Hurray! Classroom instruction and blacktop drills have been completed. Students were divided into skill groups. I worked with those students who needed more practice riding on the bike trail with minimal on-street instruction. In this group, the three students to the right LEARNED how to ride a bike for the first time after coming to both after-school coaching sessions. The young man at the left made an excellent “sweep” rider and assistant coach.
Most bicycle crashes are the result of driver error … Tristan didn’t quite make the turn and landed on the rocks. His classmates quickly went to help him – it was great to see how encouraging they were.
Gina and I combined our yellow and red groups when we were short on volunteers to ride with us.
You can never tell what children will think the highlight of the day was. After this class, several happily proclaimed they drank “doggy water”. The fountains for humans provided not a drop, but the doggy faucet worked great. Some kids were surprised they could cup their hands and get a pretty good drink.
A big thank-you to Bike Hikers Becky, Joyce, and Kathy who came out on Thursday to ride with us! 
A special thank-you to Kathy for being so gracious to observant ten-year-olds whose mouths dropped open when she rolled through the first stop sign. She apologized to each of them. 
Another successful Project Ride Smart. 
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