I took mountain biking up again in later life so as is quite common I ended up doing bits and bats of bike maintenance without really knowing what I was doing.  My generally unsuccessful attempts consisted of the good old trial and error approach or trawling through the dreaded internet invariably resulting in fairly conflicting and confusing information.  The bike maintenance course was a game changer for me, turns out the bike mechanics, who have obviously been working on bikes for decades, have developed much more effective ways of doing things (who knew!). 

The course helped me to make some, what seemed like fairly minor changes to the way I do things, that add up to a much more successful approach and a lot less frustration and ferrying bikes backwards and forward to the bike shop.  Pleasingly this has saved me money and most importantly given me more time to ride, so well worth the very reasonable cost of the course and the time invested.  I should also mention it was good laugh and I met some lovely people that share my passion for all things bike related.