Bike Maintenance Course

[Steve H]

I've been considering doing a bike maintenance course so I have a better understanding of how to repair / replace / maintain things on a bike. Has anyone done one of these? Did you learn enough from the course to do most things yourself? I'm considering a weekend course at the following place if anyone has any experience of it?

Dales Mountain Biking


The course is mtb specific, but I'm thinking that the majority of the knowledge will also be transferable for road bikes as well.

 

[lordjenks]

that is a lot of money for basic knowlage tbh, nothing there is difficult.
you could either get a friend to teach you or there are thousands of youtube videos, if you plan on doing your own repair the most expensive things are the tools, find a decent stand (£50) and go from there, when replacing a bb; watch the video; work out which tool you need, either hollowtech, isis or square taper, ebay the tools and do the work yourself, if you mess up you can alsways take it to your local shop.

 

[RecordAceFromNew]

Many councils sponsor or run cycle maintenance courses, or perhaps something like this?

 

[Dayvo]

There was a thread a while back about Evans offering FREE basic maintenance courses.

http://www.evanscycles.com/servicing/free-bike-maintenance-classes

 

[crankyray]

Evans Cycles still do free basic mantainence classes .. http://www.evanscycles.com/servicing/free-bike-maintenance-classes

 

[Hydra]

I would say that is way too expensive for what you get.

There's a place near where I live that offer a pretty elaborate 6 week course for 75 quid, Recycle Bikes.

Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Operative offer an intensive maintenance class for just 49 coins.

 

[marvin]

My wife bought me one of these for my birthday a few years back

http://resources.lifecycleuk.org.uk...d=402&osCsid=2ea54e2ed7badcd57f62fd1dbebd0ada

10am to 4pm and covered all the basics I am likely to need and gave me confidence to try other things as well. I would recomend to anyone in or near Bristol and from what has been said before there are similar courses around to country.

 

[MacB]

For a lot less dosh you could get a mobile mechanic to come round and give you a one to one on a total strip and rebuild of a bike.