Description

Intended to support you getting to intimately know your bike, our bike maintenance course take place in our fully equipped workshop at Betteshanger Park, Deal. Each attendee has their own work bench equipped with a large range of tools to use. Bikes can be provided for you wrench on, however you will get the most from the course if you bring your own bike. With help from our tutors and mechanics, you will on day 1 of the course completely strip down your bike to its component parts. On day 2 you will then clean, lubricate and rebuild.

We offer small teaching groups with a Maximum of 6 students on each Park Tool Course.

During the Park Tool course you will also learn the basics of maintaining your bike. 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 Details

The two day Park tool course gives the student the ability to part strip a bike down to the frame, clean it and then build, lubricate and replace worn components – this is equivalent to a typical ‘gold’ or highest level service.

The 2 day bike maintenance course will be tailored to meet the type of bike that you bring along and so is not intended to cover all of the different types and brands of systems that are available.

The aim of this course is to enable you to best enable you to service and maintain your own bike. To take apart, service and replace components where needed such as braking components (cables, brake blocks and calipers) gear or groupset components (chain, derailleur, cassettes, chain rings, cables).

Items Covered

• Overview of tools.
• What types of tools are required within a cycle workshop.
• Lubrication and cleaners.
• Tyres and inner tubes, installation and removal and repairing.
• Pedals, installing, removing.
• Crank arm, installing and removing.
• Removal and refitting of the chain, and getting the correct length.
• Chain cleaning and lubrication.
• Rear sprocket removal and fitting.
• Bottom bracket removal and fitting.
• Brake systems.
• Front derailleur fitting and indexing/adjustment.
• Rear derailleur fitting and indexing/adjustment.

After successful completion of this course you will receive a Parktool BBB-3 training book and certificate