United Bicycle Institute (UBI) is a private career school for bicycle mechanics and custom bicycle frame building in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The school offers one and two week courses in addition to continuing education seminars, and has hosted students from over 45 different countries. Licensed by the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission, UBI educates veterans and those with VA education benefits, as well as traditional students ranging from home mechanics to experienced mechanics looking to certify or continue their education in more specialized avenues like wheel-building, suspension work, and frame building.

Ron Sutphin, the current owner, has been an instructor since it was founded in 1981 by Wayne Martin.

United Bicycle Institute

In the summer of 2009, the institute opened a second campus in Portland offering the same curriculum as its campus in Ashland. In 2019, the Portland campus closed, and the school once again became housed under one roof in Southern Oregon. The campus features a mechanics classroom with custom-designed workbenches and professional grade tools, as well as a frame shop with access to drafting tables, frame jigs, torches and welders.

United Bicycle Institute

After graduation, the school offers graduates certificates of completion and access to a graduates-only area of their website.

United Bicycle Institute

Classes Offered

Bicycle Mechanics Classes

Introduction to Bicycle Maintenance, 5 days

Professional Repair & Shop Operation, 10 days

Frame Building Classes

Cromoly Brazing Frame Building

Cromoly TIG Welding Frame Building

Titanium Frame Building

TIG Welding Seminar

Advanced and Continuing Education Seminars

Certified Suspension Technician

UBI/DT Swiss Certified Wheel Builder

FOX Master Tech Clinic

UBI Disc Brake Seminar

Shimano Di2 Course

Bosch Technician Training

Dropper Post Seminar

Prominent Alumni

David Bohm, Bohemian Bicycles

References

External links

Official website

Cycling in Oregon

Ashland, Oregon

Companies based in Ashland, Oregon

Privately held companies based in Oregon

Education in Jackson County, Oregon

1981 establishments in Oregon