Beginners Maintenance Training – Book

“I feel more confident. Highly recommended – give it a go!” Mel

Beginner Maintenance Courses dates:

Day Of Week	Dates	Location
Saturday	1st March	Maxilla (West London) 3 Maxilla Walk, London W10 6NQ
Saturday	29th March	Maxilla (West London) 3 Maxilla Walk, London W10 6NQ
Saturday	12th April	Velodrome Stratford (East London) Lee Valley VeloPark, Abercrombie Rd, London E20 3AB
Saturday	17th May	Velodrome Stratford (East London) Lee Valley VeloPark, Abercrombie Rd, London E20 3AB
Saturday	24th May	Maxilla (West London) 3 Maxilla Walk, London W10 6NQ

Those are 1-day courses and run from 10am – 4pm.

Please see the schedule at the end of this page to make a booking. Each course costs £84 per person.

Our beginners course is a great introduction to cycle maintenance and is suitable for people who have never touched an allen key in their life, or people who have muddled through a puncture repair but would like to be slicker.

After the course you will be able to check your bike over before a ride to make sure it is road worthy, or repair a puncture much more confidently. You will also pick up some tips for keeping your bike in good shape, hopefully making your servicing intervals less frequent.

The Beginners course covers:

Roadside puncture repair – removal of wheel and tyre
M-Check (learning how to check that major components are safe and roadworthy, making minor adjustments)
Removal and refitting of brake blocks, balancing brake calipers
Adjusting brake cable tension
Preventative care e.g. how to clean and lubricate your bike parts

Tool kits

The training centre is fully equipped with everything you need on the day (and more!) but these tool kits are a great way to use the skills you learn on your own bike after the course:

Basic tool kit – £20

Puncture repair kit, set of 3 super B tyre levers, wet/dry lubricant and a Neos simplicity L wench (non ratchet) with 10 bits.

Advanced tool kit – £35

Puncture repair kit, set of 3 super B tyre levers, wet/dry lubricant and a SuperB 18 in 1 folding tool.

CANCELLATION POLICY

We may have to cancel sessions with fewer than 4 participants, and move participants’ bookings to a suitable future date.
Participants can switch course dates (subject to available spaces) or cancel their course a minimum 1 week before the course date. Cancellations/date changes after this point cannot be processed and participants will lose their course fee.

Please note

You can bring your own bike to practice on (recommended) or we have a number of training bikes you can use.
All under 16 year olds must be accompanied by a paying adult
Courses run between 10am and 4pm

Please get in contact with us if you want to find out about future dates.