The Bike Station is Edinburgh's bicycle recycling and cycling promotion charity. They repair unwanted bikes and put them back on the road, provide bike maintenance training, and refurbish bikes to promote cycling as a healthy and sustainable means of transport across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

250 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH10 1UU
T:  0131 668 1996 or 0131 668 1967
E:  info@thebikestation.org.uk
W: www.thebikestation.org.uk

Soul Cycles accept donations of bikes

1 Brougham Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9HW

W: www.soulcycles.co.uk/usedbikes
E: info@soulcycles.co.uk
T: 0131 228 5913

Bikes can be taken to the Reuse Cabins in Edinburgh. See Community Recycling Centres Edinburgh.

Brake the Cycle take old and unwanted bikes and renovate them. The bikes are then given away to community organisations (and other orgs), youth groups and children.
The Brake the Cycle team will collect your bike for free and take it to one of their workshops.

Units 1 & 2, North Leith Sands
Lindsay Road Industrial Estate
Edinburgh
EH6 4ER
T:  07763581129 on Wednesday to Sunday/07813172426 on Sunday to Wednesday
E: hsc.brakethecycle@edinburgh.gov.uk
W:  www.edinburgh.gov.uk/brakethecycle

If you live in East Lothian you can take your old bike to the Community Recycling Centres at Kinwegar or North Berwick and The Bike Station will collect from there. See Community Recycling Centres East Lothian.

The Community Inclusion Team at West Lothian Council repair and refurbish bicycles for donation to community groups and schools. Bikes can be taken to the West Lothian Community Recycling Centres (See Community Recycling Centres West Lothian) or to the following address:

Units 4 & 5
Fairbairn Road
Livingston
EH54 6TS
T:  01506 773 665
E:  john.cassidy@westlothian.gov.uk

The Bike Station also provide training on how to fix your bike.

Due to Covid-19, Bike Maintenance Classes have been put on hold. Please keep an eye on this webpage or check their social media for future updates.

W: https://thebikestation.org.uk/test/bike-maintenance-classes/