Who is LBK?
The London Bike Kitchen is an all women & nb workshop, specialising in bike maintenance education (and fixing bikes too!) Since 2012 we have been building up the skills of beginners with our workshops, and our newsletter is an extension of that.
Whoâs writing this newsletter?
Hi, Iâm Jenni Gwiazdowski.
Iâm a mechanic, published author, serial entrepreneur (hi ADHD), and cat herder (thatâs Tuesday, above).
In my 20âs I used to be a teacher, and rediscovered cycling while I lived in Japan from 2003-2006. But it wasnât till I moved to London in 2008 that I became obsessed with bikes and wanted to learn more. I got my City & Guilds Level 2 bike mechanic certification in 2011 and set up the London Bike Kitchen in 2012 with the express purpose of teaching everyday cyclists everyday bike maintenance.
Iâm here to share how-tos and hot takes alongside tips and tricks.
My goal is to lift up the curtain on the bike industry and enlighten our readers.
đKnowledge = PowerâĄ
Why subscribe?
If you find yourself muttering things like âlearn something new every dayâŠâ or if you just like a good story with matching .gifs, then youâll probably like our newsletter.
A brilliant newsletter. Read every word (how many newsletters can claim that?).Â
Thank you for writing it,
TheoÂ
Because we want bike education and knowledge to spread as widely as possible, our main newsletter will always be free.
The newsletter will come out twice a month, with some bonus newsletters sprinkled in between.
I try to send them out between Thursday eve and Friday midday - it depends on how greasy my hands have been that week.
Why become a paying subscriber?
Whoever controls the purse, controls the message. LBK takes no money from grants or sponsors. This means that what youâre reading is untainted, straight from the heart, real & raw stuff.
It means that weâre gonna be honest with you because we want to build a relationship built on trust and honesty.
If you sign up to be a paying subscriber, youâll help keep our message going, AND youâll also get:
Access to our private Discord server: LBK Friends with Benefits
Ask questions about anything
Meet like-minded folks
Get a preview on whatâs coming up in the workshop
Monthly online live fix-a-longs with the mechanics
Links to our private YouTube library
Stay in the know with other like minded folks
Thereâs a certain kind of person that vibes with us. Weâre not for everyone! But if youâre curious about knowledge, empowerment, cycling, pushing boundaries, progressive politics, and what itâs like in a women and nb bike workshop, join us for the ride.
âI don't usually read newsletters and having been a bit of a fanatic commuter and long distance cyclist, I haven't touched my bike for going on for a year now thanks to a long term health condition. So all that to say, you'd think it would be very unlikely that I'd open your newsletters. However, I read them regularly with great interest. Your humour, your quirky writing style, your ethics and the new things I learn each time, I love it all. And after today's email left me with tears streaming down my cheeks, I knew I had to write in to tell you. Please keep doing what you're doing - it's so important. And I'm sure many others really appreciate it.â
~ anonymous
