about us
Cycle Systems is a multiple award-winning company founded in 2007 in the UK by Sean and Julia Lally, which quickly grew to servicing multiple sites across Greater London at scale. In 2009, and to help alleviate the scarcity of high quality, properly trained cycle mechanics on the ground, the company opened Cycle Systems Academy in Devon, UK, and have since trained 100s of students to enter the cycle trade.
Since then, and due to the demand of both its' potential students and its' alumni, Cycle Systems Online was founded with the objective of taking the high quality, cutting edge cycle maintenance education it has become known for, into the next frontier of cyberspace.....and a entire suite of online bike maintenance offerings were made.
In 2020 the company opened a sister branch in Bern, Switzerland, from where it still runs a cycle repair operation today.
MOBILE BIKE MECHANICS
In 2007 Sean Lally started a bicycle maintenance brand from the back of a narrowboat in London. Determined to help service the capital’s growing passion for all things bicycle, he knew that there was a massive demand for a high quality, professional maintenance service to help facilitate people both getting on their bikes, and staying on their bikes.
Within 12 months his boat was struggling under the weight of spare parts and bicycle tools, and he moved into his first workshop. By now he and his team of mechanics were maintaining bicycles all over Greater London – including emergency service bicycles and the “Boris Bike” (London’s cycle share) scheme – and had won several prestigious multi-site servicing contracts to boot.
CYCLE SYSTEMS ACADEMY
Consistently voted number one by customers for his performance in fixing their prized bicycles, Sean went on to expand Cycle Systems to open London’s first bicycle maintenance training academy and successfully raised finance for this venture in 2009.
Since those early days, Cycle Systems has gone on to train thousands of keen cyclists – many of whom have opened bicycle related ventures themselves – in the fine art of bicycle maintenance.
TRADE SPONSORS+ PARTNERS
The academy also attracted state of the art trade sponsorship from legendary cycle brands such as Pedros Tools, Trek, SRAM, Giant and more, and has won prestigious industry awards for the quality of its delivery too.
The cycle systems podcast
As interest in Cycle Systems grew, Sean went onto launch the Cycle Systems Podcast with podcasting favourites Velocast, attracting thousands more fans and hosting incredible guests like Gary Fisher, Charlie Kelly, Scott Draw (head of innovation and performance at Team Sky/Ineos), Dimitris Katsanis (designer of British Cyclings Olympic squad bikes) and more.
free gear masterclass
Understand the 5 main ways our students struggle with their bicycle gears and how to overcome them like a pro.
