One cold wet Thursday morning in October 2012 I set up my bike stand and tool box to offer bike repairs and maintenance to the cycling commuters at Sheffield Station in the space that would become the Cycld Hub. After nearly 2 years operating every Thursday, even in temperatures of -6 degrees, and only a few weeks following the Tour De France’s first and only visit to Sheffield, Russell's Bicycle Shed opened to the public offering 5 day a week service at the Station. It’s been nearly 12 years and how the world has changed in that time. We’ve finally closed our doors at Sheffield Station due to the massive change in working patterns caused by the Pandemic and subsequent collapse of the railway network, but those 12 years of operating from the Station has meant we’ve had some amazing experiences, met some wonderful people and made new friends. But times have changed and our business needs to change with them, we’ve had an opportunity afforded to us and we are taking it up by moving our operations to the new City Centre Cycle Hub.
The City Centre Cycle Hub is located in what used to be Telephone House and is now occupied by Vita Student in Charter Square behind the vacant Debenhams building. We're not that easy to spot from the road as our shop front will be obscured by the Furnace Restaurant but we will be doing everything we can to point you in the right direction, a big sign is already on the side of the building. Our workshop will be opening soon once we have the keys and the electricity is switched on, and then we'll be opening the attached high security cycle parking that will join Meadowhall as part of our growing network of high security cycle parking. Our location is going to be in the heart of the new developments in the city and hopefully will encourage more people to ditch the car and cycle to the city.
We'll still be offering our usual workshop and retail services, providing the essentials and we'll also have bike hire available. It’s going to be great and we hope you can help us make it a success.
Our Neepsend Shop will still be open during this period offering repairs and maintenance, secondhand bike sales and bike hire so if you need assistance, are looking for a tune up or just want advice we're here to help.