{"id":2966,"date":"2020-12-02T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lvcat.org\/lvcat\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T16:19:58","slug":"new-class-bicycle-wheel-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/new-class-bicycle-wheel-building\/","title":{"rendered":"New Class &#8211; Bicycle Wheel Building!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just added to the calendar! This is a single-day class with our next offerings on February 21st (class full) and March 21st (two spots available).<\/p>\n<p>This 8-hour class offers the full experience of wheel building science and technique. Students will learn about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>types of rims &amp; spokes<\/li>\n<li>lacing patterns<\/li>\n<li>calculating spoke lengths<\/li>\n<li>spoke tension<\/li>\n<li>wheel dishing<\/li>\n<li>truing stands, tensiometers and other tools<\/li>\n<li>spoke thread preparation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over the course of the day, every student will build a wheel from start to finish. In a small group setting of no more than four students, this class will be cerebral, hands-on, and fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.square.site\/buy\/Q5WLXZMVEJ3U3ISMZIOLLAHR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for the Wheel Building Class<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These classes will be taught by CAT expert mechanic and Barnett Bicycle Institute graduate, Bill Meiklejohn.<\/p>\n<p>Note: all materials (rim, hub, spokes, tools) will be provided for building a practice wheel during the class. (Note: wheel not included with the class fee).<\/p>\n<p>Future resources provided at the class: a recommended reading list will be provided at the class, USB thumb drive including spoke length calculator, hub and rim measurement forms.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming dates for our\u00a0courses are listed below and on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvcat.org\/lvcat\/calendar\/calendar-bicycling-classes\/\">CAT Bicycling Classes Calendar<\/a>.<br \/>\nMore about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parktool.com\/park-tool-school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Park Tool School<\/a>\u00a0at parktool.com<\/p>\n<p>COVID Note: Precautions include mask-wearing, social-distancing, and infrared forehead temperature checks upon arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just added to the calendar! This is a single-day class with our next offerings on February 21st (class full) and March 21st (two spots available). This 8-hour class offers the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,27,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bike","category-cat-workshopoffice","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3038,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions\/3038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.car-free.org\/lvcat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}