Fitzcharles Cycles

Cyclescheme is the UK's number one provider of tax free bikes for work through independent bike shops. We are very pleased to help you with information on one of the best government tax breaks so far.

This is how it works, or click the name above to view a video, about cyclescheme.

You visit our bike shop to select the bike and equipment that you want.

You will be given a paper quote, and you can use Cyclescheme's online tool to apply for your chosen package by entering the details online and requesting a secure voucher.

Once you have requested a secure voucher, your employer confirms elegibility and approves the request. Cyclescheme will send them an invoice for the bike package, and a hire agreement is sent to you to sign. As soon as the bike is paid for, the secure voucher is sent to you,

You hire payments are deducted from your gross monthly salary. At the end of the hire period you pay a Fair Market Value payment to own the bike outright.

You contact us to arrange collection. You'll be asked for photographic ID when collecting the bike and equipment.

HELP YOUR EMPLOYER HELP YOU!

A cycle to work scheme is a great incentive for employees, and companies can save money too, every bike processed through the scheme means an employer's National Insurance saving. Everybody wins, and its time to let you employer know!

Christmas Club

It's that time again, when you should be saving up for that special present. Once again Fitzcharles Cycles will be running our Christmas Club, where you reserve you cycle with a 10% deposit and pay each week until Christmas. No credit checks, no form filling, it couldn't be easier. What's more you bike will come fully assembled.

Cycling the Healthy Option

Cycling is healthy, both for you as an individual, and for the community you live in. That's the conclusion of the British Medical Association's report, "Cycling: Towards Health and Safety".

Cycling regularly will improve your fitness and can help you live a long and healthy life.

Riding a bike can help you maintain a healthy weight.

Three quarters of all personal journeys are less than 5 miles long-that's half an hour on a bike.

Switching these short journeys from car to bicycle will benefit your health and your community. You'll be helping to reduce noise and air pollution as well as traffic congestion.

What's In If For You?

More cycling is good news for the environment and your local community. But the biggest benefit is for your as an individual.

Increasing Fitness

Your strength, stamina, aerobic fitness and general muscle function will all be improved.

Cycling is a low impact activity and one of the safest ways to exercise without risk of over exertion or strain to muscles and joints. Regular physical activity also facilitates other healthy behaviour and could help you reduce weight or even give up smoking.

Lowering Risk of Heart Attack

Your heart muscles are strengthened, resting pulse is lowered and blood fat levels reduced.

People taking regular physical activity suffer far less heart disease than people who don't!

Shedding Excess Weight

By burning body fat and raising your metabolic rate you can lose weight. If you undertake physical activity you can enjoy a more varied diet without increasing body weight.

pleasure and satisfaction of riding a bike. Cycling is convenient for short journeys, and often faster across town than other forms of transport. It's a stress free means of taking physical activity because it can form part of a daily travelling routine. So there's no need to worry about fitting your new healthy lifestyle plan into an already overcrowded schedule.

SO GO CYCLE-YOU'LL FEEL BETTER FOR IT!!.