Course Details
Road and Trailside Maintenance
Key content
- Personal safety, tool and chemical handling
- Tools, lubricants and aids
- Degrease, clean and lubricate
- Pre-ride equipment check
- Righty tighty and how tight is tight? - the torque wrench
- Brakes - cable adjustment, disc pad and v-brake block adjustment and replacement
- Gears - indexing, cable adjustment, limit adjustment
- Transmission - chain repair and replacement
- Headset - aheadset adjustment
- Wheels - punctures, tyre repair
- Emergency repairs - what to do when....
This course can form part of a three courses in two days Maintenance Course Suite comprising the Road and Trailside Maintenance, Advanced Maintenance and Fleet Maintenance courses.
What next
This course leads directly to the Advanced Maintenance and Fleet Maintenance courses.
Printer-friendly versionAvailable Courses
| Date | Course Venue | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2013 | Bikespace Plymouth | Details... |
| 15 Nov 2013 | Dalby Bike Barn | Details... |
| 16 Nov 2013 | Velo | Details... |
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Availability:
Open
Bespoke
Duration:
One day for this course or two days as part of the Maintenance Suite
Essential
To attend this course, you should have previously picked up a spanner and tried to work out what might be wrong and what you want to do to fix it?
You will need to be willing to 'get your hands dirty'