Basic Maintenance

Maintenance Course for first-time bicycle owners.

This short four-hour course won’t turn you into an expert mechanic quite yet, but it will teach you the eight essential bicycle maintenance and repair skills. These skills are what make the difference between riding and walking home with your bike over your shoulder.
Leave the greasy jobs for the shop mechanic, but learn how to look after your own bicycle without those continuous and pesky return trips to your bike shop.

The 8 Essential Bike Maintenance Skills you will learn on the Yellow Saddle maintenance course for beginners:

• How to clean a bicycle
• How to fix punctures.
• How to adjust gears.
• How to adjust brakes.
• What to look for in a complete safety check.
• Nifty emergency roadside repairs.
• How to read the vital signs of your chain’s health.
• How to fit a Missing Link to your chain.

Since this course is best taken with a group of people some of the bonus advantages are:

• You will learn how to approach the same problem on different types of bikes
• Meet interesting people and make new friends.
• Become the hero of your neighbourhood’s children.
• Gain confidence to save damsels/knights in distress
• Work with cool tools
• Drink great coffee
• Save a fortune on repair work and tubes.

If this sounds too good to be true, read on. There’s more.

On this course, no question is a stupid question.
You don’t have to own any tools – see what you need before buying.
You must bring a dirty bike – how else can you learn to clean a bike.
You can come dressed in shorts and slops.

And that’s not all….the course only costs R439-00.
In addition to great training and a fantastic experience, you’ll also get

• A Yellow Saddle limited edition* baseball cap.
• A pair of sturdy tyre levers.
• 10 of the world’s best bicycle tube patches.
• A tube of head-spinning good patch solution.
• A Missing Link for your chain
• A free bike wash.
• A laminated safety checklist

The DIY Course comes with a yummy goodie bag

Book today.

Look at the schedule here.

Where does the course take place?

At the Yellow Saddle World Headquarters in Northcliff, Johannesburg.

How do I book?

Pay your deposit of R150-00 against the date you’d like to attend.

Make a direct deposit into the Yellow Saddle account.
Standard Bank
Account number: 421776315
Branch Code 051001
Use your name as a reference.

The balance is payable by noon on Friday prior to the course.

What is the catch?

If you book and don’t arrive, your fee won’t be refunded.
If you cancel less than 7 days before the course, your deposit/fee won’t be refunded, but can be offset against another course.