Hi all, just thought I'd share my experience of doing a basic bike maintenance course over the weekend. I did it with the guys at bikeright (www.bikeright.co.uk), cost £122 for the 2 days. The reason for doing the course was due to snapping my chain last bank holiday and not having the correct tool or know how to fix it.
Yesterday consisted of getting to know the bike i.e. knowing the correct terminolagy for all the componants and knowing what they do etc, this was followed by puncture repair which give me chance to fix a slow puncture that I had with my rear tube, learnt a neat new trick of removing and replacing my tyres without the need for levers!!! next was setting brakes correctly and followed by cleaning and lubing the bike.
Today started with brake cable renewal, they give you new cable inner and outers which is always a bonus, this took us up to lunch and then it was onto chain removal/splitting and chain wear cheaking. The last activity was gear adjustments and cable changes, again inners and outers supplied.
The course was absoloutly fab, really relaxed atmosphere in a nice workshop with everything you need to do the job. I'm now looking to do the advanced course so when it comes to upgrading parts and more indepth maintenance/repairs I can save myself a few quid by doing the jobs myself.
Hope I've not bored you too much!!!
Sean
Yesterday consisted of getting to know the bike i.e. knowing the correct terminolagy for all the componants and knowing what they do etc, this was followed by puncture repair which give me chance to fix a slow puncture that I had with my rear tube, learnt a neat new trick of removing and replacing my tyres without the need for levers!!! next was setting brakes correctly and followed by cleaning and lubing the bike.
Today started with brake cable renewal, they give you new cable inner and outers which is always a bonus, this took us up to lunch and then it was onto chain removal/splitting and chain wear cheaking. The last activity was gear adjustments and cable changes, again inners and outers supplied.
The course was absoloutly fab, really relaxed atmosphere in a nice workshop with everything you need to do the job. I'm now looking to do the advanced course so when it comes to upgrading parts and more indepth maintenance/repairs I can save myself a few quid by doing the jobs myself.
Hope I've not bored you too much!!!
Sean