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Coming Soon - Fifth Session |
Back for its fifth session is a five-part course taught by Larry Black, "Bicycle Maintenance and Repair." The five classes are Wednesday evenings, 7:30 p.m. 9:00 p.m., October 2 through October 30 at Bushy Park Elementary School in Glenwood, Maryland. Bring your bicycle to class. This course covers how to keep a bicycle and its rider working as an effective team. The FUNdamentals of riding - commuting, racing, touring, alternative bikes, and fitness are discussed and interwoven with nuts and bolts repair lectures and demos from flats to overhauls. Other helpful topics include: * Safety * Selecting a bike - new or used * Getting the best value in bikes * Selling or trading your used bike * Equipment upgrading for efficiency * Bike advocacy and legislation * Events in the area and local clubs and organizations * Advanced topics like wheel building and frame alignment also are covered Larry Black, founder of College Park and Mt. Airy Bicycles, has been teaching bicycle maintenance classes since 1973, so your questions won't be new to the instructor. Questions raised at a store get lost in the craziness of ringing phones and serving other customers. But here, the class is limited to 15 students, permitting individual attention. Previous editions of this class have been full. The course fee is $45 (with an optional manual available for $20 at first class). Register with the Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks (410-313-7275) or its webite at http://www.co.ho.md.us/recparks/rpperdev.htm. Larry can be reached via Larry@bike123.com. For further information on the textbook, see http://www.parktool.com/park_tool_school/index.shtml. For directions to Bushy Park Elementary School and further information about the stores, go to www.bike123.com/class.htm. Directions to Bushy Park Elementary: It's at 2670 Route 97, Glenwood, MD 21738, (410) 313-5500. From the DC Beltway, take MD-97 (Georgia Ave.) North 10 miles to Olney, which has all sorts of restaurants. Continue North on Georgia Ave for 11 more miles to the tiny town of Glenwood. Continue about 0.2 miles past Union Chapel Rd to pass Glenwood Middle School on the left. Immediately after that school, you'll see Bushy Park, also on the left. The school is 2 miles south of the intersection of MD-97 and I-70. Mt. Airy Bicycles Mt. Airy, Maryland |