3hr BYO Bicycle Maintenance Course

Huntingdale

TOOLS & WORKSTANDS onsite. All you need is you & your bike
Duration: 3 hours
Cost: $140
Location: 1317 North Road, North Rd Service Rd, Huntingdale VIC 3166, Australia (Yes, we’re still inside Kennards Self Storage)
Difficulty: 1 out of 5
Dates: Usually 1-2 sessions per month in the winter, 3-4 in the summer. See booking form below
Contact Number: 0497 084 527
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3 Hour BYO Bicycle Maintenance Course

Learn in small interactive groups with experienced professional trainers guiding you as you learn about bicycles using your own bicycle on our designated workstands with workshop tools at your disposal.

Topics Covered

Drivetrain: What is it & how’s it work?
Overview of gears, brakes & chain
Gears & chain maintenance
Changing tyres the right way
Safety checking the bicycle
Replacing brakepads
How to keep rolling when things go wrong

Our courses cover
SRAM, Campagnolo, Shimano, electronic & manual groupsets

Location:
151 Raleigh Road
Maribyrnong, VIC 3032
Australia
Phone Number: 0497084527

There’s no signage for 1226BIKES at our Maribyrnong bicycle shop. We are located on the 1st floor of Kennards Self Storage. To visit us just head over to KSS, park in the the KSS carpark & give us a call on 0497 084 527 One of our team will come down & let you into the building

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Andrew Brain

03:10 13 May 24

For the non-mechanical person that I am, this course certainly gave me some tips and tricks into now not always having to take my bike to the shop... Well worth it and I recommend it.

Dan Laush

12:41 15 Apr 24

Took a great 3-hour bike maintenance class with Steve. Learned so much about how gears and brakes work. Hope to take more classes here in the future.Would only mention this is a foundational knowledge class. It prioritised teaching a full understanding of the mechanical workings of the bike but I'd been hoping for a bit more doing. Mostly exposition with interludes to experience adjusting the gears and brakes and checking the chain stretch. We watched him change a tire in the last 5 minutes but didn't do it ourselves, and patching a tire isn't covered.Steve was super knowledgeable and answered everyone's questions along the way. We moved between everyone's bikes looking at different types of brakes and gear sets.

Peter McCready

01:58 10 Apr 24

It was very detailed and easy to follow I learned a lot about my bicycle very helpful thank you guys

Stephen Davison

22:19 30 Mar 24

Great course easy to follow and made simple by Steve

Daniel Simonovski

21:43 19 Mar 24

Great beginner's maintenance course. Very friendly and helpful instructor. Definitely recommend.

E As

08:56 20 Jan 24

I should have done this course years ago. An absolute joy to be able to enjoy learning about bike care by bike lovers more concern ed about how you take care of the machine than selling you a product. Thanks very much.

Phil

00:39 17 Sep 23

Did the beginners maintenance course with Ben and Steve, learned a lot and really recommend this to anyone else who rides frequently, wants to understand more about bike mechanics, and is keen to be more self sufficient. Will be signing up for the more advanced training later on!

Carl Lethborg

07:28 15 Aug 23

Fantastic short course.Both Ben & Steve are very friendly, engaging and make everyone feel at ease.Very relaxed atmosphere and everyone felt comfortable to ask the dumb questions.Highly recommend for anyone who wants to learn some basic and not some basic mechanical knowledge about bike maintenance and component functionality.

Nicholas Zull

23:21 17 Nov 22

I took the basic bike maintenance course. 3 packed-in hours looking at gears, brakes, cleaning, and general mechanics of a bicycle. This course is a must-do for anyone that wants to get the most out of their bike. Ben and Steve were amicable and knowledgeable. I strongly recommend them!

Steven Rankin

11:53 13 Nov 22

Did the basic bicycle course this Saturday and didn’t know what to expect. Ben and Steve were great, made the entire experience well worth it. We had 9 people in my group, all from different cycle requirements. I knew very little about my road bike but found out plenty of useful information and got to do it on your own bike. Fitted a new chain as well. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to know a bit more about how to adjust parts in your bicycle. Going back for an advanced course.

Garnet Johnson

07:33 29 Aug 22

I attended the Bike Maintenance course run by 1226 Bikes on 27/8/22 and found it to be well conducted, educational, fun and inspiring. Presenters, Steve and Ben, shared the presenting and assisting with practical application of the lessons taught. They also made sure that they spoke in language appropriate to the knowledge and experience of participants. Whilst having knowledge far in excess of most participants, Steve and Ben, were not patronising and did not talk down to participants.I have no hesitation in recommending this course as a great introduction to maintaining bicycles.

Naomi Johnson

21:50 28 Aug 22

A brilliant beginners' bike maintenance course. I was going into the three-hour course with a VERY low base of knowledge (I cannot understate how ignorant I am) but Ben and Steve were incredibly patient, tailoring the delivery of information in such a way that I didn't get left behind, but without dragging the rest of the class down. They were kind and patient in providing me extra assistance in the practical component of the course and were incredibly affirming. I learned a lot and I actually now feel quite confident to manage any little niggles or issues which come up while I'm riding. I will definitely go back to 1226 Bikes for any servicing, maintenance or parts I need and can wholeheartedly recommend their expertise, knowledge, teaching and welcome. If you know even a little about bikes, or ride bikes at all, the course is great to do!

Inderbir Singh

10:09 28 Aug 22

Ben and Steve were welcoming, friendly, funny and knowledgeable. They answered all the questions I asked. They even replaced the chain and the rear gears on my bike without charging for the labour. Maximum of 10 people attend the class. It was great to see the diversity, some people were more knowledgeable than the others. In 3 hours lots of basic things like, cleaning chain, changing tyres, hydraulic brake pads, limiting gears, greasing, etc were covered. I will definitely be going again to learn the advanced course. Strongly recommend anyone to attend if you would like to be more confident when fixing your bike.

Run by friendly, experienced & professional trainers with years of experience
We know how to teach tuning & maintenance

The Trainers

The mountain bike guy. Bike builder & head mechanic at 1226. If Steve’s the stylist, Ben’s the executor. Modifications, conversions, complicated custom builds… Ben’s done it all…

Because of the diversity of bikes we build, our customer base & years of training at the 1226 courses, there’s not much he hasn’t worked on or seen including your beautiful beast

Whatever you bring Ben’s got you covered!

The road bike guy. Steve’s a bike builder & head stylist at 1226. If you’ve seen our Neo-Retro builds, our resto’s, our crazy MTB colourways Steve’s fingerprints all over them! He’s been building bikes for the last 12 years

If you’ve ever tried to tune your gears with Youtube & couldn’t figure out any, most, or even some of what they were saying Steve will blow your mind! Even if you’ve never looked at the back end of your bike Steve’s got you covered