Druid Cycles London – A Community Interest Company

A bit of history…

Druid Cycles began May 29^th of 2009 as I-Bike in a 20 meter square shop, running solely on volunteers and community help. However, within six months, the shop had tripled in size, growing to five full time self-employed members with numerous volunteers and made the move to Druid Street in South East London.

This move spurred the name change to Druid Cycles and a realisation of the numerous values the shop shared with the ancient Druids. Not only does Druid Cycles seek to protect nature, but they are well known for performing magic in their repairs and customisations that are slowly, but surely creating a paradise for all London cyclists.

In May of 2010, Druid Cycles received its CIC, or Community Interest Company registration, making the current community-based efforts official business. The quest to improve cycling in London has been done with the help of: the London Cycling Campaign (LCC), the Southwark Cyclists, the Southwark Council and many others.

One of the goals as a CIC, is working to sponsor MTB cyclists from around the world.  Our  first sponsored rider was  Parmond Singh, a cyclist from India, competing for us at the 50km mens raod race at the Mumbai cyclothon in 2010 and an High Altitude MTB race in Kathmandu,Nepal.