Cycle Training

I will be nerding it up this weekend at an intermediate bicycle maintenance course paid for by Lambeth council. Because I booked a cycle training course with CT-UK last year, they subsidise the whole £70 for the course - pretty nice of 'em.
I'm going to take my mates geared bike cause its in need of a bit of tlc and my bikes have either a hub gear (which they don't deal with), or none.
Has anyone been on one before? Anything I need to know before I endeavour to become an expert on bearings and what not?

hmm

need to find out if i can get a maintenance course, would love for the gears on my road bike to no longer come under the heading of vood science!

I will be nerding it up this weekend at an intermediate bicycle maintenance course paid for by Lambeth counci
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Anything I need to know before I endeavour to become an expert on bearings and what not?

Kattiep, if you have a grounding in basic maintenance (ie you can replace inners and tryes, brake blocks and cables, use spanners and allen keys & know your limiter screws from your barrel adjuster) then you should be well up for dealing with hubs, headsets and BBs

Enjoy the course...

Voodoo shit above

Voodoo shit above

James, Which part of the above is voodoo doo doo?

hmm
need to find out if i can get a maintenance course, would love for the gears on my road bike to no longer come under the heading of vood science!

Bike Whisperer will be running some bike workshops soon.. check 'em out..
http://www.thebikewhisperer.co.uk/workshops

i need to know about gears, adjustment etc, changing cranks on the road bike etc

i currently set up my brakes, but would be good to know if i am doing it right - have just watched youtube tutorials on this

i can strip the bb from my fixed and reset the chainline, build wheels from scratch etc

so basically i can service my fixed gear bike but when it comes to gears - haz fuck all ideaz

Kattiep, if you have a grounding in basic maintenance (ie you can replace inners and tryes (check), brake blocks and cables (check), use spanners and allen keys (check) & know your limiter screws from your barrel adjuster **(no idea wtf you're talking about) **then you should be well up for dealing with hubs, headsets and BBs

Enjoy the course...

As well as not being hungover this saturday, I'm going to have 7.5hours of wholesome education. How riotious is that?

*I can't wait to start drinking again next weekend.

know your limiter screws from your barrel adjuster (no idea wtf you're talking about).[/QUOTE

[QUOTE=dancing james;1216890] when it comes to gears - haz fuck all ideaz

spoken like true FG riders

My knowledge is down to the things I have had to fix myself

generally I look at the geared bike and think must call hillbilly

he has taught me most of what I know over the phone, though Murtle hippy and object have also provided telephone support.

Bike Whisperer will be running some bike workshops soon.. check 'em out..
http://www.thebikewhisperer.co.uk/workshops

Cheers, just emailed them. About time I could wear a look other than bewilderment when trying to do anything mechanical.

Found out from CycleTraiing UK that their one day bike maintenance training courses are fully subsidised by some London Boroughs. For mine (Ealing) they will pay the full cost, on the proviso that I have already attended a Cycle Training session and made my £5 contribution to that (Ealing pays the other £65).

I have now therefore got 2 hours cycle training booked with a dude called Henrik this Sunday (from reading this thread sounds like there is likely some value in that for pretty much anyone), and will then proceed to get myself booked on the maintenance course just to make sure that I'm not doing anything horribly wrong with fixing my bikes...

Now, as rubbish as getting up at 8am on a Saturday is, I feel smart! Attended the intermediate maintenance course at CTUK today. Now Bermonsdey ain't the prettiest of places, but the course was good! I learnt loads of stuff like how to take chains apart, take cranks and chain rings off, remove bottom brackets, align gears, fiddle with headsets, true a wheel and I just feel less (bike) stupid. Class of 10 with 2 instructors who were really good at explaining stuff. I highly recommend people suss out the course as loads of boroughs are subsidising it in conjuction with the cycle training.
http://www.cycletraining.co.uk/training/individual_training.php
£70 of my lambeth council tax money actually coming back to me. Win.

You've probably now got more bike repair knowledge than 80% of this forum. Nice one!

Am signed up to do this too.

I'd like to get to the point where it is only things requiring expensive but rarely used tools like a headset extractor that need a visit to a workshop.

You've still got my torque wrench btw

Yeah, need to get the adaptors off you!

Ive just started up coaching mtb skills near amersham and wanna let people know about it. (been on here a while just dont post that often) Off road but some of you must ride mtbs now and then

The more people know about it the sooner i can quit the day job!

http://www.atthesummit.co.uk

As this is through the CTC you can class me as an ole'duffer with a beard

https://www.lfgss.com/thread2639-22.html

@ Smudgley Linked it here for you

@Andy nice one ta.

You've probably now got more bike repair knowledge than 80% of this forum. Nice one!

Lets not be too hasty with assumptions eh.

An opportunity will be coming up for the right person to run a Bike It project in Dorset soon, this is just a first shout for anyone thinking of relocating.
posting here as many readers will be of the background suitable,
here are the details:-

The main responsibilities of this role will include the promotion of cycling to school at selected primary and secondary schools, supporting 'school champions' at other local schools and making links between schools and the bicycle industry.

Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent and committed to cycling and the ideals of Sustrans, you will have excellent communication and presentation skills, experience of working with children and young people, be IT literate and have the ability to motivate others.
Experience of partnership working is also essential. CRB Disclosure check clearance is mandatory for this post.
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/bike-it

so, if you want to make a change, and move to the country think about it, I would be your neighbour officer, oh and listen to this, the words say it all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yuLChdljNE

i need to know about gears, adjustment etc, changing cranks on the road bike etc

I love this book: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=27827

Really easy to understand and teach yourself anything you don't know.

The main responsibilities of this role will include the promotion of cycling to school at selected primary and secondary schools, supporting 'school champions' at other local schools and making links between schools and the bicycle industry.

Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent and committed to cycling and the ideals of Sustrans, you will have excellent communication and presentation skills, experience of working with children and young people, be IT literate and have the ability to motivate others.
Experience of partnership working is also essential. CRB Disclosure check clearance is mandatory for this post.
Er, isn't this *your *job?

yep, its the same job, but in Dorchester and Weymouth.