Cycle Maintenance – 1-day Beginner & Intermediate Courses

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

On completion you’ll be able to check your cycle before a ride to make sure it’s road worthy, repair a puncture more confidently, and pick up tips for keeping your cycle in good shape so you don’t have to visit the repair shop as often.

Beginners 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

Our intermediate maintenance course builds on the skills introduced in the beginners session. We would recommend doing the beginners course first, or being sure you are comfortable with the skills covered.

Intermediate covers:

• An in-depth look at brakes (cables, maintenance)
• Setting up gears
• Derailleur limit screws demonstration
• Principles of adjusting derailleur (front and rear) also known as indexing
• Basic wheel truing

This course is great for people who want to keep their bike running smoothly between major services, or who would like the skills to perform parts upgrades themselves.

Our training centres are fully equipped with everything you need on the day. We also offer the opportunity to purchase a basic or advanced tool kit, to continue developing your newly acquired skills.

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.

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“We covered lots of useful things in the class and it was all clearly explained.” Anthony

“The Tutor had a real passion for bikes which made the course both interesting and provided an opportunity to improve my maintenance skills.” Paul

“Thanks for such a great course. I had a really good time on Saturday and learned a lot of useful stuff about my bike!” Louise

“The course was great. It was delivered in a way that I could understand and I feel a lot more confident in basic maintenance of my bike especially fixing a puncture efficiently and quickly. The Tutor was very knowledgeable and the course was fun.”  Katherine

“On behalf of myself and my friend I’d just like to say it was a great day and the instructor made the day thoroughly enjoyable and was very informative. We’d highly recommend it!” Joe

“The course was pitched at just the right level, really practical and well explained. It was a very worthwhile day.” Jane