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Rediscovery Centre Opens First Cytech Training Facility in Ireland

The Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland, today announced its partnership with Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for...

15 Apr 2024, more…

Talk the torque in the Cytech Tech Forum

Cytech, the internationally recognised training and accreditation scheme for bicycle technicians, has launched a new Facebook group - the Cytech Tech Forum –...

11 Mar 2024, more…

BikeBiz editor gets hands on with Cytech technical one

Daniel Blackham, editor of industry magazine BikeBiz, has been writing about his experience of completing the Cytech technical one qualification at training provider Spokes People in Milton...

8 Mar 2024, more…

JE James Cycles to open first Barnsley store

ACT member and Cytech-accredited retailer JE James Cycles – one of the largest independent cycle retailers in Europe – is to open a new 7,874 sq ft store shop in Barnsley town...

7 Mar 2024, more…

Activate Cycle Academy welcomes British Cycling to Cytech technical one training course

Cytech partner Activate Cycle Academy, the largest and most recognised training provider of bike maintenance and technical training courses to the UK’s cycle industry, recently welcomed a...

6 Mar 2024, more…

Local Bike Shop Day 2024 confirmed for Saturday May 4th.

The ACT is happy to confirm the date for Local Bike Shop Day 2024 as Saturday 4 May, the weekend of the early May Bank Holiday.

29 Feb 2024, more…

ACT tells Parliamentary Committee of the need for urgent systemic change to the Cycle to Work scheme.

With more than 500 cycle businesses having now signed up to its campaign for change to the Cycle to Work scheme, a delegation from the Association of Cycle Traders has met with All Party...

25 Jan 2024, more…

OPSS takes enforcement action over dangerous e-bike battery.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a brand of e-bike battery – UPP – that has been linked to a number of...

24 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech training to help Go Outdoors boost number of cycle mechanics by offering apprenticeships to store staff.

Go Outdoors, which operates 75 stores across the UK, has announced an apprenticeship scheme involving Cytech training with the aim of addressing what it terms a nationwide shortage of...

15 Jan 2024, more…

Cytech Scotland training provider launches Young Bike Mechanic Programme to empower Glasgow’s youth.

Bike for Good, the Glasgow-based cycling charity and social enterprise, which delivers Cytech training in Scotland, has announced a Young Bike Mechanic Programme designed to create opportunities...

3 Jan 2024, more…

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Cytech Fastest Wrench back by popular demand

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Cytech Fastest Wrench back by popular demand

Posted on 1 Mar 2019

After a year's hiatus the competition is back by popular demand for London Bike Show 2019.

The Fastest Wrench puts competitors' bike mechanic efficiency to the test. Competing against the clock, entrants need to:

  • Remove the front wheel from the bike
  • Take out the inner tube
  • Reinsert the tube
  • Inflate to 20psi
  • Re-fit wheel to the bike

The winner is the one who completes the above in the fastest time and will be crowned ‘The Fastest Wrench 2019'.

The competition is free to enter and with head-to-head challenges, a daily leader board and a range of prizes up for grabs it will be as fierce as ever - will you be the one to set the new record and be crowned The Fastest Wrench?

Check out this year's prizes!

The Fastest Wrench Winner 2016

The Fastest Wrench will run at The Cytech Workshop where Cytech's expert mechanics will be on hand to answer any technical queries as well as give you more information on the training courses we offer.

The London Bike Show is the UK's largest cycling exhibition, running from 29-31 March at the ExCeL, London. More information can be found and tickets bought through the London Bike Show website.

We'll see you there!

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