Learning

Bike Basics classes

Our Bike Basics course is free for everyone who buys an OCBC bike, and $20 for others.

This course is the “Owner’s manual” for your bike, showing you how to fine-tune bike fit, do easy maintenance and simple adjustments, and some quick fixes for common mishaps.

Bike Basics 1 Fit adjustments, and no-tools safety checks
Bike Basics 2 Wheel care, and how to fix a flat tire
Bike Basics 3 Brake adjustments, and cable maintenance
Bike Basics 4 Shifting gears, and chain maintenance

Tune up series

In the tune up class, you will “adopt” one of OCBC’s donated used bikes — either for the co-op’s use in one of our programs, or to purchase for yourself. Volunteering after each class is also strongly encouraged, to practice what you have learned each week.

You will learn how to do a “tune-up” (assessment, cleaning, lubrication, and adjustments) on a bike that’s in reasonable working order and not needing replacement parts, other than tubes and tires:

Tune up 1 Assessment and prepping, tool use and lubes
Tune up 2 Truing and servicing wheels; more about tires
Tune up 3 adjusting, servicing and optimizing brakes
Tune up 4 Adjust drivetrain, and safety check all work

Overhaul series

This class covers basic principles and practices used to service, disassemble, clean, assess, and re-assemble or replace, as needed, any parts of (almost) any bike.

Overhaul 1  Handlebars, stems, forks, and headset bearings
Overhaul 2 Wheels, sprocket clusters, spokes, and hub bearings
Overhaul 3 Brake levers, cables, calipers, pads, and pivot posts
Overhaul 4 Pedals, cranks, chainrings, and bottom brackets
Overhaul 5 Shifters, cables, chains, and derailers

    Sign Up for Bike basics
    Sign Up for Tune up class
    Sign up for Overhaul Class

    Public shop use

    OCBC’s shop is open to the public for do-it-yourself repairs during all open hours, except 10am – noon on Saturday, when the shop is being used for our Shop Classes. There is a $5/hour cost to use the shop (which can be paid with volunteer credits) includes a workstation and stand, all supplies, and a professional assessment of the work to be done, if needed. To learn more, check out our Shop use page.

    Youth Earn A Bike

    Youth students can enroll in the Shop Classes (with an adult chaperone) to work on the bike they will earn. The student and chaperone pair will work together on one bike, so they will need to register as one unit and pay one fee of $100. Scholarships are available for the $100 tuition fee by filling out a pay-what-you-can form. Please email info@ohiocitycycles.org or call us at 216-830-2667 with questions.