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

01227 479643

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Professional Mechanics Course
level 3 (Certified by Canterbury College)

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. Maximum of 4 students on each Professional Mechanics Course.

7 day Professional Maintenance Course £950
(level 3)

Our Professional Mechanics Course is run over 7 days and is an extension of our 5 day Park Tool Course and 10 day City and Guilds Courses.
The course is aimed at those who want to take their mechanic skills to the next level. A good level of cycle mechanic skills is required to undertake the course.

General Course Contents

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Specific Course Details

Day 1

Disc Brakes

System types

Brake pads

·         Pad types

·         Brands

·         Cleaning

·         Wear

·         Bedding in methods

·         Squeaking / warbling

Rotors

Mounting types

Caliper fitting

Caliper alignment and adjustment

Shimano brake bleeding

·         Forward bleed

·         Back bleed

·         Dual bleed

Day 2

Disc Brakes

Hope brake bleeding

Hope pad alignment

Avid Juicy brake bleeding

Avid Elixr brake bleeding

Caliper strip down and rebuild

Lever strip down and rebuild

Day 3

Suspension Forks

·         Rider setup
Compression and rebound settings and adjustments
Determining sag measurement

·         Lower leg servicing of forks

·         Servicing of coil and spring Rochshox forks

·         Servicing of single and dual air Rockshox forks

·         Servicing of Fox forks

·         Servicing of Magura forks

·         Servicing of Marzocchi forks

·         Fault finding

Day 4

Suspension systems

·         Types of suspensions

·         Single pivots

·         DW links

·         Four bar

·         Faux bar

·         VPP

·         Benefits and problems with different systems

Rear suspension

·         Rider setup
Compression and rebound settings and adjustments
Determining sag measurement

·         Fox shock servicing

·         Rockshox shock servicing

·         Fault finding

Frame alignment

·         Tools for alignment measuring

·         Methods for alignment checking

·         Cold setting frames

Frame geometries

·         Manufactures drawings

·         Interoperating differences between brands

·         Stack and reach system

·         Bike Cad demonstrations

Day 5

Wheel Servicing

Shimano

·         Data sheets

·         Cup and cone system sizes

·         Cone replacement

·         Bearing replacement

·         Dismantle and rebuild hubs

·         Freehub body replacement

Campagnolo

·         Data sheets

·         Cup and cone system sizes

·         Dismantle and rebuild

·         Freehub body servicing and bearing replacement

·         Cone replacement

·         Bearing replacement

·         Track replacement

Mavic

·         Data sheets

·         Cartridge system

·         Dismantle and rebuild

·         Freehub body servicing and bearing replacement

·         Bearing replacement

·         Bearing adjustment

·         Differences between Mavic systems

Hope

·         Data sheets

·         Cartridge system

·         Dismantle and rebuild

·         Freehub body servicing and bearing replacement

·         Bearing replacement

·         Bearing adjustment

·         Axle sizes and changing axles

Day 6

Pedals

Tool overview
Servicing- Strip down, clean and bearing replacement

·         Shimano Road

·         Shimano MTB

·         Look

·         Speedplay

·         DMR V8 and V12

Headsets and Bearings

External cup, integrated and semi-integrated
Tools for measuring sizes and angles of bearings
Frame prep for integrated headsets
Types and sizes of bearings for integrated headsets
New standards from Cane creek

Bartape fitting

Cork tape
Leather and synthetic tape

Chains

Tool overview
Installation and removal

·         Shimano

·         Campagnolo 10 speed

·         Campagnolo 11 speed

Chainsets

Installation, removal and bearing replacement of Campag Ultra Torque

Installation, removal and bearing replacement of Campag Power Torque

Installation, removal and bearing replacement of the new press fit style chain sets and bottom brackets

·         BB30

·         BB86

·         BB90

·         BB92

·         BB94

·         BB95

·         BB386EVO

Day 7

Internal hub systems

Wheel removal and replacement
Gear cabling
Gear adjustment
Sprocket replacement
Cleaning
Servicing
Part replacements
Seal replacement
Hub brake service
Data sheets
Problem solving

Internal hub systems to be serviced

·         Rohloff

·         Alfine 11 speed

·         Alfine 8 speed / Nexus

·         SRAM

·         Sturmey Archer 3 speed

·         Sturmey Archer 5 speed

·         Sturmey Archer 8 speed

·         Sturmey Archer with internal brake

Professional Course 2012
May	14th-20th
June	full
August	6th-12th
September	24th-30th
October	27th-2nd Nov
November	19th-25th

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