Key workers in Portsmouth to get free bike checks and repairs

Special bike doctor clinics will be held at the Community Cycle Hub in Somers Town from next week as part of a scheme set up in partnership with Portsmouth City Council.

Experienced bike mechanics will thoroughly check bikes to ensure they are fit for the road. Any minor adjustments or basic repairs will be made there and then, with advice given for any major repairs.

Councillor Lynne Stagg, Portsmouth's traffic and transportation boss, said: 'We want to help our key workers whenever we can.

'We are grateful to our partners at Community Cycle Hub who provide this service, and help keep our key workers on the road.'

Residents won't need to book, but they will need to take ID along to show that they are employed as a key or essential worker.

The bike doctors will be on hand every Tuesday (from 14 April) between 10am and 4pm at the Community Cycle Hub in Winston Churchill Avenue - opposite the police station.

It comes after fold-up bike rental company Brompton Bike Hire announced NHS workers would be able to rent bikes from its station at the Hard Interchange for free.

To reduce the spread of coronavirus, the Commercial Road and Cosham High Street bike doctor clinics have been suspended until further notice.

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