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Cytech Fastest Wrench prizes announced

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Cytech Fastest Wrench prizes announced

Posted on 11 Mar 2019

The Cytech Fastest Wrench competition is making a return to the London Bike Show 2019!

Sponsored by Park Tool, Cytech’s Fastest Wrench competition returns once more to the UK's largest cycling exhibition, inviting all visitors to put their bike maintenance skills to the test and compete against the clock.

For those who don’t already know the competition requires entrants to:

  • Remove the front wheel from the bike
  • Take out the inner tube
  • Replace the tube
  • Inflate to 20psi
  • Re-fit wheel to the bike
  • All in the fastest time possible to be crowned this year’s Fastest Wrench!

Step up to the plate and you’ll also be in with a chance to win one of several great prizes including a Park Tool AK-3 Advanced Mechanic Tool Kit, a £400 ATG Training Voucher, a Cytech Home mechanic course and a Cytech theory one course!

The competition is free to enter and open to everyone. Come along to the Cytech Workshop to give it a go as well as meet some of Cytech’s expert mechanics. They’ll be on hand to answer any tech questions you have and will also be delivering a series of demos throughout the day.

Click here for the demo schedule.

The London Bike Show is running from 29-31 March at the ExCeL, London. More information can be found and tickets bought through the London Bike Show website. Don’t forget if you’re a member of the trade you can register for free tickets here.

We'll see you there!

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