Cytech

[rideswithmoobs]

Are the home mechanic courses any good ? Wanted to get some more knowledge in my spare time and just something of interest to do

 

[numbnuts]

You could have a look at this
http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help#

 

[ianrauk]

@Flying Dodo may help answer your question.

 

[rideswithmoobs]

You could have a look at this
http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help#

Good stuff. I like

 

[Flying Dodo]

There's a number of different courses available. The standard Cytech Home Mechanics course is 2 days covering general things to look at and service on a bike :- headsets, chainsets, cassettes, how to adjust gears properly, then types of brakes and how to adjust them, and then wheels and tyres. Some places will do a shortened version (but not as a Cytech course) in 1 day, but they'd all be good for explaining the basics, especially if someone isn't sure about how to maintain a bike.

Separately, there's a Home Mechanic Plus course, which is much more advanced as it's a 5 day course and is actually part of the Cytech 2 mechanics course, just without the wheel building part and only has one complete bike dismantling/rebuilding session required rather than two. It does assume you've a fair amount of technical knowledge about bikes already and isn't for beginners.

 

[rideswithmoobs]

There's a number of different courses available. The standard Cytech Home Mechanics course is 2 days covering general things to look at and service on a bike :- headsets, chainsets, cassettes, how to adjust gears properly, then types of brakes and how to adjust them, and then wheels and tyres. Some places will do a shortened version (but not as a Cytech course) in 1 day, but they'd all be good for explaining the basics, especially if someone isn't sure about how to maintain a bike.

Separately, there's a Home Mechanic Plus course, which is much more advanced as it's a 5 day course and is actually part of the Cytech 2 mechanics course, just without the wheel building part and only has one complete bike dismantling/rebuilding session required rather than two. It does assume you've a fair amount of technical knowledge about bikes already and isn't for beginners.

Thanks for the info, will look into the Cytech courses more. Thanks again

 

[Gez73]

http://www.ceracycloan.co.uk/community-events/
Done a full day course here, well worth it. Free too but only about 8 spaces per course. Run with a bike shop owner and a charity that teaches youths about bicycle maintenance and gives them an interest. Very useful for a first timer wishing to do more at home. Gez