[Registration open] Common Cycle's Fall 2025 Maintenance Course

[Nate Phipps]

Hello Common Cycle! 

We’re excited to announce the application for our Fall Maintenance Course. 

For our fall 2025 and spring 2026 courses, we are trying a new four-week class format that focuses on the most common bike maintenance issues, including diagnosing common problems, brake and shifting issues, and wheel truing. A basic overview of the syllabus can be found on our website.

Please read the information and apply at the link below if you'd like to take part. We always receive more applicants than we have available slots, but we will do our best to accommodate as many applicants as possible. We expect to accept 15 applicants to ensure there is enough time and space to create a positive learning environment for participants. Current volunteers will be given priority. No knowledge of bike repair is required - just an interest in learning more and helping others. 

Common Cycle's maintenance courses are intended to help train current and future volunteers and community members by providing hands-on experience and general knowledge about fixing bicycles and assisting people who come to our bicycle co-op. 

Common Cycle's Fall 2025 Maintenance Course will be held on Mondays from 6:30-8:30 pm, beginning October 6th, and run for 4 consecutive weeks, concluding on November 3rd. There will be an optional volunteer orientation on November 10th. Classes will be held at the Common Cycle Co-op, located at 416 W Huron St Suite #11, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. 

Although this is a low/no-cost course, we ask you to respect both the high demand for this opportunity and the large amount of volunteer work that goes into coordinating and teaching the course. Specifically:

• If you are enrolled, we expect you to attend all four sessions or make clear in your application that you will not be able to attend all sessions. 

• If selected, we expect participants to complete at least one of the following:

• Volunteer at least once a month over the next 4 months (these can be while you're enrolled in the class as a way to complement your work in class), OR

• Donate $25, but no one is turned away for lack of funds, OR

• Write a 250-word essay on why you’d like to take the course.

Application link: Fall 2025 Maintenance Course Application 

Applications close Saturday, September 20th at 11:59 p.m OR when we reach 40 applications. 

Please direct any questions to in...@commoncycle.org.

Ride well!

-Nate