Love the Environment and Optimize your Shredding (Bike Maintenance Clinic)

OVERVIEW

You brought a bike to school thinking you’d commute around grounds in speed and style, but 2 months into the semester, it started making an annoying clicking sound that drove you so mad you stopped riding. Or maybe it got a flat you just never got around to fixing. Or maybe the brakes are wearing just a bit too thin for comfort. If any of these is you, then join me for some bike repair and maintenance!

I love bikes and think they’re a really important vehicle for:
Green-minded lifestyle (goodbye, gasoline)
Accessibility (not everyone can afford or has access to a car)
Transportation (convenience – never pay for parking and get places faster than walking)
Sport (MTB, need I say more?)
If a tune-up is something that will get you back out on your bike, let’s make it happen!

This will be a fairly basic clinic that will cover the ABCDs of bike maintenance:
A – air (tires, tubes, tire pressure)
B – brakes
C – chain (lube, alignment)
D – derailleur (alignment/shifting smoothness)

Common problems we can fix during this clinic:
– Low tire pressure
– Flat, damaged, or popped tube
– Old tires
– Worn out caliper brakes
– Gummy chain and/or cassette
– Clicking noise while pedaling
– Chain falls off while shifting gears
– Uneven/bumpy/not smooth shifting

If you don’t know anything and don’t want to know anything about bike repair, just bring your bike and I’ll give it a tune-up. If you want to learn, I’ll step you through what I’m doing so you can do it yourself in the future!

This will be kind of office-hours style, so you don’t need to be there for the full time, although if you have a more involved repair or need derailleur work done, I’ll ask you to get there toward the beginning of the time range.

In the questionnaire, please provide a robust description of the problem or thing you’re trying to fix. Depending on the issue, I will reach out for some more details, might ask for some pictures, and may request that you procure some parts ahead of time if any parts require replacement (I’ll guide you on what to get and how much it might cost before you commit).

Location: the bike repair stand in front of O’Hill dining hall. If you need help finding it, text me: 317-264-9685.