Learn how to maintain and make repairs to your bicycle.
Three clinics will be provided this Winter at the Local Bike Shop.
Call 372-2525 for more information.
Times and dates subject to change.

Flat Fixing Clinic
Saturday, Janaury 22, 2005, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Monday, Janaury 24, 2005, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

No fee, it's free!

Learn techniques on the best way to change a flat tire. How to remove the wheel, how to get the tire off of the rim, locating and removing the source of the flat (glass, wire, nail, etc.), patching or replacing the tube, putting everything back together, and airing up the tire using a pump or a CO2 cartridge.

The front tire may be easy, but what about the rear tire? Many people dread changing a rear tire, but most likely that's the one that will go flat. (It has something to do with Murphy's Law and weight distribution). Fixing a flat rear tire involves messing with the chain and derailer. Learn how how to do it the easy way.

Also find out what tools and equipment you should carry with you so that you can change a flat.

Wheel Building Class
Evenings at 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Tuesday January 11, 2005
Thursday January 13, 2005
Tuesday January 18, 2005
Thursday January 20, 2005

$25 charge
Minimum of 2, Limit of 4,
and you must pre-register.

This year there is an option of
building your own custom wheel!

2005 Wheel Building Workshop

• Types of rims and how to choose the correct rim for use
• Choices in spokes and how to choose for your purpose.
• Spoke crossing patterns.
• Types of wheel hubs.
• Using a DT Swiss Spokes Chart, learned how to measure the rim and hub to calculate spoke length.
• Demonstration of a spoke cutting and threading machine.
• Load the spokes into the hub
• Draw up the wheel using a three-cross pattern.
• These wheels have 36 spokes, each 263 mm long.
• Finish the wheels with wheel truing, rounding, and dishing.