Bike toolkits and repair stations

Bike toolkits and repair stations are available free of charge to staff and students cyclists.

The University makes shared bike toolkits available to staff and students to fix any unexpected bike problems you may have while cycling to work or study. These are a shared resource and must be returned to the storage location when you are finished using them. Staff and students can use the toolkit for free on production of a staff ID or student matriculation card. 

Please do not remove any item from the toolkit, with the exception of consumables (e.g. inner tubes, puncture repair kits, gloves).

Some bike stores also have repair stations and/or pumps permanently installed inside them. These provide basic tools, but do not have any replacement consumables (e.g., inner tubes, puncture repair kits).

Contents of the toolkit

  • puncture repair kit
  • bicycle tyre pump
  • inner tubes (various sizes)
  • tyre levers
  • spoke key
  • chain rivet tool
  • allen keys
  • adjustable spanner
  • latex gloves

Location of the toolkits

Bike toolkit locations in Central Area
Central Area What's there?
Transport and Parking Office, 9-11 Infirmary Street Full tookit
Potterrow Student Centre Reception, Bristo Square Full toolkit
Main Library Reception, George Square Full toolkit
Charles Stewart House (contact Donna Lumsden) Full toolkit
50 George Square Bike Store Pump only (note: currently closed for maintenance)
40 George Square Bike Store Maintenance stand and pump
Bristo Bike Store (basement of Bayes Centre) Maintenance stand and pump
Edinburgh Climate Change Institute Bike Store Pump only
Pleasance Gym (bike parking by front entrance) Pump only
Bike toolkit locations in King's Buildings
King's Buildings What's there?
Nucleus Building reception Full toolkit
Alexander Graham Bell Building Bike Store Pump only
Joseph Black Building Bike Store Pump only
Hudson Beare Building Bike Store Pump only
James Clerk Maxwell Building Bike Store 3 Maintenance stand and pump
Nucleus Bike Store Maintenance stand and pump
Bike toolkit locations in BioQuarter
BioQuarter What's there?
QMRI Reception Full toolkit
Chancellor's Building Reception Full toolkit
Institute of Regeneration and Repair North Reception Full toolkit
Institute of Regeneration and Repair South Reception Full toolkit
Usher Building Reception Full toolkit
QMRI Bike Store Pump only
Chancellor's Building bike parking area Maintenance stand and pump
Bike toolkit locations in Easter Bush
Easter Bush What's there?
Campus Service Centre Full toolkit
Roslin Institute Bike Store Maintenance stand and pump
Vet School Bike Store Pump only
Bike toolkit locations in other areas of the University
Other locations What's there
Pollock Halls Reception Centre Full toolkit
Edinburgh College of Art Main Building Reception Full toolkit
Institute of Genetics and Cancer Bike Store, Western General Hospital Pump only