This jarrah and marri have grown up side by side and have now joined at the base. This seldom happens – usually after a few years one will outgrow the other and the weaker one will die.

But not always – these two have allowed each other to thrive – and now share a lifelong embrace.

This course is designed for the person who will work in a bike shop or bike assembly department of a store and will train the student to build a bike out of the box including adjustment of brakes and gears and truing of wheels. Boxed bike provided by us or by you.

This course runs for a minimum of 2 hours.

Cost: $125 (inc GST)

 The student will learn basic wheel theory and how to lace and true a pair of wheels from scratch:

•  using a rim, hub and spokes of your choice ordered by prior arrangement
• rims and hubs can be self supplied, details provided to us so we can calculate spoke length and advise or order for you
• or student can use our parts and the wheels remain the property of Cycletrek

This course runs for a minimum of 5 hours including lunch break. (BYO lunch)

Cost: $125 (inc GST) plus parts supplied by us

This will be a more hands on course where students, who have completed the above course or have prior experience, will perform work on their own bikes, including:

• Complete gear inner and outer replacement
• Wheel truing
• Removal, cleaning and re-installation of rear sprockets
• Adjustment of rear cup and cone hub
• Adjustment of front cup and cone hub

Demonstration of bottom bracket cartridge replacement (if yours needs replacing, we can order the correct part for your bike by prior arrangement, and you can perform the replacement on your bike)

Demonstration of headset replacement (if yours needs replacing, we can order the correct part for your bike by prior arrangement, and you can perform the replacement on your bike)

This course runs for a minimum of 5 hours including lunch break. BYO lunch)

Cost: $120 (inc GST) includes the Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair 2 valued at 49.95

or $85 (inc GST) if you already have BBB-2 (you must bring it along)

plus any parts provided by us

As the bikes of today are a fairly complex machine, this course will be based around the procedures a bike mechanic would perform on a new bike having its first (90 day) service. Demonstration bikes, which will be out of adjustment, will be set up for participants to learn how to adjust correctly, including:

•  Gears
• Headset
• Basic brake adjustment
• Wheel truing demonstration
• Discussion and demonstration of threads, lubes, leverage, and more to gain an understanding of basic engineering principles of the bicycle.
• Discussion and demonstration on the use of tools and tools selection

This course runs for a minimum of 5 hours including lunch break. (BYO lunch)

Cost: $120 (inc GST) includes the Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair 2 valued at $49.95 or $85 without the BBB – 2 (couples, family members, etc only need one BBB – 2)

(Note: BBB – 2 is required for this course)