The team at Activate Cycle Academy are dedicated to providing industry-leading cycle mechanics training
Activate Cycle Academy (formerly ATG Training) has been training cycle mechanics since 2001 having developed the professional qualification, Cytech, in conjunction with the Association of Cycle Traders (ACT). Since then, over 19,000 (and counting) Cytech technical training courses and qualifications have been delivered to candidates including staff working for some of the world’s leading bicycle manufacturers and distributors. As a result, the cycle market has a growing and well-respected professional reputation built on highly qualified staff providing the best possible skilled service to their customers.
OUR IDENTITY AS A TRAINING PROVIDER
In 2016, ATG Training became part of Activate Learning. This large educational group with a global reach, is committed to transforming lives through their approach to learning. The group comprises secondary, further and higher education, apprenticeship and business training.
In May 2018, ATG Training moved its operations from its long-time base in Aylesbury to a new, purpose-built workshop and headquarters in Oxford. This is part of a new £8 million campus shared with City of Oxford College and Activate Apprenticeships that has been created to provide a specialist hub for the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), including our state-of-the-art cycles maintenance training workshop. This means we now have five strategically positioned and highly acclaimed training centres running the spine of the country in Guildford, Oxford, Stafford, Darlington and Banbury, offering the most comprehensive range of cycle maintenance training courses across the UK.
The final piece of the Activate Learning takeover was completed in 2020, when Activate Cycle Academy became the new name of ATG Training. This name change signified the full integration of the cycles training business within Activate Learning. We still deliver the same excellent range of internationally recognised Cytech courses and cycle maintenance apprenticeships, but now benefit from being part of the much larger educational and training group, Activate Learning.
Since then, we have continued to thrive under the Activate Cycle Academy banner, delivering more training courses year-on-year and enrolling a growing number of apprentices who are all choosing to train with us.
MEET THE TEAM
OUR TRAINING FACILITIES
All our training courses are held at our highly acclaimed training centres in Oxford, Stafford, Guildford and Darlington. These state-of-the-art facilities have been specifically set up to serve the cycle industry.
Our vastly experienced training officers ensure that you only receive the highest level of tuition. You will be working with, training on and using the latest tools, bikes and equipment from some of the world’s finest cycle manufacturers and distributors.
The superb quality of our facilities, led to Cycling Weekly and MBR magazines (in association with British Cycling and Park Tool), choosing our Oxford training centre as the host venue for the final of their Britain’s Best Bike Mechanic competition. View Cycling Weekly’s video.
OUR PARTNERS
Activate Cycle Academy would like to thank our business partners for their continued support and expertise. Without them our course provision would not be at the industry leading level that it currently is.
OUR CLIENTS
Our cycle training caters for all types of people, from individual, private candidates; stand-alone, small businesses through to large corporate industry giants such as: British Cycling, Raleigh, Brompton, Madison, Center Parcs, Decathlon, Evans Cycles, GO Outdoors, Serco.
