Twin Cities Bicycling Club are sponsoring two Sunday evening courses in the next two weeks to help people learn simple maintenance on their own bikes. The courses are being taught by Jamie MacDonald, who is the only local wrench I’ll let touch my own rides.

Attendance would be free, even for a nonmember. If you show for the dessert potluck, it would be polite to, say, bring a dessert and not be a brownie-snarfing freeloader.

Here’s the info, snarfed like a freeloader from the TCBC web site.

15 SUN BIKE U – BEGINNING BIKE CARE AND FEEDING. Begin dessert potluck at 6:30 PM, presentation at 7:00 PM at Sunrise Cyclery in Minneapolis (3031 2nd Ave S – 35W to Lake St exit) Learn beginning bike maintenance from Jamie McDonald, bicycle mechanic extraordinaire. Jamie will cover basic bike maintenance and troubleshooting – if you hesitate when your handlebars or seats need adjusting or aren’t sure how to clean and lube a bike, this class is for you.

22 SUN BIKE U – ADVANCED BIKE CARE. Begin dessert potluck at 6:30 PM, presentation at 7:00 PM at Sunrise Cyclery in Minneapolis (3031 2nd Ave S – 35W to Lake St exit) Learn advanced bike maintenance from Jamie McDonald, bicycle mechanic extraordinaire. Imagine you’re at Ironman standing in a pleasant 40 degree drizzle with a bike that won’t shift. Wouldn’t it be nice NOT to wait for that sag wagon? For those who know the basics and are ready to learn more.

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Author: julie

Julie Kosbab is an online marketing consultant and active transportation advocate living in Anoka County, Minnesota. She was one of Minnesota's only League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructors when certified in 2005. She is a past member of the National Bicycle Tour Directors Association. She has 2 children and 4 bicycles. Find her on Twitter as @betweenstations.