Cycle to work scheme
Learn more about the schemes available to help you cycle to and from work.
Riding a bike is a great way to commute to and from work instead of driving or travelling via public transport. The benefits of cycling for you and the environment are many and varied, including potential health and fitness improvements and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on global climate change.
With our two providers, Cycle Solutions and Halfords, staff are able to lease bikes, including e-bikes and accessories up to the value of £3,000 with Halfords and £4,000 with Cycle Solutions, with lease agreements of 12, 18 and 24 months to suit your needs.
Bike and equipment leasing options
Cost: up to £2000 (Cycle Solutions and Halfords)
- Lease length: 12 or 18 months
- Minimum contract (fixed term): 14 or 20 months.
Cost: £2,001-£3,000 (Cycle Solutions and Halfords)
- Lease length: 12, 18 or 24 months
- Minimum contract (fixed term): 14, 20 or 26 months.
Cost: £3,001-£4,000 (Cycle Solutions only)
- Lease length: 24 months
- Minimum contract (fixed term): 26 months.
Scheme providers
Cycle Solutions
A 12% discount is available on direct orders with Cycle Solutions.
You can use the scheme’s savings calculator on the Cycle Solutions dedicated page for Sussex staff, to see how much various bikes and accessories will cost you. This will also help you to decide whether a 12, 18 or 24 month repayment term would suit you best.
If you have further questions or wish to sign up, you can browse and place your order with Cycle Solutions.
Cycle Solutions also work with independent bike shops, giving you more choice, as well as supporting local Sussex businesses.
To discuss details further, or if you have any questions or queries about an order, you can contact Cycle Solutions directly at 0330 100 2480 or info@cyclesolutions.co.uk.
Halfords
A 10% discount is automatically applied on direct orders with Halfords.
The Halfords scheme can be used to lease not just from Halfords but also Tredz and some independent bike shops. Use the store locator here and select “Click here if you are looking for an alternative to Halfords” to find participating independent bike shops.
You can use the scheme’s savings calculator to see how much various bikes and accessories will cost you. This will also help you to decide whether a 12, 18 or 24 month repayment term would suit you best.
Once you have decided what you would like to purchase you can apply for the scheme at https://cycle2workapplication.halfords.com/
Depending on chosen repayment term, enter the relevant employer code when signing up:
12 Month scheme: UOSX12C2W
18 Month scheme: UOSX18C2W
24 Month scheme: UOSX24C2W
Refunds on unused funds applied for are not possible. For example, if you apply for £1000 but later see that your chosen bike has reduced to £950 you will need to cancel your application and re-submit it for the correct value. Alternatively, you can use the extra funds to purchase accessories!
The University will start to make deductions in the month following the approval of your application. This may mean that you are charged before you have received your bike, depending on how fast it can be delivered. The University will only make deductions for the agreed duration of the lease.
See Halford's Cycle To Work FAQs or email them at cycle2.work@halfords.co.uk if you have any questions.
Scheme eligibility
Eligibility to lease under this scheme depends on:
- contract of employment length (which will need to be 2 full months more than the lease term requested)
- the maximum figure an employee can have will depend on affordability in terms of your current salary being above the National Minimum Wage (NMW) once your salary sacrifice deduction for the monthly lease cost has been taken into account.
HR will check these facts once you have made your request and will only be able to agree to the request if the criteria are met
NHS staff members on salary sacrifice schemes will have different salary and pension implications. Please see here for more information.