School Cycle Club

Have a nice problem in some ways. Work at a secondary school in Chiswick and have recently applied for and been granted £3K from TFL to set up a cycling club in school. As part of the application process, I had to say what I would do with the grant. Some of it's easy as it has to be Olympic related - so will get Rollapaluza in. On the other hand, I also said that I would look to setting up a bike maintenance class after school, so need to look at what tools, stands etc I should get. Any other suggestions at what I could organise/purchase (other than a new bike for myself).

Some bikes for those that want to cycle, but don't have a bike?

Consumables, like brake/gear cable inner and outer, ferules, bar tape etc etc.

Bikes are a nice idea, but being a secondary school the reality is that they'll get vandalised/nicked. Having said that, thought I might try to find some old, knackered bikes for the kids to rebuild. Any suggestions though are great - agree with the consumables CasaSteve, so thanks for this. What would people recommend for decent tools, without silly price tags?

Al, you could get in touch with Stoke Newington School. They've done various projects around cycling. I can give you a contact if you're interested. PM me.

This isn't a bad basic tool kit with many of the common bike specific tools in it:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=40997

Might be worth shopping around at places like car boot sales and cycle jumbles for some older tools too, as you may find the types of bikes you're fixing up/maintaining are older and use older tools (think BB tools and headset spanners etc).

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/bike-it/wheres-bike-it/bike-it-in-london

drop these people a line or call, good luck with it

The youth offending team in Richmond have a bike repair and rebuild scheme for the naughty kids...
and the Kingsfield skatepark cafe (aka Kingston skate park) has also just secured a grant for a walk in, peer learning repair shop down the skatepark.
Either of these guys might be worth contacting as they both specialise with working with the youngers.
I'm not 100% sure if the youth offending team scheme is still going... but the Kingston skatepark scheme has just started.
Good Luck

Maybe PM Katie-Coo? She does wonderful schoolkid cycling things and may be able to pass on some knowledge.