Let us take the hassle out of getting your Ebike sold, dealing with questions, arranging test rides and we even carry out a free full service worth 85.00 to get the bike in top condition. This also includes a diagnostic check of the Ebike system, including battery health which is a very important aspect to potential purchasers.
Similar to Ebay we list your bike on this website, getting the best pictures possible to show off the best bits of your Ebike. We also add all the details about your bike, so that customers can be fully informed about what they are buying.
We only consider Ebikes from the main brands, and we do not accept conversion kits for sale. Please email info@greenparkbikestation.com to arrange a visit to bring your Ebike in to get an assessment.
Receive 40% off parts* as a Discovery Card holder, or 30% off parts* without a Discovery Card if you book in before 6th January 2025. You can select any date to book your bike or a loved ones bike in, its not resitricted up to the 6th January
*discounts on parts may not apply to certain high value parts, however an assesment is made on a case by case basis
I was fortunate to meet Jonna (pronounced Yo-Na), who came to the shop to get a Magura disc rotor last week. (They work better on Magura brakes as they’re slightly thicker than Shimano discs).
She’s a wind farm engineer and she’s on a 2 year bike trip around Europe.
Wind Engineers Office
She’s visiting places on her trip to find out about how localities are going about converting to the new electric power shift, and how or if those communities are accepting and indeed adapting their behaviour because of this new technology. She’s also finding out about what technologies work best in different landscapes and climate zones across our continent
Praying for the Climate
From my perspective it was inspiring to hear from her that there were many different renewable energy solutions happening all across Europe. It was also inspiring to hear she’s now cycled about 18,000kms if I remember correctly. From her home in Germany, north through Denmark to Norwary almost touching the artic circle, then back down through Sweden, Lithuania, Poland, Austria and Italy. Then she cycled the whole of the Mediterranean coastline of France and Spain, ending up in the Algarve. In Portugal she went north on an inland route and across to Madrid. From there she headed straight up north to Santander where she caught the Plymouth bound ferry. She did the ‘coast to coast’ Plymouth to Barnstaple route, and headed to Hinckley Point to find out more about Europe’s biggest nuclear power project but no one there really wanted to say very much about it
Luckily through my father who lives in Fishguard I was able to put her in touch with Transition Bro Gwaun, who a few years ago built a wind turbine with funding from locals amongst others. I believe my father gets a payout each time the wind blows! One of the perks of community energy?
Across the Severn Bridge
She is going to visit the Transition Fishguard members and talk to them, (by cycling route 4 from Bath to Fishguard) to find out what they’re doing now and see how renewable energy is going from strength to strength there. At least they will talk to her, which makes me wonder why the nuclear people weren’t forthcoming
Cycling West
She has an amazing touring bike, which are pretty rare in the UK. It’s got a gearbox called Pinion, which is essentially maintenance free, with no chain with zero maintenance belt. I understand Pinion was founded by some ex Porsche employees, good on them! We have Pinion bikes in the UK but they all are sports mountain bikes. I can’t think of one touring bike from the UK with this system.
Good luck and best wishes to Jonna on her cyCLIMATEngineer project, as she described it in her email to me.
We’ve a new ‘demo fleet’ of Ridgeback’s excellent Ebikes, which are available to take home and try for up to a week.
Low step ‘dutch style’Ridgeback Ebike
There are bikes to suit all needs and budgets, from very easy to jump aboard low step Dutch style models, to more sporty models akin to an urban mountain bike, and even a super nimble lightweight ‘mini’ cargo bike.
Mini cargo bike Ridgeback Errand
All you need is a valid photo ID plus a corresponding proof of ID with your address on and to leave a hotel style deposit on our card machine for 100.00.
Please email info@greenparkbikestation.com or call 01225920148 to book the dates you require
If you want to find out more about the Errand model bike radar wrote a good review on it
Each year since 2010 a mega-corporate clothing brand that shall remain unnamed (ahem!) sponsors a challenge to ride 500kms from the 24th-31st December. Anyhow I’ve never done the challenge so thought I would try this year (2023).
Wet roads, and muck
You can ride indoors as well as outdoors, so making it easier to achieve if the weather is particularly foul, or icy and too dangerous to ride. This is also handy for people who have lots on over the festive season, as indoors is a time efficient way to ride.
I got some new kit to motivate myself (which you can order with Click and Collect or home delivery), all Shimano brand Beaufort bib tights, Element jacket and the S1100R H2O overshoes. The bib tights were very comfy and felt lovely and warm even down to 4 degrees. The pad was comfy even after 100kms. I only wore the jacket on a mild day at around 12 degrees, and it was a bit too warm, it would be great at lower temps. The overshoes were brilliant, easy(ish) to put on and in yellow give extra visibility, and kept my feet nice and warm. I wear size 42 shoes, but I always go for the next size up in Shimano overshoes, so instead of medium(40-42), I went for large(42-44). They should basically alter their sizing as it’s all too small!
Malmesbury Town Centre
I kept myself safe with the brilliant Ravemen lights which are kept in stock in the shop. I used the LR1600 and CR1000 front lights on different rides. Both great, the CR1000 has a T shaped beam and the light is more focused, however the LR1600 is geat as it provides a really wide beam of light and bit more battery means longer runtime in low. The rear light was the TR200 with brake detection. I could see the flash light up the road behind me, which was reassuring.
Ravemen Lights
The rides I did were as follows:
24th 60.12kms indoors, a fairly flat ride only 300m elevation. Effort, fairly easy.
25th 52.45kms indoors only 230m elevation so quite flat Effort, fairly easy.
26th 100.01kms outdoor ride from Corsham to Tetbury and back up a challenging climb from Ford to Colerne at 65kms, and immediately after an easy but long climb from Box to Kingsdown. Finished off with a loop south of home to South Wraxall and back via Atworth. 1020m climbed so a bit more hilly than the previous indoor rides. Effort, hard due to wind and wet gritty roads. Climbs at end added more pain.
28th 72.41kms outdoor ride in very gusty winds from storm Gerrit, so I opted to stay very close to home and did 2 loops south of Corsham going up Goodes Hill twice which is on the main road from Melksham to Corsham. I also climbed from Ford to Colerne again, and repeated the Box to Kingsdown hill as well, 901m ascent so probably hilliest ride of week. Effort, pretty extreme due to wind and 3 fairly long climbs. Roads as above
29th 61.90kms indoors. Took part in a group ride so the draft meant average speed was up and this the pain didn’t have to last too long. Effort, quite easy
30th 94.24kms outdoors in insanely strong wind. Luckily the lanes to Tetbury have good shelter from high hedgerows. Just a touch under 1000m of ascent. Met the hunt near Sherston, more cars than horses which made riding past unnerving. 3 deer leapt out of a hedge across the road right in front of me, near Alderton, a nice sight. Effort, extreme due to wind.
The Courtyard Cafe, had to stop excellent coffee
31st 60.28kms indoors group ride. Quite a high pace, and I lost the group on the climb at around 50kms. Wasn’t much fun or fast riding on my own, so finished early at 60kms. Was supposed to be a 92km ride. Effort, quite hard as wanted to stay with a group.
Massive thanks to Bryan atTheBikeTheBody. I had found my Shimano RC7 shoes affecting me with hot spots and aches on my sole on rides over 50kms. I took in some brand new Shimano RC702 shoes, and walked out with a pair of his wide fit Lake CX238’s and custom moulded insoles. He set up my cleat position with some cool tools, checked my position on my own bike on the studio turbo, and made some minor tweaks to saddle height and angle. Had no problems on any of the rides, thanks to Bryan!
From November to the end of February get a free pair of genuine Shimano stainless steel gear wires worth £27.99. This super deal also includes genuine Shimano SP41 SIS outer gear casing, which is coated internally with silicone grease to give very smooth and light shifting. This is £4 per meter and a typical bike usually requires 2 and a bit meters, so £10 of cabling for free on the average bike. For your convenience you can book a service online here https://www.greenparkbikestation.info/product/randonneur-service/
As we get a good number of German speakers coming to us to hire bikes, its nice to get a listing on a website specifically aimed at the German speaking visitor to Bath. Click the link here to have a look
Through March there’s 20% off everything in the shop, this includes servicing parts, so you can get your bike ready for better weather at a better price!
This will also apply to bike services booked in March but not carried out in March, in case you can’t make it in during March to have your bike serviced for instance.
Just mention the deal when you come to pay for whatever it is you want.
The deal excludes items already on sale, and excludes service labour.
Last year I had first hand experience of two visits to the RUH, both for a few days under general anaesthetic. The care was amazing, many cups of tea were brought by friendly folk, presumably to help flush all the drugs out of the system. There was always someone on hand should you need something, and I was checked like clockwork by the nurses. This is very costly to fund, and government grants must only go so far. So that’s where the Forever Friends appeal steps in, to fund extras to make the care that much better. So to help the appeal, when a bike has a £65 Randonneur service or more I’ll add £5 to the appeal, it also applies if spending £65 in store. This fundraiser is also going to raise funds for Dorothy House who provide Hospice care. You simply choose which charity when you pay for your service or items in the shop. It goes without saying that this is a vital service, and again a very costly service to run. So go on, make your bike run like new again with a service in December and January and feel good too by helping two great causes.
The fundraising page for Dorothy House which sends the money raised direct to them is here .
And the fundraising page for the RUH Forever Friends Appeal, again sending funds raised direct is here.
Ian chanced on us as he had to return from abroad to Bath for family reasons and needed work done on a steel Genesis mountain bike, which he’d bought to ride for practical reasons of getting about and as a bit of escapism from daily pressures. I think he asked me for ideas on touring on an MTB and I vaguely said check out bikepacking bags on the web, not sure what his idea for a tour really was, I thought he wanted to go to Cheddar for the day or something!
Well he certainly got into bike packing and the escapism, check out his story below.
Across Exmoor
“A big shout out to Tom and Adam, the guys at Green Park Bike Station for their support with my trips in the Southwest and Wales. The guys gave me a great new bottom bracket (Tom – a UK made Hope unit), new chain and gearset which set me up for my first trip: Bath to Portishead, then Strawberry Line to Bridgwater; a side trip to Glastonbury, Priddy and Chedder, then down to Sampson Peverell. Another side trip to Exeter, then NCR 3 over Exmoor to Barnstaple.
The bikepacking beast – a particularly muddy section of the route from the end of the Strawberry Line to Bridgwater.#
My second route took me from Bath to Fishguard. Day 1: Bath to Abergavenny, Day 2: Abergavenny to Carmarthen; Day 3: Carmarthen to Whitesands Bay near St David’s, then after a rest day a quick hop over to Fishguard.”
As far west as one can go, Whitesands Bay Pembrokeshire
While the steel frame of my Genesis mountain bike keeps the ride pretty comfortable, the mountain bike set-up is obviously less than perfect for such long-distance touring, so most recently the guys at Green Park Bike Station have been setting me up with Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires”
Arriving at Whitesands bay after completing around 320km from Bath.
What an epic trio, three should be am award for these efforts! My suggestion to make riding even more pleasant would be 29″ wheels, more comfort and speed. The tyres we’ve upgraded Ian’s bike with will reduce the sluggish feel a good deal however. A mountain bike is a good idea for these rides, if you like taking quieter national cycle network routes they can often be gravel and / or not very good surfaces. If you know you’re only going to stick to roads a road / gravel bike is ideal and fast.
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