Bike maintenance workshop- Bike basics

Bikes are fairly simple machines and you can do a lot of maintenance yourself if you’d like. Pedal Power’s bike maintenance courses will give you the skills to conduct repairs yourself, whether you're at home or out on a ride. Pedal Power offers three levels of courses – bike basics, beginner, and intermediate. This allows you to take a path to develop your maintenance skills.

This bike basics course is perfect if you ride your bike either regularly or occasionally, but don’t want to get caught out with a mechanical failure!

This course will cover:

• Overview of a bike, its parts and their function
• Basic day-to-day care.
• Pumping up tyres - how to determine their correct pressure
• Cleaning and lubricating chain
• Observing bike for wear

• Preventing issues.
• Listening to your bike and recognising the signs and symptoms of different issues
• Cycling best practice as relevant to mechanical operation.
• Basics of how to perform on-the-fly gear and brake quick adjustments.
• Punctures and how to deal with them. 

What to bring: your bike, some snacks, a readiness to learn!