Trailside Bicycle Repair & Maintenance

Mechanical issues and unexpected problems can happen on any ride. Understand and work through many of the most common bicycle repairs and maintenance situations.

Topics include:
• Flat tire repair
• Wheel-related issues
• Dropped chains
• Cleaning and lubricating your drivetrain
• Replacing tubes
• Basic trailside troubleshooting
• What tools and supplies to carry and purchase for common repairs

This class is a combination of hands-on demonstration and lecture based instruction designed to build confidence and prepare riders for real-world riding situations. Youth ages 10+ are welcome to register with an enrolled adult.

Please leave your bikes at home for this class.

Erik Bloom

Instructor

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Erik's passion for teaching started when opening a youth bike program east of St. Paul in the late 90’s that is still helping kids today earn bikes while learning how to repair. During his 19 years as the Director of Training at the largest swim school in the Midwest, he developed an understanding for keeping things simple and teach skills that build. He saw a need for not only adults but our youth to learn how to fix the simple to more advance bicycle mechanical issues as well as setting up a bike for a better fit.

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