Essential help Jan-Feb 2021

With the latest high level of COVID-19 cases in Cork and restrictions, only our volunteers are going into the workshop for urgent cases. While we’re not offering in-person help for you to fix your bike, we may be able to offer repairs and services in urgent cases. If you need our help, please fill in … Read more

New 1-to-1 bike repair sessions

We are again offering do-it-yourself bike repair sessions to the public, which are offered as 1-to-1 sessions in the workshop with COVID precautions in place. More information and booking calendar are available, but to prevent abuse it will not be available directly on this website. If you are on one of our email lists you … Read more

COVID Level 5

Going into Phase 5 of COVID restrictions, our workshop will be closed for the public session this Saturday 24th Oct. We are planning and preparing what we can offer for those most in need of our help. Our local bike shops are staying open with restrictions to help with essential travel. We will announce here … Read more

Bike Week events

Bike Week runs Sat 19th to Sun 27th September this year. With limited numbers allowed at events most events require bookings, so please follow instructions on how to do that. Cork Community Bikes (CCB) will be running over 20 events during the week, and you can find more information on public events on our own … Read more

Reopening with COVID-19 restrictions

Beginning on Saturday 18th July, we will be reopening for our Do-It-Yourself bike repair sessions, with several restrictions in place. One of these is that you’ll need to pre-book a slot. For full details and to book, see our Workshop page.

COVID-19 update

With the Coronavirus pandemic worsening in Ireland, we are no longer operating in the workshop until this public health crisis improves. We are interested to help those in essential services who may need to cycle, but we have no definite plan at this stage of how we might do this safely. We’ll update this site … Read more

Coronavirus announcement

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, and to limit the potential spread of the virus, we have decided to suspend our public sessions until further notice. This includes our Saturday session tomorrow, so we will not be open on 14th March. We will post more information here as the situation develops, and information about COVID-19 … Read more

Sad news

Last Thursday, Denis Murphy unexpectedly passed away. Denis was a good friend and a huge help to us, his generosity and humour were felt by so many in the community, and he will be sadly missed by a great many people. Funeral details here, removal Sunday 13th Jan 2019: https://rip.ie/death-notice/denis-murphy-blarney-cork/376133

Bike Week events 2017

Mystery History Tour 13th June 19:00 Bishop Lucey Park Visit the many islands & distinct towns that came to form Cork city on your bike and hear the story of their history and unique identity from Dr. Darren McAdam-O’Connell. Rendezvous outside Bishop Lucey Park on the Grand Parade at 7pm. Don’t forget your bike!! But … Read more