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D.E.F. - DEVELOPING EXCELLENT FIXING-SKILLS
D.E.F. is an intermediate level bike repair class where big kids learn how to maintain and repair even the most mysterious parts of the bicycle.
Do you already have a basic understanding of how a bicycle works, but still have some blank spots in your knowledge you’d like to fill? Do you wanna know why your bike goes, “KACHUNK-CHUNK!” as you ride down the street and what you need to do about it? Have you always wondered what advantages cassette hubs have over freewheels? Or what’s the deal with threadless headsets and how do you work on them anyway? Well, D.E.F., the Intermediate Maintenance Class for Adults is for you!
Bike Works is thrilled to offer another great bicycle program for adults and this time we are delving deep into the arcane arts of advanced bicycle repair. The D.E.F. class will not only beef up your mechanical skills, it will also enhance your knowledge of bicycle componentry and vocabulary, empowering you as a mechanic and as a cyclist!
What The Class Covers
D.E.F. class takes the foundational knowledge you already posses as an intermediate bicycle mechanic and builds on it, taking you further than you thought you could go. The class focuses on current bicycle technology and advanced repair techniques. D.E.F. is considered a class for those with basic level of experience and comfort with bike repair, but it is still a safe and fun environment designed to help all students to grow as mechanics.
Over the course of six weeks you’ll overhaul and repair a fully equipped mountain bike, taking it from tired and abused to refreshed and refurbished, ready for riding! You will learn the basics of truing a wheel, how to set up derailleurs for reliable shifting, the secrets of overhauling complex three piece bottom brackets and advanced braking systems and much, much more! The best part is that you’ll not just be learning for your own sake, you’ll also be helping Bike Works prepare bicycles for our bicycle distribution programs. On top of all that it will be a great time!
Become an empowered cyclist!
Grow as an advanced bicycle mechanic!
Take part in the Bike Works community!
D. E. F.!
Class Details
Next class will be offered Feb 20th - Mar 26th
Monday evenings from 6:30-9:30pm
Enrollment now open! Click here for a registration form.
Six weeks of bike repair classes cost $150 or $100 or $50 with volunteer commitments of 9 or 18 hours of Bike Works volunteer support. Class is offered several times a year. This class is open to students age 18 and up. All class dates may be subject to change. Call 725-9408 ext.1 or email Davey at volunteers@bikeworks.org for more information.
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