We have an REI nearby...I should see if they have something like that. There's an EMS too - I'd think one or the other might have a good class. I know they both had event schedules up...I just didn't look very closely.
Ooh, lucky, you have an REI. Actually, that can be a bad thing, at least it is for my bank account! See if they have the "Park Tool School", which has about a 4-class series: brakes, drive train, derailleurs, and headsets. There may be more than that, I can't remember.
I took the drive train class, and loved it. I can now dismantle the drivetrain down to the bottom bracket. I'm hoping to take the derailleur class sometime and the brakes class. The books are deifnitely worth buying too, so that you can always refer to them if you forget how to do it. It was so nice to be able to work on my bike on a repair stand for a change!
Now, speaking of REI, I'm off to go dump a chunk a change at their big Seattle store. See y'all later...
Ya know I'm bored when I'm poking at trolls in the religion forum. *sigh* Surely it's time to go home now?????