Was nice to get these yesterday

[DCBassman]

Actually did the course last year, the certificates took a while to catch up!
I'd wholeheartedly recommend something like this to any beginner wanting to get their hands dirty with the bike. There are many of these community groups about, I believe, and they quite often double as a LBS, as well as a source of bits and serviced s/h bikes. Course can be free depending on circumstances.

 

[MrPorridge]

Congratulations!

These seem like a great idea. As someone with an almost pathological fear of removing wheels/tyres (my chances of getting them back on properly are zero) I should probably try and get on one myself.
Unfortunately the only ones near enough to get to are on Saturdays and I work those (and it's very difficult to get leave at the weekend). Still, I'll keep my eyes open as I guess the skills are well worth gaining.

 

[Fonze]

Nice one, well done !

 

[BSOh]

Nice one, congrats!

 

[mikeymustard]

great idea for people to get skills, and a paper qual could be really useful; unfortunately, like @MrPorridge I work weekends

 

[DCBassman]

Mine was a midweek course so not always the way that it's weekends.

 

[User16625]

Was that the Bike Inn? What circumstances are free?

Dont click on the link, thats NOT the bike inn I am referring too.

 

[DCBassman]

It was Bikespace Plymouth, in Devonport.