Bike Maintenance Courses

Our courses are run in the evenings and at weekends to suit our clients. The courses are in 2½ hour bites size projects in small groups and one or two mechanics. This helps to give everyone the opportunity to practise the skills taught in the project.

We like you to come along with your bike, but if you like to practice on one of our spare bikes that’s fine with us. We provide a workshop stand for the bike, tools, protective gloves and hand wash. All spare parts are provided and charged at cost price and we even throw in tea and coffee.

The workshop area is a safe, risk assessed area with plenty of room for your bike, stand and tools.

We welcome everyone to the courses and if you are under 16 we would like your parent/carer to come along.

Courses available

Bike Maintenance Level 1 Part 1 Know Your Bike

A 2 hour course in the evening or attached to Pt 2 of Level 1. Syllabus:

• Safe working practise.
• Tools kit
• Fitting a bike to the rider
• Identify all parts of your bike
• ‘M’ Check or safe check of your bike
• Clearing bikes
• What and where to oil/grease
• Adjustment (no tools) of brakes
• Mend a puncture

Bike Maintenance Level 1 Part 2 Repairs

A 2 hour course in the evening or attached to Pt 1 of Level 1. Syllabus:

• Safe working practise.
• Tools kit
• Replace brake pads or disc pads.
• Replace inner and outer cable of brakes
• Adjust gears and index

Bike Maintenance Level 2 Part 1 Drive Chain

A 2 hour course in the evening or attached to Pt 2 of Level 2. Syllabus:

• Safe working practise.
• Tool kit
• Check wear in chain and drive cogs
• Replace a chain
• Check bottom bracket, cassette and free wheels
• Remove a cassette and free wheels
• Replace a inner/outer cable of a front and rear derailleur.
• Index front and rear derailleur.

Bike Maintenance Level 2 Part 2 Wheel alignment in forks and wheel axial greasing.

A 2 hour course in the evening or attached to Pt 2 of Level 2. Syllabus:

• Safe working practise.
• Tool kit
• Check wheel rim, spokes, hub.
• Replace a wheel spoke. Front and rear
• Remove buckle from wheel in frame
• Strip down a wheel axial, inspect, grease and assemble

Bike Maintenance Level 2 Part 3 Bottom Bracket

• Safe working practise.
• Tool kit
• Check a bottom bracket
• Strip down a bottom bracket, inspect, grease and assemble

Bike Maintenance Level 2 Part 4 Headset

• Safe working practise.
• Tool kit
• Check a head set
• Strip down two types of head set, inspect, grease and assemble

Course Dates

Bike Maintenance Level 1

• Level 1 Part 1 & 2  - 4 Hours - Cost £35
• Level 1 Part 1 Know Your Bike - 2 Hours - Cost £20  
• Level 1 Part 2 Repairs - 2 Hours - Cost £20    Cost

Bike Maintenance Level 2 

• Level 2 Part 1, 2, 3, & 4 - 8 Hours - Cost £90
• Level 2 Part 1 Drive Chain - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -
• Level 2 Part 2 Wheel alignment in forks and wheel axial greasing - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -      - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -   - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -     - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -  
• Level 2 Part 3 Bottom Bracket - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -  - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -  
• Level 2 Part 4 Headset - 2 Hours - Cost £25      - 2 Hours - Cost £25  -    

Bike Maintenance Level 1 and Level 2 course combined 1 and

• A complete course of all the above 2 hour sessions over 8 weeks - Cost £125