I first got involved with the spoke by contributing to the crowd funder. When I came to pick up my reward hat, I realised how many people in the DIY workshop were doing things I could do, and could do well enough to teach. So I started being a workshop volunteer. During the pandemic I started helping with my other skills, interviewing, and helping to design and build the outdoor workshop space. Then I was invited to stand for election to the board. In real life I'm a mechanical engineering so I do like getting my hands dirty in my own time.

Polly freely admits to being more of a runner than a cyclist, but her 4 year-old mastering a pedal bike has inspired her to get back on hers more! She cares deeply about making cycling safer and more enjoyable for everyone, and wants to encourage more middle-aged mums like her to feel confident having a go at bike mechanics. She has a muddled (varied) CV covering editorial work, volunteer management, relationship building and training, mainly in health and medicine.

Tom is passionate about cycling, both commuting and with his local club, Abingdon OTCC, and with the Thames Valley section of the Tandem club. He has over 10 years’ experience working on and with boards, and in his day job manages a board of 25 volunteers, representing over 250 companies in a medium sized trade association to try to influence government, to promote UK manufacturing. As CEO, he's involved with all elements of corporate governance, as well as strategic and financial planning with the board. Tom's keen to use this valuable experience to make a big difference to Broken Spoke as a trustee, particularly in the areas of commercial development, income generation, strategy, HR and financial oversight.

Kate Roll is a political scientist and educator, who became involved with BSBC as a student in the first 'Build a Bike' course. She grew up outside of Boston, USA, spending lots of time on bikes and outdoors. She's been in Oxford since 2009 after extended periods living in Indonesia, East Timor, and Australia. In her day-to-day she thinks a lot about how to help her students thrive.

Mike Hicks has been a Broken Spoke volunteer (on and off) since 2016, and has been a member of community-based bicycle and food co-ops in the US and Europe since 2008. He enjoys long-haul bike touring, amateur bike polo, and sunny afternoon rides. In his less free moments he is a research fellow in philosophy of physics at the University of Birmingham.