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Intro to Bike Maintenance + Self-Propelled Adventures (+ beach social) · Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
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Start: Wednesday, Jun. 30th, 7:00 pm
Description:
EDIT: time changed to 7pm (previously 6pm)
Do you have a bike? Have you been wanting to go on more bike-related trips? Do you want to learn how to change a tire and more advanced things like adjusting brakes? Do you like people who like talking about bikes?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should come to this "trip", hosted by myself (Melissa) and Kai Schwarz.
We will meet at the same patch of grass at Spanish Banks park that the VOC summer BBQs are held: Tolmie + marine drive.
The trip is aimed at folks who are keen on learning about basic bike maintenance and doing more self-propelled adventures, be that day trips, overnights, or longer off-road adventures.
We will have experienced self-propelled VOCers leading stations of about 5-10 VOCers each. Each group will spend 15ish minutes at each station learning about different topics. The 5 topics we thought of so far include:
1. Wheels (changing a tire)
2. Brakes (types, barrel adjustment)
3. Drivetrain (cleaning and lubricating the chain)
4. Self-Propelled Adventure Info (bike touring vs bike packing, types of bikes, how to choose a bike, gear)
5. Trip Planning (sharing resources like bikepacking.com, talking about campgrounds, local trip ideas, what it takes to lead a trip)
After each groups spends time at each station, we will have a general social like the normal VOC BBQs. BYO food and other stuff ;)
There won't be a pre-trip meeting but if you have questions or other inquiries, you can shoot myself or Kai an email
Posted: 2021-06-15 13:20:04
Last modified: 2021-06-29 22:06:36