member We’re operating by appointment only for most repair work. This helps […]

24/3 update Bike shops are explicitly excluded from the latest government instructions for more shops to close. All the procedures listed below still apply; the only further change to our operations is that we are suspending Tool Club, and are now closing at 6pm on Thursdays.   Original statement: Here at the Bike Foundry we […]

Over the summer we’ve been hosting monthly rides in collaboration with Loaf workers co-op just up the road. These are the details of the next one happening this weekend! Join us for breakfast at Loaf before a cycle ride led by Birmingham Bike Foundry Meet at Loaf at 9.30am. You can leave your bike inside […]

Last summer we were involved in designing and creating a cycle map of South Birmingham for the Old Print Works, a space for artist and makers in Balsall Heath. The idea behind the map was to highlight a number of safer cycling routes crossing from popular areas of the city and into the Old Print […]

Tuesday 14th November 7pm-9pm : Artefact Cafe Join us at Artefact Cafe for an evening of meeting people involved in co-operatives in Stirchley and South Birmingham more broadly. We’ll be hearing briefly from some of the worker co-operatives on the high street about how and why they set up and what they do. There will […]

In winter of 2016 Birmingham Bike Foundry were the main organisers of a fundraiser for a Women’s co-operative bakery in Kobane. In total we raised £9700+ for the Bakery which is in Kobane a city rended apart by the long civil war in Syria, but now being run under democratic principles as an autonomous region. […]

Thanks to our friends at An Endless Supply we are launching a news section on the website with a reflection on the activities of our co-operative in 2016. Worker co-operatives like ours have a variety of goals ranging from improving the lot of our membership (that’s us the mechanics), to engaging positively with the community […]