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Originally Posted by KTrain
The last day of the repair class was as good as the first.
We took apart and cleaned/lubed the crankset and headset. Learned how to true a wheel both with a shop machine and using our bike in an emergency situation. We learned how to drain/replace hydraulic brakes.
Finally, the instructor helped everyone with issues they found on their bike the day before. One gentleman replaced the cassette on his road bike. Another replaced the tire and chain on her mountain bike. I just replaced the bar tape...but he showed me how to do it properly so I'm happy about that. The bike feels like new too. Now I'm going to practice on my Cross bike.
I now have my Basic Bike Mechanic Certificate! Which is on the fridge next to the kid's drawings.
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After your posts I started looking for classes in Vancouver. There aren't any exactly what I'm looking for, but I'll keep searching. Most of my knowledge to work on a bike has come from a book I bought at mec, and YouTube videos from Global Cycling Network (
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuT...OkJ0H_GAztWt0Q). I also like GCN's humorous videos.
I really enjoy the look of your bike. I'm a big orange and black fan, so I appreciate all the orange. I wanted something like that colour scheme, but my Cervelo is red and black, and then my Felt is black and white. I just kept accenting everything with red, but I envy the orange.