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Bike Maintenance Course
Narrabeen North Public School, Namona St, North Narrabeen
This 4 hour course will take you through some of the routine bike maintenance items so that you can be confident to keep your bike running smoothly between services, and understand better how your bike operates. The course is being taught by an experienced bike mechanic.
"Excellent session, learned heaps and now have the confidence to work on my bike''.
Stuart Le Cornu -August 2015
Covers the following topics:-
• Tools for the home workshop and out on the trail
• Bike setup, seat height, pedals, cockpit, controls
• Bike safety inspection, pre-ride check
Derailleur Hangar Repair - disaster averted!
The Scummer's been an absolute joy since the rebuild, and I've been out getting in some long hard k's while the tracks have been drying out after the rain. But, disaster struck last week, a 'slam' gearchange, going onto the big ring at the front while shifting to one of the bigger cogs at the back with too much load (I should've known better), and the rear derailleur twisted out of the hanger, stripping what was left of some very tired thread after nine years of use. With a road bike, the hangar is usually permanently attached, and in my case, bonded into the carbon frame.