06-01-14, 12:22 PM
(02-01-14, 12:54 AM)AdieR link Wrote: Haynes manuals are useful, don't know your location but your local college will be useful for the practical element.
Many college courses will be car based (but still useful for bike work), IIRC there's a bike-specific course available in Hull.
Being able to strip and rebuild is one thing, being able to diagnose a fault (esp perhaps electrical faults, which confuse many people) can be a whole other matter.
as AdieR says - check your local colleges. They may offer bike mechanics courses (I know one up near me in Kilmarnock does this from Late September on and they envourage you to bring your own bike in to work on it.
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