cycle training

Irish professional bicycle mechanics Association

A bicycle mechanic should be every bit as professional as any other mechanic that has the responsibility of maintaining, repairing & servicing a customer’s vehicle.

Ireland has over 420 bicycle shops now across the country however very few of the mechanics that work in these shops have any qualifications to prove they have received any training as a professional bicycle mechanic or reached any level of competency. You have no way of knowing if the shop employs suitably qualified mechanics or if they can stand over the work you have paid for in the event of an accident or dispute regarding the quality of repairs carried out.

In a recent survey carried out in late 2015 it appeared that less than 10% of mechanics have formal bicycle maintenance qualifications.

Obtaining a professional bicycle mechanics qualification has been untill late 2015 impossible in our country untill the introduction of a 2nd level C&G program through ourselves & LCFE (Limerick College Of Further Education) although we had been running un-accreditied training programs to share training, it took untill late 2015 to gain accreditaion.