Get your bike fixed for free Totnes Market, Saturdays, 11am - 4pm
What can DoctorBike do for me and my bike?
Replace or fix?
Most bikes DON'T need new bits, they just need love, lube and spannering
How can I repay DoctorBike?
In return for his work, Doctor Bike will accept:
•Totnes Pounds
•barter
•time swap
•sterling (increasingly reluctantly)
•hugs
•organic pies, cups of tea
•Riverford's gingerbread people
| • minor fixes • puncture repair • quick service • minor tune ups • tips & tricks & advice • estimates • minor wheel truing • safety checks | MARKET OFFER - all work done on the spot is FREE (donations accepted) |
| • transplants and amputations • full service • overhaul • big fixes • parts • bike build • wheel build • tutoring and classes | NOT FREE - done back in the workshop |
Anyone said anything nice about DoctorBike's work?
Special offers
Wanna buy some parts?
Is DoctorBike qualified?
Bike maintenance training:
•Level II C&G - cert# 98295213
•Level II EAL - cert# 5500166140/80
from Cycle Systems Academy.
Experience: blood, sweat, grease & tears from teenager onwards
Got any bike maintenance videos?
"Wow. What a smooth ride! Thanks again. Am astounded that you tackled the front derailleur and managed to make it as beautiful as it now is." - USA mountain bike, full service, fork and pedal replacement
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"It's just like when I got it new - brilliant." - Cannondale Lefty, full service, front wheel and headset sealed bearings replaced
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"I can get up hills I've never been able to cycle up on this bike. What did you do to it?" - vintage Viking hub geared bike, full service, gear adjustment
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"Unbelievable - I can now true my own wheels. I never thought I'd be able to do that. Wicked!" - participant on bike maintenance course
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"Ben does the best bike workshops I've been to. If you're in Totnes on a Saturday with a bike in need of love, go the market, he'll mend it for nothing or a swapsie of some form." - Dawes mountain bike and serial bike maintenance course attendee
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"It's chuffin' brilliant!" - custom Specialized hybrid cobbled together from lots of bits and assembled with plenny love and attention for female biker
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"Bike ran beautifully yesterday, thanks again!" - vintage US Trek racer, medium overhaul and (crucial) safety check
The great folks at Cycle Systems Academy have a wealth of very clear videos.
Click on the "tutorials" menu item on their home page and learn all about brakes and bottom brackets (they're working alphabetically - you may have to wait a bit for their video on "wheels"!)
DoctorBike's safety checklist
Based on the "Can it stop? Can it steer? Can it go?" approach, please read this essential document.
DoctorBike's maintenance course
DoctorBike puts on a 4-evenings maintenance course in Totnes. Here's what it covers and it's priced so that no one is prohibited from attending based on cost
DoctorBike's specialist info
Next market session?
Keeping Totnes on two wheels, rather than four
Exploring what a "transition enterprise" might look like
