Maintenance courses
Discussion
Before doing a course get yourself Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance or the Park Tools maintenance book. They're good for future reference and will give you a good background before the course.
In fairness, there isn't any black magic to bike maintenance. I taught myself but my mate is absolutely hopeless, even when closely supervised!
As for courses Edinburgh Cycle Co-Op do very good courses for members of the Public. You could splash the cash on a the Park Tools Pro School. Or more easily ask in your LBS. As long as they are (and I have forgotten the acronym) qualified you'll be fine. Look in the back of bike mags too (mbr, wmb, c+ etc..) If you still can't find anywhere try the BCF or the CTC.
In fairness, there isn't any black magic to bike maintenance. I taught myself but my mate is absolutely hopeless, even when closely supervised!
As for courses Edinburgh Cycle Co-Op do very good courses for members of the Public. You could splash the cash on a the Park Tools Pro School. Or more easily ask in your LBS. As long as they are (and I have forgotten the acronym) qualified you'll be fine. Look in the back of bike mags too (mbr, wmb, c+ etc..) If you still can't find anywhere try the BCF or the CTC.
Just use the park tools website. I had never played around with mechs/shifters/cables before but after some time infront of the bike with the laptop and that site I was doing fine.
The only thing to be wary of is that some areas on a bike need specialist tools and bodging just is not an option (Im thinking cranks, bottom bracket, headsets and wheel building/truing)
The only thing to be wary of is that some areas on a bike need specialist tools and bodging just is not an option (Im thinking cranks, bottom bracket, headsets and wheel building/truing)
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