HarBUG Events 2016 – HarBUG – Harwell Campus Bicycle Users Group

Some dates for your diaries. More details to follow but HarBUG will be running the following events to promote and encourage commuter cycling to and from the Campus:

April 20th – Cycle to Work day, sponsored by Magnox.
May 12th – Talk on ‘Cycling with Confidence’, sponsored by STFC.
May 19th – Lunchtime Cycle Training Group 1, sponsored by STFC.
May 26th – Lunchtime Cycle Training Group 2, sponsored by STFC.
June 15th – Cycle to Work day (Bike Week), sponsored by T.B.A.
June 15th – The Bike Repair Man, sponsored by STFC.

All events are free so please support them (you will have to pay for parts to the Bike Repair Man, but labour is free) .

Cycle training has very limited spaces (4 each group) and we really want to target people who would like to cycle to work but are not confident using roads, so it is probably not suitable for most HarBUG members. More details about applying later.

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- March 9, 2016 at 4:55 pm #2924
  
  admin
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  List of events HarBUG is running this year to promote and encourage commuter cycling.
  
  [See the full post at: HarBUG Events 2016]
- March 9, 2016 at 5:11 pm #2926
  
  NP
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  Would there be any interest in bike maintainance training and would that be something the STFC money could be put towards? I’m thinking along the lines of gear/brake adjustment, chain repair, puncture repair, cleaning and lubrication – that kind of thing. I’m not sure if that is covered by the Bike Repair Man event or not.
  
  Personally I can fix a puncture but that’s about my limit.
- March 10, 2016 at 8:09 am #2927
  
  robm
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  I’d certainly be interested in bike maintenance training – more gear and brake adjustments for me.
  
  I’ve looked at the Evans Cycles FIX IT training which runs every two weeks in Reading, but it’s not a good night for me due to family commitments.
- March 10, 2016 at 8:31 am #2928
  
  NickP
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  I’d be interested in it too.
- March 10, 2016 at 8:44 am #2929
  
  VictoriaN
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  I would be interested in the maintenance side of things too.
- March 10, 2016 at 9:08 am #2930
  
  harry
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  I would also be interested in bike maintenance particularly gear and brake cable and adjustment/replacement, and perhaps wheel bearings and mountain bike fork servicing. Good idea.
- March 10, 2016 at 9:14 am #2931
  
  Justin.greenhalgh@stfc.ac.uk
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  I’d love to know how to true a wheel having changed a broken spoke.
- March 10, 2016 at 9:35 am #2932
  
  Sarah
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  There have been a few replies in favour of a maintenance course, mainly expressing interest in slightly more advanced aspects. I’d like to add to that a comment in favour of some training in the absolute basics, aimed really at people who are unlikely to be HarBUG members (yet).
  
  Many years ago I went on a course on basic bike maintenance. The main thing covered was fixing a puncture, but it also covered changing brake blocks and simple adjusting of gears and brakes.
  
  I think learning how to fix a puncture and replace my brake blocks was vital to my adopting cycling as a regular means of transport.
  
  Puncture repair we could probably demonstrate to people ourselves, without setting up a formal training course.
- March 10, 2016 at 9:47 am #2933
  
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  It would be great to get some experience on this stuff, especially the more complex stuff you can’t do with just an hex key.
  crank and sprocket changes. how to use a chain link tool without buckling the pin. how to adjust derailleur trims and spoke tension to make brake setting easier. a harbug maintenance self help group might be good as long as we have the required knowledge between us(and youtube).
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