2 Day Bike Maintenance Course : Park Tool Course : Bike Mechanic School Canterbury Kent UK : DownlandCycles.co.uk

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Park Tool School 2 Day Bike Maintenance Course

Downland Cycles Bike Maintenance Centre. If it can be repaired, we'll teach you how

Park Tool Course

Our bike maintenance courses are run in our purpose built Park tool training centre. Each student has their own work bench and own set of tools to work with. Bikes are provided for you to practice on for the first day of the course both road and mountain bikes are available. Build up your confidence on our bikes before tackling your own bike on day 2 for a full strip down, clean, re-lubricate and rebuild. Maximum of 4 students on each Park Tool Course.

Park Tool Course

2 day Cycle Maintenance Course £275
(level 2)

On our Park Tool course you will learn everything you need to know about your bike. No stone left unturned. By the end of the 2 day bike maintenance course you will have learnt all the skills necessary to be a competent mechanic. No experience is needed to take one of these courses, we take you right back to basics and build your skills quickly and rapidly.

Course Contents

Two Day Bike Maintenance Course

The two day Park tool course gives the student the ability to strip a bike down to the frame clean it and then build lubricate and replace worn components.

Park Tool Course

This is a condensed version of the five day bike maintenance course. It is tailored to meet the type of bike that the student brings along as opposed to learning about all of the different systems that are available.

The aim of this course is to enable the students to give their own bike a full service. Strip it down to the bare frame and rebuild it.

Items Covered

Overview of tools.

What types of tools are required within a cycle workshop

Lubrication and cleaners

Diagnosing problems with a bike

Tyres and inner tubes, installation and removal and repairing

Pedals, installing, removing

Crank arm, installing and removing

Chain rings removal

Chains, the types of chain available, fitting, removing and getting the correct length

Chain cleaning and lubrication

Rear sprocket removal and fitting

Bottom bracket removal and fitting

Headset servicing

Brake systems

Front derailleur fitting and indexing/adjustment

Rear derailleur fitting and indexing/adjustment

Park Tool Course

Maintenance Course Dates 2011/2012
-	2 Day Courses	5 Day Courses
	-	-
January	21st-22nd	2nd-6th
February	13th-14th 18th-19th	-
March	27th-28th	5th-9th
April	28th-29th	16th-20th
May	24th-25th	28th-1st June
June	15th-16th	18th-22nd
July	21st-22nd	9th-13th
August	7th-8th	13th-17th
September	13th-14th	-
October	6th-7th	15th-19th
November	9th-10th	-
December	22-23rd	17th-21st

Call to book your place 01227 479643

In the event of cancellation, full refund will be given if your place is filled.

Description of levels accredited by Canterbury
College and the city and Guilds equivalents

level 1
puncture course
gear course

level 2
2 day maintenance
5 day maintenance
city and guilds 7 and 10 day
level 3
professional 7 day
wheel building
disc brake
suspension

level 4
frame building

Course reviews from previous students

It was brilliant and well worth the costs of the course and the trip
down from London. Martyn and Phil were fantastic teachers and they
demystified stuff about bikes that had bewildered me for years. I
believe I now have the confidence to do a complete strip down and
rebuild and ensure my rig runs like a dream.

Cameron

I wish to thank Downland Cycles and in particular Martin Hay our instructor for the excellent 2 day bike mechanic's course, held in June 2010.
Martin is an extremely knowledgeable and experienced bike mechanic and instructor with a friendly helpful approach to passing on his knowledge and skills.
By mid morning on the first day, I was amazed at the amount of information I had gained and felt the course had already paid for itself.
By the end of day one, I wondered if I would remember everything, because we had covered so much information and gained so many new bike mechanic tips and techniques.
However, on day two, whilst working on our own bikes, it all came together whereby I gained confidence and remember feeling excited when everything we had been taught came together.
The 2 day weekend course was well worth it and staying in Canterbury added to the pleasure.
The course was recommended to me by my local bike shop, as they send their staff to be trained by Download Cycles.
I would have liked to have done the 5 day course, but couldn't take the time off work. The course was very informative and enjoyable. I have now booked on the one day wheel maintenance course in September and can't wait to start.

Many thanks,
Ian Gayton

Description of levels accredited by Canterbury
College and the city and Guilds equivalents

level 1
puncture course
gear course

level 2
2 day maintenance

level 3
5 day maintenance
wheel building
city and guilds

level 4
disc brake
suspension
frame building

level 5
advanced maintenance

Email: bryan@downlandcycles.co.uk Tele: 01227 479643