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.
2012 Salt Lake City Dates (Subject to Change)
Winter Classes
- January 9th @ 6pm sharp: Overview of suspension systems (Basic)
- January 16th NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Day)
- January 23rd @ 6pm sharp: Tires & Tubes
- January 30th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs & Rear Sprockets
- February 6th @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
- February 13th @ 6pm sharp: Pedal, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
- February 20th NO CLASS (President’s Day)
- February 27th @ 6pm sharp: Chains
- March 5th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
- March 12th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
- March 19th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
- March 26th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
- April 2nd @ 6pm sharp: Headsets
- April 9th NO CLASS
Spring Classes
- April 16th @ 6pm sharp: Tires & Tubes
- April 23rd @ 6pm sharp: Hubs & Rear Sprockets
- April 30th @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
- May 7th @ 6pm sharp: Pedals, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
- May 14th @ 6pm sharp: Chains
- May 21st @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
- May 28th NO CLASS (Memorial Day)
- June 4th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
- June 11th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
- June 18th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
- June 25th @ 6pm sharp: Headsets
- July 2nd NO CLASS
Summer Classes
- July 9th @ 6pm sharp: Tires & Tubes
- July 16th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs & Rear Sprockets
- July 23rd @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
- July 30th @ 6pm sharp: Pedals, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
- August 6th @ 6pm sharp: Chains
- August 13th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
- August 20nd @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
- August 27th @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
- September 3rd NO CLASS (Labor Day)
- September 10th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
- September 17th @ 6pm Sharp: Headsets
- September 24th NO CLASS
Fall Classes
- October 1st @ 6pm sharp: Tubes & Tires
- October 8th NO CLASS (Columbus Day)
- October 15th @ 6pm sharp: Hubs & Rear Sprockets
- October 22nd @ 6pm sharp: Wheel Truing
- October 29th @ 6pm sharp: Pedals, Cranks & Bottom Brackets
- November 5th @ 6pm sharp: Chains
- November 12th No Class (Vetrans Day)
- November 19th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 1
- November 26th @ 6pm sharp: Shifting Systems Part 2
- December 3rd @ 6pm sharp: Rim Caliper Brake Systems
- December 10th @ 6pm sharp: Disc Caliper Brake Systems
- December 17th @ 6pm sharp: Headsets
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.