Testimonials

With more than 110 graduates, we’re proud of our past and excited for our future.

Quadra Bike School has proudly graduated over 110 students, with the majority hailing from western Canada, including 84 from British Columbia and Alberta. Our alumni network spans the globe, with graduates now working as mechanics at renowned stores like M.E.C. and Community Bicycle Shops.

Our reach extends internationally, welcoming students from the United States, Hawaii, Germany, Great Britain, the Canary Islands, and Croatia. Today, our accomplished graduates are making their mark as far as Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Cape Town, South Africa, with many contributing to the thriving bicycle industry, including launching their own successful businesses. Prior to relocating to Quadra, we proudly saw 34 graduates in a single year in Toronto.

Testimonials

First let me tell you how much I enjoyed the course and stay at your lovely property. This was one of the best experiences I have participated in for a very long time. Aside from the course itself I was glad that I had an opportunity to experience “Island Life”. In regards to the course I found it to be well set up to maximize the lessons you delivered. I found the course (and you) entertaining and fun and extremely rewarding personally. I would wholeheartedly recommend your school (already have) to anyone interested in the biking/mechanic community. The course, shop facilities and living accommodations and your beautiful property made this an experience I will always remember and for that I thank you.

– David, QBS 2016 Graduate

Just wanted to drop a line and say thank you again for the course. I already completed my first week at Velocity Cycle in Edmonton, building some pretty high-end bikes. Our shop mainly deals with Giant and Kona. The boss and the senior mechanic have been very impressed with the quality of the work I've been doing, thanks to you :-)

– Lee, QBS 2015 Graduate

I've been meaning to email you for a while now, to let you know that I've been working at a bike shop as a mechanic since January 3! I'm loving it. I'm still learning lots, but am much more confident after 3 months of real mechanics work than I was when I started. My boss is especially impressed with my wheel building and truing skills! Whenever we get a custom wheel to build it comes straight to me. I've built quite a few of those wheels for fat bikes, with 100mm rims and 4" tires.

– Naomi, QBS 2013 Graduate

So far the course is amazing. I appreciate Smokey’s teaching style, starting with best practice and moving towards problem-solving. The class size is perfect to allow for different levels of experience and pace of learning. Smokey’s passion, experience in the bicycle activist/mechanics community, and skill create an amazing container for learning. I’m excited to continue learning, 4 weeks to go.

– Kareno, QBS 2012 Graduate

Only two weeks in, I’ve learned a ton and am loving this course! Smokey offers a great combination of patient and methodical teaching, passion for all-things-bicycle, a wealth of knowledge and experi-ence, and a beautiful friendly island commu-nity to take part in. The bike shop and student housing connect to amazing forested trails that we go walking, jogging, or biking on every day, and lead to weekly community centre lunch, yoga classes, and island market. There’s so much cycling on this island, I love that we get full-time classes learning so much, plus evenings and weekends free to explore. What a great place for a 6-week (5-weeks now) intensive holiday... err, I mean bike mechanics training. So good.

– Kimi, QBS 2012 Graduate

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