Courses

This course takes place over a defined four week period, which after successful completion earns you the Bike Inn Foundation Certificate in Bicycle Mechanics. If you are wishing to attain your IMI Level 2 qualification this course prepares you the intensive on-site week required to attain your qualification.

You will work through online and practical assessments that will provide enough knowledge and skills to effectively enter you into the industry. This is a flexible and achievable way to study - particularly given the current Covid-19 pandemic situation.  We’ll be there for you at the other end of emails, chats, phone calls and structured online meetings to answer all your questions and ensure you are not left feeling alone during your learning.

As with our traditionally structure IMI Level 2 training, we still provide additional course content over and above what is deemed to be the basic qualification requirements ,because we consider this to be essential if you are looking to work in event support, a shop or to start your own business.

The course will give you an in-depth foundation knowledge of build, adjustment and problem solving, including all of the following:</p.

• Health and Safety
• Workshop Best Practices
• Relevant Legislations
• Tool Selection
• Bottom Brackets
• Headsets
• Brakes
• Manually Operated Gears
• Hubs
• Wheel Building
• Basic Hydraulics
• Tyres
• Trade Suppliers

This is the preparation course for our Intensive Practical Training week - and together the two elements cover the syllabus required for the IMI Level 2 Qualification in Bicycle Mechanics [OFQUAL accredited].

These two courses together are equivalent to our traditionally taught IMI Level 2 Weeks 1 & 2, just restructured to give you a more flexible and convenient way to train.

study at home modules Start on a given Monday each month, with a mandatory welcome video meeting on the saturday immediately prior - please ensure you are able to attend this and other video meetings throughout the course as they form an integral part of your learning and assessment. 

£630.00 per person

*prequalification required via our virtual foundation course*

This week is tough, we won't hide or apologise for that.  This week is required to achieve IMI Level 2 Certification.  Having learned the theory with our virtual learning course and practiced where possible on your own or your friends' bikes, the assessment and qualification week runs as follows:

Day 1:   Online IMI closed book assessments that must be passed and must be taken in our premises in Cumbria

Day 2:  Brake and Hydraulic Practical - Routine Cycle Maintenance

Day 3:  Wheel building (Plus time put aside for resits where necessary)

Day 4:  Wheel Building part 2 - Change a Cycle Frame (Complete strip and rebuild constantly assessed for individual systems)

Day 5:  Continuation of Day 4 (Plus time put aside for resits where necessary)

This week is conducted with a 2:1 student to assessor ratio allowing for a fully immersive learning experience and a high level of access to the instructors' feedback.  At the end of this week you'll know ,and will have practiced, more than most currently employed bike mechanics - giving you a springboard into the industry.

£1260.00 per person

Due to the Covid19 Epidemic we have produced a VIRTUAL version of this course, allowing you to begin your learning in the most convenient way whilst lockdown continues and travel restrictions apply.

This means that week one is now more cost effective, whilst week 2 is far more intensive.  Moving forward we envisage this becoming our preferred way of teaching, with this 2 week on-site course at The Bike Inn being offered less frequently and only when student numbers allow.

Our Level2 IMI course is for those who want a qualification that will provide enough knowledge and practical skills to effectively enter you into the industry, taking place over two consecutive weeks at The Bike Inn training centre, Cumbria. We also provide additional course content over and above the basic qualification requirements because we consider this to be essential if you are looking to work in event support, a shop or to start your own business.

The course will give you an in-depth foundation knowledge of build, adjustment and problem solving, including all of the following:

• Health and Safety
• Workshop Best Practices
• Relevant Legislations
• Tool Selection
• Bottom Brackets
• Headsets
• Brakes
• Manually Operated Gears
• Hubs
• Wheel Building
• Basic Hydraulics
• Tyres
• Trade Suppliers

Also being OFQUAL accredited, this qualification validates your trade insurance worldwide, however remotely you find yourself working.

£1890.00 per person

£378.00 deposit

Bookings & Availability

Our Professional Training (which will also enable you to attain your IMI Level 3 qualification) can be completed in one of two ways:

• Those who have already passed the IMI Level 2 certificate here at the Bike Inn can study the theory modules online over a designated one month period, followed by a one week immersive practical course and assessment, delivered here in Cumbria.
  

  £1980.00 per person

  for the IMI Level 2 graduates 'top up' course

• Alternatively, for those wanting to qualify from the beginning through to Level 3, we run the complete programme which comprises 4 separate training elements. We are also approved to provide this course through the ELCAS scheme, for those exiting from HM Forces.
  

  £3150.00 per person

  for the full 4 units

The IMI Level 3 course carries on from the course materials within the Level 2 qualification above, and goes on to cover the following...

• Frame geometry and a detailed look at how this affects bikes
• Advanced hydraulics, including rear suspension and dropper posts
• Advanced wheel systems and complex wheels
• Higher end group sets
• In depth diagnostics of all electronic group sets
• An introduction into performance bike fitting
• An introduction into cycling coaching

Further Information:

The four separate training elements for those starting out and wanting to achieve this qualification from scratch are as follows (to be completed in the order presented, but over a time period and course dates to suit you):

1. 4 Weeks Virtual Theory & Foundation Training (including IMI Level 3 modules 1-4)
2. 2 Days Practical Wheel Building, at our premises in Cumbria
3. 4 Weeks Virtual Professional Training (including IMI Level 3 modules 5-8)
4. 1 Week Intensive Professional Practical Training & Assessment, at our premises in Cumbria

Assessment to gain the Professional qualification entails an element of short essay writing, in addition to the virtual multiple-choice questionnaires, which must be completed in your own time and submitted and assessed before you can receive your qualification.

20% deposit required to book either option