Bike maintenance workshop: Brake Cables

Leaders
Andrew Fasano (he/him), Chrissy Glover, Josh Bradshaw, Sunhee Bae, Tian Ong
Type
Road biking
Trip date
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Difficulty rating
Chill

In this workshop, we will be going over how to replace brake cables. This will be a hands-on workshop, so bring your bicycle! We will provide the required tools, but feel free to supplement with tools of your own if you have some.

We will have replacement cables and cable housing that can be purchased through MITOC ($3 per cable)

When + where

Wednesday, July 19th, 6-8pm

MIT OpenSpace (look for the bikes) 292 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Bring

Required

  • bicycle

Optional

  • rags
  • disposable gloves
  • hex wrenches
  • pliers
  • cable cutters

Signup

Algorithm
first-come, first-serve
Maximum participants
8
Signups opened at
July 14, 2023, 9 a.m.
Signups closed at
July 19, 2023, 6 p.m.
Notes
  1. What type of bike will you be bringing (road or mountain)?
  2. What is your experience with performing bike maintenance?
  3. What bike maintenance topics are you interested in learning (in this workshop or generally)?
Signups for this trip are closed.