Our ERCC bike maintenance class was held on 28th July 2025. Thank you to all those who attended. We had a fun evening.
This was the first of two classes, specifically aimed at cyclists with no prior technical experience. The second class will be held at a further date to be arranged.
Most cyclists ride their bike with limited knowledge of what bike components make up a bike, what they do, how they can go wrong and how to fix them either at home or when out riding.
This class provided a nice opportunity to get up close and hands on (without getting dirty). Bike components were taken off, passed round and examined by all.
This is a great start to safely and confidently attempting your own maintenance and repairs which will inevitably save you £££’s.
The evening covered: –
- RIM BRAKES
- Assessing condition and braking power of rim brakes
- Setting up rim brakes
- Changing brake blocks
- Renovating brake blocks
- BRAKE CABLE CONDITIONS
- Assessing cable and outer wear, changing and lubrication
- DISK BRAKES
- Assessing condition and power of disk brakes
- Setting up disk brakes
- Changing disk shoes
- HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS
- Fluid leakage and pad contamination
- Renovating disk pads (where possible)
- HEAD BEARINGS
- Assessing condition
- Adjustment of head bearings
- HANDLEBAR STEMS
- Assessing condition
- Adjustments
- BOTTOM BRACKET
- Assessing condition
- Tightening
- FRONT SPROCKETS
- Assessment and adjustment (where possible)
- GEAR CABLES CONDITION
- Assessing cable and outer wear, changing and lubrication
Our next maintenance evening will cover: –
- MECHANICAL SHIFTERS
- Assessing condition, position and attachment
- Assessing ratchets
- MECHANICAL FRONT MECHS
- Assessing condition of front mech
- Setting up position of front mech
- MECHANICAL REAR MECHS
- Assessing condition of rear mech
- Setting position of rear mech
- CHAINS
- Checking for stretch and wear
- Inserting a joining piece
- Chain cleaning and lubrication
- SEAT PIN
- Lubricating
- Positioning
- SEAT
- Adjustment
- TYRES AND INNERTUBES
- Assessing condition
- Changing roadside
- FRAMES AND FORKS
- Assessing condition
- PEDALS
- Assessing condition
- Attachment and removal
- BIKE CLEANING
- Tools and techniques