Cycle to Work Schemes

(or salary sacrifice!)

The answer is Yes - we do offer bikes under cycle to work schemes

The government offers a tax incentive to help get more cyclists exercising and riding to and from work. This helps to keep cars off of the road and encourage people to get (and stay) fitter, and we agree with the old saying that a healthy body equals a healthy mind!

If you are a UK tax payer then your employer can allow you to effectively save tax towards towards a bike and accessories. We know accept a number of different schemes which mostly work in the same way:

You choose your bicycle and get a quote.

You take the quote back to your employer and hand it over (normally to the HR or finance department) - if they are not already signed up it's quick and free to do.

A voucher is then generated which you bring to the shop and we give you the bike.

You then pay for the bike over installments - but it is deducted from your wages before tax is paid - so you save at least 25% (or maybe more) if you are a UK taxpayer.

The schemes we currently accept are as follows: 

Cyclescheme.co.uk

In summary:

1. We send you a quote / invoice, this reserves the bike
2. You submit this to the your employer 
3. They send you a voucher which you send to us
4. We redeem the voucher and once payment is on its way to us we send you the bike / say it is ready to collect

For full details of how this works - check out this link

The Green Commute Initiative  

The Green Community Initiative have no upper limit to their scheme, it covers your selected bike, clothing, safety equipment and panniers are allowed. however, bike computers, power meters and GPS devices are NOT permissible. the procedure is generally as follows:

1. We send you a quote / invoice, this reserves the bike
2. You submit this to the your employer 
3. They send you a voucher which you send to us
4. We redeem the voucher and once payment is on its way to us we send you the bike / say it is ready to collect

For more details about the Green Commute Initiative click here

Vivup

Vivid provide a number of employee benefits, one of which is their cycle to work scheme. There is no upper limit unless imposed by your employer, the process is very similar to the other schemes, as follows: 

1. We send you a quote / invoice, this reserves the bike
2. You submit this to the your employer 
3. Vivid e-mail us asking us to invoice them 
4. We invoice Vivup
5. Once payment (this is normally on a Friday) is on its way to us we send you the bike / say it is ready to collect

For more details about the Vivup cycle to work scheme click here

My Benefits World 

My Benefits World also provides a selection of employee benefits, one of which is their cycle to work scheme, this works in the following way: 

1. We send you a quote / invoice, this reserves the bike
2. You submit this to the your employer 
3. Ny Benefits World e-mail us asking us to invoice them 
4. We invoice My Benefits World 
5. Once payment (normally three working days) is on its way to us we send you the bike / say it is ready to collect

For more info about my benefits world click here

CycleSolutions 

The cycle scheme has recently been added to our accepted Cycle to work scheme partners, they are a little slow on payment to us, so sorry if it takes a bit longer 

The process is as follows: 

1. Your company registers with CycleSolutions 
2. You request that we send you a quotation for your selected bike including your name, address, phone number, employers name and a detailed summary of goods
3. Enter all details into the CycleSolutions website 
4. If the Employer agrees to the purchase we invoice CycleSolutions 
5. Once invoiced CycleSolutions pay us and we release the bike
6. CycleSolutions issue a letter of collection to allow you to collect the bike with identification 

Note this scheme can take up to 30 days before payment is received and the goods are released 

For more info about the cycle solutions scheme click here

Caboodle 

The process is very similar to the others: 

1. Your company registers with Caboodle.
2. We raise a quotation for you and send this to you, you give this to Caboodle. 
3. Caboodle send you a letter of collection to sign, which you send to us. 
4. The completed form is sent to Caboodle to release the funds to us. 
5. We send you the bike as soon as we know the funds are on their way to us.

For more info about the caboodle cycle to work scheme click here

Please note - we do not accept Halfords cycle to work scheme