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London Bike Kitchen is fundraising to reopen DIY bike workshop
London Bike Kitchen, the female and non-binary led bike repair shop and sometime bike DIY space in London’s Old Street, is running a GoFundMe campaign to save and reopen its self-service workshop space.
Founded and run by Jenni Gwiazdowski, who Cyclist spoke to in 2023, LBK opened in 2012 with DIY its main offering. The more traditional bike shop element came later, in 2016, seeing the business through the tumult of Covid lockdowns and the various associated ravages on the bike industry.
Currently, the bike shop is open while the DIY element is closed, but Gwiazdowski is hoping to raise £15k by the end of May (25% complete at the time of writing), which will enable the DIY space to reopen with an energised new offering.
LBK will continue to be a female and non-binary led operation that is first and foremost a place for riders to learn how to fix their own bikes. Going forward, in addition to Gwiazdowski, mechanics Amie, Silvi and Jamie will lead tutorials and supervise workshop hours.
Once up and running, the workshop will allow punters access to a work stand, every tool imaginable, a parts washer and, of course, support from a mechanic. Funds raised will go towards clearing out the old workshop, installing new lighting, refreshing tool stocks, overheads and website redesign.
You can find out more at LBK’s website, sign up for the excellent Substack newsletter or head straight to the GoFundMe donation page.
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