ELCAS bike Maintenance Course : ELCAS Park Tool Course : ELCAS Bike Mechanic School Canterbury Kent UK : DownlandCycles.co.uk

01227 479643

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

Our ELCAS bike maintenance courses are run in our 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. Build up your confidence on our bikes before tackling your own bike. Maximum of 4 students on each Course.

ELCAS Frame building courses are run in our purpose built frame building room. Each student has their own frame building jig and brazing tools. Maximum of 2 students on each course.

How ELCAS works

Questions

Have you already completed a City & Guilds or equivalent cycle course?
Yes: book on course IACM14T or IACM14
No: book on course IACM17T or IACM17
You would like to learn to build a frame
book FBC

Simply choose your dates from below

Intensive advanced Cycle mechanic course (Professional)- Level 3
(ELCAS course code IACM14T)
£2400

We have combined our courses to give you the best cycle mechanic qualification and experience. The course is an intensive 14 day course which can be taken in either one 14 day course or two 7 day courses.
The first 3 days you will recap on health and safety and bike mechanics. Followed by advanced wheel building and problem solving mechanic assessments.
The second 7 days involves hydraulic disc brake servicing, suspension system servicing, design and setup, factory wheel servicing, hub gear servicing and much more.

Following the 14 day teaching session you will be given an Own Business Start-Up Manual, everything you need to know about setting up a business in the cycle trade. Retailing advice, how to setup and equip a workshop, cycle hire, stock control and ordering, Epos systems, how to set up and manage customer databases, a database of suppliers and where to get what items from which supplier.

There will be an additional 2 days (dates to be arranged) mentoring in a real workshop working under full supervision
You will leave with everything you need to set up a workshop; knowledge and experience.

Intensive Advanced Cycle Mechanic Course - Level 3
(ELCAS course code IACM14)
£1845

Advanced Cycle Mechanic Course - Level 3
(ELCAS course code ACM17)
£1970

The same course content as the Intensive courses above but taught over a longer period. This course is split into two 5 day segments and a 7 day segment. You will learn the same as on the intensive course but at a slower pace

Advanced Cycle Mechanic Course - Level 3
(ELCAS course code ACM17T)
£2525

Following the 17 day teaching session you will be given an Own Business Start-Up Manual, everything you need to know about setting up a business in the cycle trade. Retailing advice, how to setup and equip a workshop, cycle hire, stock control and ordering, Epos systems, how to set up and manage customer databases, a database of suppliers and where to get what items from which supplier.

Frame Building Course (tuition and materials)- Level 3
(ELCAS course code FBC)
£2400

Frame Building

for those of you wanting to ride something a bit special, something you have made yourself then this is the course for you. Come and learn the skills of frame building at Downland Cycles.

Build a frame to fit you perfectly.

The 11 day course caters for absolute beginners, and no experience of brazing or welding is needed to attend our course. As long as you are practical and are confident in using hand tools them we will be able to teach you how to build a frame

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Accommodation

We have shared bunk house accommodation for students. Price is £38 per night, this includes breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, afternoon cakes and a cooked evening meal.

There is good local riding; both on and off road, local pubs serving some of Kent's finest ales.

If you fancy a day off from riding or just want to relax stay in and sit in the garden and watch the buzzards, woodpeckers and owls that's fine.

TV with Freeview and wireless internet is also supplied.

Park Tool Course

Call to book your place 01227 479643

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