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Helping you get fit, confident and ready to ride
Why Cycle?
Cycling is one of the simplest ways to improve your fitness, boost your wellbeing and enjoy life in Milton Keynes. Whether you’re just starting out or getting back in the saddle, we’ll help you find the right bike, build confidence, and keep moving — at your own pace.
Get a bike
Access to Bikes – This scheme provides free bikes, helmets and locks to people who have been identified by professionals to be on a low income, unemployed, or socially disadvantaged. Recipients will benefit from this scheme as it allows them fair access to training, employment and opportunities to have fun on a bike, for health, wellbeing and social inclusion.
Local Bike Hire
Bike hire is available across Milton Keynes courtesy of Santander Cycles MK, Dott and Lime Bikes. Whether for fun or for work, the cycle hire schemes will help you get around Milton Keynes more easily.
Santander Cycles MK
No bike? No problem! Hire a Santander bike to get from A to B. You can find the docking station locations on the council’s Get Around MK interactive map or learn more about the scheme and sign up.
Lime E-Bikes
Lime Bikes can be found around MK. They are dockless, so they do not need to be returned to a set docking station. Lime Bikes are electric-assisted, equipped with a 250-watt motor and a rechargeable lithium battery. These convenient green bikes help riders climb hills and cover long distances without breaking a sweat! Download the Lime app to locate and try out.
Lime Access membership offers a 50% discount on all their e-bike and e-scooter rides. You can qualify for Lime Access if you can show evidence you hold one of the following passes:
Jobcentre Plus Travel Card
Blue Light Card (for emergency service workers)
Student Card (NUS student card or institution specific)
Other free or discounted travel cards
Other eligible key worker IDs and passes
Sign up to this initiative here.
Dott E-Bikes
Dott bikes have arrived in Milton Keynes, offering a convenient and eco-friendly transport option for residents and visitors. With a network of easily accessible docking stations, Dott bikes make it simple to navigate the city while reducing your carbon footprint. The bikes are designed for comfort and safety, ensuring a smooth ride for all users. Download the Dott app now.
Cycle to Work Scheme
The government backed scheme allows employees to purchase cycles and accessories via a salary sacrifice through their employer and can reduce the cost of purchases by around 20-40%. To get a bike on the scheme, your employer needs to sign up to a third party provider such as CycleScheme or Cycle Solutions. There’s more information about the scheme and how to sign up on the Government website. Employers can speak to any one of the cycle scheme providers who will be able to offer guidance and information to bring this scheme to your business and employees.
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Cycle Shops
There are lots of places to buy a bike in MK including large national outdoor stores and independent local bike shops. Prices will range from around a hundred pounds up to a few thousand; there’ll be something to suit every age, ability, budget and type of riding. Find your local shop on our interactive map.
Adapted Cycles
There are a number of facilities in Milton Keynes which have adapted bikes for hire including Action4Youth at Caldecotte Lake, MK Motion at Willen Lake and Freewheelers MK. The Caldecotte Xperience has a range of adapted bikes and accept short breaks vouchers. Contact them directly by phone on 01908 232042 or email caldecotte@action4youth.org
Fix a bike
A smooth-running bike makes every ride more enjoyable. Local repair hubs like Cycle Saviours and community Dr Bike events provide affordable repairs, tune-ups and advice to keep your bike — and your fitness goals — on track.
Cycle Saviours is an exciting social enterprise that loves saving, refurbishing, repairing, servicing and selling bikes, making cycling accessible to all and encouraging everyone to get on their bikes and explore Milton Keynes’ cycle networks and trails whilst helping the environment at the same time.
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repairs, recycles and sells donated or abandoned bikes
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provides a first class service repairing and servicing bikes in our workshop
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runs cycle maintenance workshops and runs Dr Bike workshops as a ‘pop-up’ service at community events and employers premises
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is one of Milton Keynes Christian Foundation’s social enterprises staffed by young people not in education, training or employment who gain essential work experience and qualifications as they help make cycling accessible to all in Milton Keynes.
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Learn to ride
It’s never too late to learn. Our partners offer Bikeability training for children, women-only sessions and confidence rides for adults who want to build strength, balance and control. Every turn of the pedals takes you closer to feeling fitter and more capable.
Bikeability is a cycle training programme that teaches adults and children the practical skills they need to ride their bikes.
There are 3 levels of Bikeability, each designed to progressively improve cycling skills from the very basics of balance and control through to riding independently on busy roads, and a number of Bikeability Plus courses, which have been designed to break down the barriers that may prevent people from cycling.
Bikeability cycle training is a great way to boost your confidence on a bike, have fun, learn about road safety and improve your ability to perceive and respond to modern day traffic situations.
With an increase in child and adult obesity in recent years, cycling is a great form of exercise that can be squeezed into everyday life by riding to school or work or the local shops. For many young people, it can be their first step towards independent travel.
By providing the skills you need to enjoy cycling and ride more safely it opens up a world of opportunities to get out and ride with friends and family. Your can also explore the local area on the huge network of leisure routes and Redways in Milton Keynes.