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

01227 479643

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Park Tool School 5 Day Bike Maintenance Course

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

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 4 days of the course both road and mountain bikes are available. Build up your confidence on our bikes before tackling your own bike on day 5 for a full strip down, clean, re-lubricate and rebuild. Maximum of 4 students on each Park Tool Course.

5 day Cycle Maintenance Course £420
(level 2)

Learn everything you need to know about your bike. No stone left unturned. By the end of the 5 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

Five Day Course

The five day park tool course gives the student the ability to strip a bike down to the frame or buy a frame, prepare it and then build it with the components of their choice.

It gives the student the opportunity to use workshop tools and equipment previously unseen by home mechanics.

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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, description of sizes, installation and removal and repairing

Pedals, installing, removing and re-threading

Crank arm, installing and removing, square type, splined and cottered

Chain rings removal

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

Chain alignment

Chain cleaning and lubrication

Rear sprocket removal and fitting

Bottom bracket removal and fitting, cartridge type

Bottom bracket removal and fitting, adjustable type

Bottom bracket rethreading and facing

Hub servicing and adjustments

Headset servicing, A-Head and threaded

Headset replacement, tube and fork reaming

Replacing spokes

Wheel truing

Brake systems, calliper, linear, side pull, dual pivot

Brake cables and housing

Gear systems, STI levers, twist grips, down tube, thumb levers

Gear cables and housing

Front derailleur fitting and indexing/adjustment

Rear derailleur fitting and indexing/adjustment

Stems, handlebars and seat posts, types, fitting measuring and adjusting

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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

level 3
5 day maintenance
wheel building
city and guilds

level 4
disc brake
suspension
frame building

level 5
advanced maintenance

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

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