About Ebike Freedom CIC

Christian started the workshop in March 2022 and still works in it, most days, with the tools in his hands.

He designs and fabricates the one-off builds, the adaptive trikes, converted bikes, machines worked out around a particular rider rather than picked from a catalogue. These are the jobs other shops turn away, and they are the ones he takes first.

Beyond the workshop he runs cycling programmes for people in the justice system, helped establish the cycle hub at the Lilias Centre, and teaches maintenance to young people and community groups.

Mavis leads the community side of Ebike Freedom. If a programme is running, like the Freedom Bike Library, Sister Spokes, our work with the Scottish Prison Service, it is running because she made it happen.

The funding is hers too. Applications, funder relationships and the reporting that comes afterwards: the unglamorous work that decides whether a programme still exists next year.

She organises the volunteers, and runs the Christmas appeal with Prison Fellowship Scotland, donating refurbished bikes going out to the children of people inside HMP Barlinnie.

Heman keeps the workshop running. He is on the tools day to day, working through whatever comes in the door, including the bikes that need finishing before somebody needs them back.

At community events he shows people how to fix their own bikes rather than fixing them for them, and he gives the talks.

He leads many of our community rides, and he may even snap a shot or two as he is a sport photographer! Lucky us!

Annie has over 15 years of experience in the operation and governance of small and medium sized NGOs in Hong Kong, prior to her move to Glasgow in 2022.

She also has an academic background in the social sciences and counselling.

Joe works in NHS project management. He has cerebral palsy, and believed independent cycling wasn't possible for him until 2025, when Christian converted a trike into an e-trike he could ride on his own.

He brings the perspective of someone with a lifelong physical disability, and of someone whose life changed when cycling finally opened up to him.

Lesley Wilson is a volunteer Non-Executive Director of E-Bike Freedom CIC. She has a strong interest in climate change education for young people and brings extensive experience of volunteering with community groups in Glasgow. As a qualified cycle trainer, Lesley also supports our work to make cycling more accessible, inclusive and sustainable.

Daisy has spent the last 18 years working in customer experience, operations and business transformation across the property and hospitality sectors, and she is passionate about finding practical ways to improve people's experiences and remove barriers.