Case study - CTC maintenance course

Situation

The Cyclists’ Touring Club officer in Bradford wanted a maintenance course for a group of women who had just learnt to ride and were now interested in learning some basic cycle maintenance. BikeRight! had already taught in Bradford and the organisation approached us to deliver another course.

Our solution

The women were very new to maintenance so we opted to deliver our basic maintenance course, working to the speed of the slowest person, concentrating on building up a good basic knowledge.

We spent a long time working on wheel and tyre removal with the women working on their own bikes. It was also an ideal time for the women to ask about saddles, load carrying and tool kits.

As the women were practising new skills, we were able to work with people who had moved on and taught them to adjust brakes. Three of the group were able to fathom out how to get a truculent disc brake working!

Benefits

• Everyone enjoyed the course.

• We got 3 bikes on the road that had formerly been unusable

• Everyone came away more confident and feeling that they could pass on their skills

• Developed skills to enhance their new-found passion for cycling

Related projects

• Two further cycling champion cycle maintenance courses

• Dr Bike sessions at Bradford cycling festival

• Duke of Edinburgh bicycle maintenance course, Hull

• Group open courses in Manchester and throughout the North West

• CW4 Wheelers bespoke course