 |
| High Nelly bikes with Cumann na bhFear, St. Patrick's Day Parade 2013, Galway city |
More volunteers are now needed to be involved in the next vintage bicycle repair and maintenance workshop which will take place at 7pm on
Monday May 20th in the Cumann na bhFear (aka Men’s Shed) premises at unit 1B in
Sandy Road Business Park.
Last Monday, seven High Nelly bikes were worked on with work continuing on this units on Monday next.
Tutor
is cycling expert Brian MacGabhann who will supervise the repair of a fleet of
High Nelly bicycles as well as providing participants with practical advice on
topics such as repairing a flat tyre, cleaning and oiling bike chains, fixing a
buckled wheel and adjusting brakes.
The
restored classic bicycles will be used for leisurely cycling
within the Terryland Forest Park and for a new Greenway cycling route that will
link seven castles along the mainly rural landscapes of north Galway city and
nearby county including the castles of Terryland, Menlo, Cloonacauneen, KIleen
and Castlegar.
Michael
Keaney of Castle Ellen has donated to the group a rare vintage three wheel post
office bicycle that will be restored for use as a picnic food holder for participants
taking part in the Seven Galway Castles cycling tours
For
further information and for booking a place on the workshop, contact Brendan
Smith at speediecelt@gmail.com
Cumann na bhFear
is part of the international Men’s Shed movement that provides an environment
and a place for men and women, both young and old, retired, unemployed as well
as the employed to teach and learn manual skills from each other. The group,
based in a premises leased from City Council on Sandy Road, provides
facilities, courses and workshops for members in woodturning, blacksmithing,
tin-smithing, coppicing, bicycle maintenance, furniture repair, electronics and
web-design. The group has a strong heritage and community ethos and is hoping to
use the skills taught to re-construct and repair many of the hedgerows, gates,
pathways and stonewalls in the publicly owned Terryland Forest Park.
