(Guelph, April 14, 2009)  Winterborne Bicycle Institute (WBI) announces yet another offering of their premier “Pro Bike Mechanics” course.  This comes in response to continued in-season demand and course waitlists.  The  11-day hands-on immersion course will be run June 8 to 19 at the fully-tooled shop/classroom in Guelph, Ontario.  “The manufacturing downturn is freeing up people with good mechanical skills and a strong work ethic,” says WBI’s Jay Filer.  “Some of these f

(Guelph, Feb 24, 2009)  Winterborne Bicycle Institute announces an additional early-season offering of their premier “Pro Bike Mechanics” course.  This will help to meet demand reflected in growing waitlists for the course.  The  11-day hands-on immersion course will be run April 20 to May 1 at the fully-tooled shop/classroom in Guelph, Ontario.  The continuing shortage of trained bicycle mechanics, coupled with declining fortunes in the manuf

Monday, March 3, 2008 - Winterborne Bicycle Institute (WBI) is pleased to announce an additional offering of our "Pro Bike Mechanic" course, to be run July 7 to 18. We've had a number of requests from enthusiast home mechanics who've asked us to run a summer course when they're able to take some vacation time.

(Guelph, ON, Dec 12, 2007)

During our last course, Jay, Alan and the class were interviewed by Vik Kirsch of the Guelph Mercury.  The story can be found online at http://news.guelphmercury.com/article/271116 and is reproduced in the attached pdf file.

Nov 2007 - Montreal and Vancouver

At ExpoCycle in Montreal in September, Jay and Alan were interviewed by Amy Wright, publisher of Momentum Magazine (see www.momentumplanet.ca/gear/winterborne-bicycle-institute).  The resulting story appears in the attached pdf file.

(Guelph ON, Aug. 28, 2007)  

Winterborne Bicycle Institute (WBI) celebrated a successful first year, delivering two over-subscribed bicycle mechanics courses to bike shop owners and mechanics, and a third and smaller course in the Spring for home mechanics.  WBI presented certificates to 22 students who successfully completed the intensive 11-day hands-on course. 

As appeared in SPOKE, the student newspaper at Conestoga College, January 29, 2007.

Wheels keep turning at Conestoga   2007/1/29
By TIFFANY MCCORMICK  
  
A new Conestoga course really gets its students moving as continuing education’s professional bicycle mechanic course begins its second session today.

Sept 2006 - Montreal, ON

The Bicycle Trade Assoc of Canada (BTAC) annual ExpoCycle trade show gets underway and Winterborne Bicycle Institute is featured in the show magazine "Connections".  See the full article in the attached image.

Contact: Jay Filer, Winterborne Bicycle Institute, 519-826-0556

June 6, 2006 - Guelph, ON  

Winterborne Bicycle Institute

July 7, 2006 - Kitchener, ON

"Conestoga [College] has a successful history in partnering with industry to deliver courses that meet economic needs while offering students enhanced job prospects" says Dan Pierdra, director, continuing education of Conestoga College. 

That pattern continues with the announcement of the College's partnership with the newly launched Winterborne Bicycle Institute, which will offer an 11-day immersion course in bicycle mechanics for the Canadian bicycle industry.