Looking to learn bike maintanance

businessdit

Hi folks -

I'm looking to learn bike maintenance over the next 2 weeks so that I can fix my bike. I have approached Rothar but they say they are booked out until Christmas.

Does anyone know of any good mechanics who would teach me and fix the bike at the same time. Obviously I would pay them well for a one to one lesson as we fix my bike.

Any ideas?

Carawaystick

What do you want to learn to fix?

youtube could be your friend here

Schrodingercat

Where abouts are you?

http://www.bikemaintenance.ie do it in Sandyford every Friday night I think.

road bike one week, mountain bike the next.

Step by step, we work on different areas of the bike. The instructor demonstrates the procedure before you try it on your own bike. With the maximum group size of four people its very easy to ask a question or to get one to one assistance. All classes are held in a professional workshop environment with access to specialist tools and spare parts shall they be required.
This course offers exceptional value for money considering that you strip your own bike right down to the bare frame and rebuild it yourself. The cost is just €80 per person which includes €20 worth of high quality gear and brake cables plus all lubricants, grease and oil.
Midweek evening courses are held all year round. If you have a small group of biking pals, we will travel to your area. We are located at the state of the art Lambscross Communty Centre in Sandford, conveniently located just 2 minutes from the M50 Junctions 13 and 14.

Smokeyskelton

I don't know where you are based, and I haven't any experience of the following courses, but they are both in Dublin 7:
http://thebikeinstitute.ie/contact-us/
http://irishcycletechtraining.com/contact/

Best of luck with it.

Chuchote

Rothar bike cafe in Fade Street do courses, including one (very expensive) for the City & Guilds bike mechanic qualification:

http://www.rothar.ie/bike-maintenance-classes.html
http://www.rothar.ie/Professional-Mechanic-Courses.html

magicbastarder

check out evening courses for them - a lot of places are starting fresh courses next week, and some offer bike maintenance, e.g.

http://www.hartstown-cep.com/tuesday-classes/
course #205

tara83

magicbastarder wrote: »

check out evening courses for them - a lot of places are starting fresh courses next week, and some offer bike maintenance, e.g.

http://www.hartstown-cep.com/tuesday-classes/
course #205

Apparently there wasn't enough interest for this to go ahead. Good to see the other suggestions here

saccades

biking.ie do courses too.

CramCycle

Carawaystick wrote: »

What do you want to learn to fix?

youtube could be your friend here

+1 on this, is there a specific problem or do you want to become a bike mechanic. If it is a specific issue, even posting here may get you the answer you need.

Chuchote

If you join a club you're likely to get lessons on the fly as people run into mechanical problems, and your fellow club members will advise you about oiling, tyre pressure, punctures, cables, etc as needed - advice which you'll go on to pass to newer club members in turn.

Lumen

Chuchote wrote: »

If you join a club you're likely to get lessons on the fly as people run into mechanical problems, and your fellow club members will advise you about oiling, tyre pressure, punctures, cables, etc as needed

Even when not needed, and particularly if you're a woman.

CramCycle

Lumen wrote: »

Even when not needed, and particularly if you're a woman.

This is that mansplaining thing again.

robyntmorton

CramCycle wrote: »

This is that mansplaining thing again.

Is it wrong to say that someone mansplaining to me would need to go looking for my tire levers, and will need to wash them off when they retrieve them?

Please do help me if I ask for help. Don't think I know nothing though.

CramCycle

robyntmorton wrote: »

Is it wrong to say that someone mansplaining to me would need to go looking for my tire levers, and will need to wash them off when they retrieve them?

Please do help me if I ask for help. Don't think I know nothing though.

I got mansplained what a bike lane was recently, I had never heard the phrase until said to me by Chucote. I feel that a hearty thumbs up and a smile, while less satisfying than losing your tyre lever, often fills me with a hint of satisfaction.

Chuchote

For those who haven't experienced mansplaining (lucky them), Rebecca Solnit's funny essay about it - I especially like the use of the word 'ashen':

https://www.guernicamag.com/daily/rebecca-solnit-men-explain-things-to-me/

Lumen

robyntmorton wrote: »

Is it wrong to say that someone mansplaining to me would need to go looking for my tire levers, and will need to wash them off when they retrieve them?

Be careful what you threaten, you might get a positive response. :pac:

As a single woman new to my club said to me w.r.t gender balance, "the odds are good but the goods are odd".

Chuchote

Lumen wrote: »

Be careful what you threaten, you might get a positive response. :pac:

As a single woman new to my club said to me w.r.t gender balance, "the odds are good but the goods are odd".

Perhaps this is why my normal response to any man critiquing anything I do is to say "The tools are in this bag, I'll let you show me how to do it, how kind of you!"

They seldom take up the offer, oddly; expertise is like a precious jade spanner: it needs constant polishing but a lot of use might damage it.