Maintenance for National Standard (Bikeability) Instructors
Course Type
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The National Standards Maintenance course is designed for Bikeability Instructors to fulfil the National Standards requirements for bike adjustments, safety checks and bike fit.
Designed to enable confidence and competence in the syllabus areas, this course demonstrates and enables you to practice all of the principles and how easy it is do the core principles in maintenance for Bikeability.
Course content
- A bike and its parts
- What you can do without tools
- Basic tools and how to use them
- Setting up bikes correctly - saddle, handlebars, levers
- Adjust bikes to fit the rider
- Pre-ride bike check - verify that bikes are safe
- Punctures - taking the wheel out, tyre removal, mending the puncture, replacing inner tubes, replacing the tyre and wheel
- Brakes - cable adjustment with barrel adjusters, brake pad alignment
- Gears - indexing (lining up the lever clicks with the gear changes)
- Aheadset ajustment
- Emergency repairs - what to do when.....
Course details
| Duration: | One day |
| Course type: | Combined training and assessment. more>>>> |
| Course options: | Available as open courses and as bespoke courses at your venue. more>>>> |
Entry Requirements
You will have undertaken your National Standard Instructor Training course before attending this course.
Progression routes
Once you have completed this course, should you want to learn more maintenance skills, tips and tricks, you can progress on to the Road and Trailside Maintenance course.
Course Calendar
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