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Home » Cycling skills workshops » Bike maintenance workshops

Bike maintenance workshops

Demystify your bike!

Learn how to keep your bike in top working order, no rocket science needed. Adjusting your bike to fit you, cleaning and lubricating it, repairing flats, adjusting brakes and shifters, replacing cables. This workshop helps take the mystery out of how your bike works.

Your bike raises some questions that we can help you answer:

  • "I’m worried about relying on my bike to get to work on time. What if something happens to it along the way?"
  • "My bike doesn’t shift well, so I tend to stay in just a small range of gears. That makes the hills tough. Do I have to take it in to the shop?"
  • "My brakes squeak loudly, so I’m hesitant to use them fully. Can that be fixed?"
  • "I get a sore neck and sore shoulders when I ride. Do I need a new bike, or is there something I can do to make this one work?"
  • "I want to spend some money on my bike to upgrade it, but I’m not sure what parts to spend the money on. Any suggestions?"

Details below.

Join us for this workshop and learn about:

  • fitting your bike for comfort & efficiency;
  • cleaning & lubricating your bike;
  • basic repairs: fixing flats, replacing cables;
  • adjusting brakes & shifters;
  • what tools and accessories you need.

No technical skills needed.

Bike optional

This module involves explaining how the various parts of their bikes work, how to adjust or repair them as necessary, and how to make the bike you have work for you with some minor adjustments and additions.

Although it’s not necessary for participants to bring their own bikes, doing so can allow them to refer to their particular bike immediately, helping increase the knowledge they retain and allowing for beneficial questions.

What you can expect

As well as presenting practical information in an easy-to-understand manner, the workshop allows for significant interaction with the participants and fielding questions.

Taught by an internationally certified cycling instructor, this session shares with you a wealth of techniques taught in cycling courses throughout North America.

Contact The CCE today to book your bike maintenance workshop or to find out more! See the menu above for more details.

Online courses also available:

  • Trigger an unresponsive traffic light on your bicycle.<!--<br />Seasoned rider? New to cycling in traffic? Add years of experience to your tool kit right now.-->
    Trigger an unresponsive traffic light on your bike.
  • Improve your daytime (and nighttime) visibility when riding your bicycle.
    Improve your daytime (and nighttime) visibility.
  • Be maneuverable, visible, predictable, and communicative on a bicycle in traffic
    How to be an MVP-C: maneuverable, visible, predictable, and communicative.
  • Move away from the curb to make yourself more visible & gain maneuverability.
    Moving away from the curb: when it's legal, and safer, to be further left in the lane.
  • Discourage the left cross in an intersection on your bicycle.
    Discourage the left cross in an intersection.
  • Pass parked cars on your bicycle without concern.
    Pass parked cars without concern.

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Edward Pullman is a long-time rider and active advocate, and someone who can provide good advice.We can always learn more, and I'll be joining in to do just that. ... See MoreSee Less

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"Google Maps has announced significant updates to its cycling route information, allowing users to better prepare for a journey on two wheels. Additional details include warnings for heavy traffic and steep hills as well as enabling ‘easier’ comparisons between bike routes."www.cyclingweekly.com/products/google-maps-upgrades-its-cycle-navigation-with-added-detail-includ... ... See MoreSee Less

Google Maps upgrades its cycle navigation with added detail - including warnings of heavy traffic and steep hills

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Bike routes will now highlight potential difficulties as well as supplying detailed information about road type and providing comparisons
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When you ride up to a traffic light and nothing happens, and you wait and wait...It doesn't happen to people driving a car, yet there are ways of getting the light to change. (And if it doesn't, here's what you can do.)thecce.org/cycling-skills/traffic/triggering-a-traffic-light-on-your-bike/ ... See MoreSee Less

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How to get an unresponsive traffic light to detect your bicycle.
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Britain’s biggest cycle maker commissions circular factory over Ashford floodplain with capacity to make 200,000 bikes a year
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Now available: an extensive update to our Traffic Smarts for Cyclists courses! Separate versions for Canada and the USA.Act now before the upcoming price increase.thecce.org/online-courses/ ... See MoreSee Less

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