Basic Bicycle Maintenance (Winter Edition)

Description:

This course will cover basic bicycle maintenance concepts, with a special added session on getting your bicycle ready for winter.  Topics covered in the course will include changing a flat tire, drivetrain basics, brake systems maintenance, bearings systems adjustments, and bicycle winterization.  Students will be performing the maintenance themselves, on their own bicycles, after a short instruction and demonstration.  This is a basic course, and some bicycle types may be outside of the scope of the course.  There will be accommodation available for those without their own bicycles or with incompatible models.

Class Goals:

The goal of this course is to get students comfortable working with their bicycles, and prepared for the particular challenges of nasty weather.

Prerequisites:

The only prerequisite is the desire to learn.

Materials:

Whenever possible, ride your bicycle to class.  Students who don’t bring their bicycle class may be teamed up with someone else, or they may be assigned a bicycle to work on depending on the lesson.  Wear clothing that you will not mind getting some road grime and grease on.

Instructor Biography:

Seven Of Nine, or “Seven” as she’s commonly known, has learned her bicycle maintenance skills through a combination of attending Broadway Bicycle School’s course triumvirate, and spending inordinate amounts of time around SCUL headquarters.  Seven maintains a small fleet of “normal” bicycles at home in her laboratory and she has read a stack of bicycle repair manuals for kicks.  Seven enjoys maintenance best when her SCUL comrades get together and ask her two or three “how do I…” questions at once.  She’s also keen on hot yoga, meditation, making electronics go, and treasures playtime with friends.