Interested in improving your wrenching skills or starting from scratch? The Salt Lake City location offers FREE instruction from the Park Tool School from 6-7:30 each Monday Volunteer Night at the SLC Community Bike Shop. Each week we will pick a different chapter (schedule below), and provide you with bikes to practice on, so don't bring your own. We will have the textbook, Park Tool's Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair, for sale during the classes. Please bring paper and pen or pencil to write notes. While it would be beneficial to attend all the lessons, feel free to pick and choose since each class topic is taught independently of the others.
2013 Salt Lake City Dates (Subject to Change)
Winter Classes
January 7th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs
January 14th @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
January 21st @ 6pm sharp: NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Day)
January 28th @ 6pm sharp: Tires & Tubes
February 4th @ 6pm sharp: Pedal, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
February 11th @ 6pm sharp: Chains & Cassettes
February 18th: NO CLASS (President’s Day)
February 25th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
March 4th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
March 11th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
March 18th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
March 25th @ 6pm sharp: Headsets
April 1st @ 6pm sharp: In-Field Repair
Spring Classes
April 8th: NO CLASS
April 15th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs
April 22nd @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
April 28th @ 6pm sharp: Tires & Tubes
May 6th @ 6pm sharp: Pedals, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
May 13th @ 6pm sharp: Chains & Cassettes
May 20th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
May 27th NO CLASS (Memorial Day)
June 3rd @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
June 10th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
June 17th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
June 24th @ 6pm sharp: Headsets
July 1st @ 6pm sharp: In-Field Repair
July 8th: NO CLASS
Summer Classes
July 15th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs
July 22nd @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
July 29th @ 6pm sharp: Tires & Tubes
August 5th @ 6pm sharp: Chains & Cassettes
August 12th @ 6pm sharp:
August 19th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
August 26th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
September 2nd NO CLASS (Labor Day)
September 9th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
September 16th @ 6pm Sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
September 23rd @ 6pm Sharp: Headsets
September 30th @ 6pm Sharp: In-Field Repair
Fall Classes
October 7th NO CLASS (Columbus Day)
October 14th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs
October 21st @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
October 28th @ 6pm sharp: Tubes & Tires
November 4th @ 6pm sharp: Chains & Rear Sprockets
November 11th No Class (Vetrans Day)
November 18th @ 6pm sharp: Pedals, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
November 25th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
December 2rd @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
December 9th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
December 16th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
December 23rd @ 6pm sharp: Headsets
December 30th @ 6pm sharp: In-Field Repair
If you really get into it, inquire about volunteering your new-found knowledge during our Do-It-Yourself Nights (we really need confident women for Women's Night), or as a Youth Instructor in our Earn-a-Bike classes. We can teach people to be technical, but we can't teach them to be personable, so if you like people, we can turn you into a great mechanic.
If you have any questions contact our Shop Manager.
