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Bicycle Maintenance and Repair: Commuting and Running a Small Repair Business

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A practical, South African guide to keeping a bicycle safe and running, riding it to work or school, and earning from bicycle repairs, for commuters, learners and students who ride, delivery riders, parents, and anyone who wants a small repair income from a stand, a home workshop or a mobile service. Twelve chapters follow a young man in Tembisa who rides to work, starts a Saturday repair stand and grows it into a small workshop; a nurse in Pietermaritzburg who commutes on an e-bike and learns to look after it and charge its battery safely; and a seventeen-year-old learner in Mitchells Plain who learns to fix his own bicycle and nearly buys a stolen one, with advice from a mechanic in Bloemfontein with a workshop of his own: the parts and kinds of bicycle and getting the fit right; tools, a workspace and working safely; the quick check before every ride and routine care; tyres, tubes and fixing a puncture; rim and disc brakes, pads and cables; gears, the chain and chain wear; wheels, spokes, bearings and the headset; commuting safely, road position, hand signals, lights and the rules of the road; locking a bicycle properly, theft, buying second-hand and e-bikes; setting up a repair business; pricing a job, job cards, customers and the consumer law on repairs; and growing the business, including the registration needed to sell used bicycles. The law in general terms, dated, with every rule ending in check with the official source, and the jobs best left to a specialist named plainly. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, and a bike file: a bike profile and fit check, a toolkit list, a safety-check card, a puncture and tyre log, brake, gear, wheel and bearing checks, a commuting plan, a security and e-bike sheet, a repair business plan, a price list and job card, a customer and records sheet, a growth plan, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. No brands, shops, suppliers, insurers or banks are named or recommended. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a bike file, safe workshop practice, the law taught in general terms, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Getting to Know Your Bicycle
  2. Chapter 2: Tools, Workspace and Safety
  3. Chapter 3: The Safety Check and Routine Care
  4. Chapter 4: Tyres, Tubes and Punctures
  5. Chapter 5: Brakes
  6. Chapter 6: Gears and the Chain
  7. Chapter 7: Wheels, Bearings and the Headset
  8. Chapter 8: Commuting Safely
  9. Chapter 9: Security, Theft and E-bikes
  10. Chapter 10: Setting Up a Repair Business
  11. Chapter 11: Pricing, Customers and the Law
  12. Chapter 12: Growing the Business
  13. Appendix

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