We offer a wide range of maintenance training, and welcome all abilities to come and learn with us.
Basic Maintenance Class – £50pp for 2 hours
Designed for complete beginners and those with rusty knowledge. Learn to maintain your bike throughout the year, and gain knowledge and confidence to change those punctures on your own. Loaded with practice and plenty of tips.
Course content
- Component identification
- Pre-ride safety check
- Use of maintenance products
- Removal and replacement of wheels
- Puncture type identification
- Puncture repair
We provide all bikes, tools, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for this class.
Advanced Maintenance Class: Brakes – £50pp for 2 hours
Designed for anyone who seeks more confidence in tool handling and understanding bikes. Learn how to look after your cable-operated brakes: make simple adjustments, replace brake pads and refit cables.
Course Content
- Introduction to brake systems
- Brake component identification
- Hands on the brakes
- Rim brake pad inspection and replacement
- Disc brake pad inspection and replacement
- Cable tension and replacement
- Brake system setup and troubleshooting
Please note we do not cover hydraulic or hub brakes during this class.
We provide all bikes, tools, and PPE for this class.
Advanced Maintenance Class: Gears – £50pp for 2 hours
Designed for anyone who seeks confidence in tool handling and understanding bikes. Understand how the gears work, and how to adjust and look after them. Learn how to replace a worn chain or cassette.
Course Content
- Introduction to gear system
- Gear component identification
- Understanding component function
- Hands on the gears
- Limit screw adjustment
- Remove and replace chains
- Remove and replace cassette
- Refitting cables
- Indexing gears and adjusting cable tension
We provide all bikes, tools, and PPE for this class.
One-to-One Maintenance Class
Looking for guidance regarding a specific task? Want to work on your own bike under supervision?
We provide private tuition in cycle maintenance tailored to your needs or specific tasks.
One-to-one classes can be 60, 90, or 120 minutes long.
Classes cost £100 per 60 minutes to have the full, focused attention of a bike mechanic. If you are a couple, we can run a class for 2 for £150 per 60 minutes.
Contact training@bikeforgood.org.uk to arrange.
Our Maintenance Classes don’t cover
- Hub gears
- Electronics and Dynamos
- Hydraulic brakes (coming soon)
- Press fitting
- Bike fitting
- E bikes
- Wheel building
- Tubular and tubeless conversion
- Suspension service
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