Monthly Archives: May 2024

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Ride to Bike Fest

I led a Jibe-organized ride to Bike Fest at William Pond Park on the American River Bike Trail. There were 16 of us.

Kathy was our mechanic, Laurie rode sweep. We left from Peregrine Park and rode mostly trails. We stopped periodically to regroup, time to visit and hydrate. Almost to the Guy West Bridge at Sac State:

The check-in station to get wrist band, raffle and food tickets:

Bruce, on Jibe Board of Directors, with Buddy:

Maria, Lori, Brenda, and Lorge enjoying lunch:

One of our favorite vendors, friend, and fellow LCI, Gina:

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Project Ride Smart

Wednesday, day 2 of street rides. Becky reviewing hand signals while Gina gets the jerseys ready.

Thank you to all volunteers: a parent of a 5th grader, Paul, and Laura.

I rode in the park with the first Red group while Becky worked one-on-one with a student.

For the next group of students, Becky went for a ride in the park with a group of students while I stayed on campus and … hurray … got Ramon riding independently. When Becky got back, and came around the corner, Ramon set off from the opposite corner of the blacktop. Such a sweet boy, his classmates cheered him on, so did Becky. Ramon was so happy and proud.

Thursday, day 3 of street rides. Today’s team: Laura/volunteer sweep, LCIs Gina, Deanna, Pierson:

I rode with the Pierson’s red group.

A great picture to demonstrate the importance of having a sweep. This wobbly rider was far behind the rest of the red group.

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Adult Learn to Ride

Level 3. The students who came to tonight’s class needed to have basic bike handling skills. We reviewed past learning and taught scanning, and the multi-step left turn. We had 3 students 2 LCIs, and 2 volunteers. Kathy and Lennore took the group out for a ride:

In the front row, tonight’s students. Back row: Lennore, Jeff, me, Kathy.

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Project Ride Smart

at Witter Ranch Elementary, about 1.5 miles from my house. I was a volunteer sweep for street rides today. BeckyG and Deanna were the lead LCIs.

ABCQuick Check before leaving campus.

Laura was a new volunteer and I trained her by riding with her for Deanna’s yellow group.

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Mother’s Day

We all got together at Justin’s for brunch. Justin and Lenin did a great job of getting everything ready to make breakfast burritos.

Baby pigs arrived a couple of weeks ago:

Justin currently has 2 cows, each with a calf, and 2 yearlings:

The neighbor next door has a lot of sheep and lambs:

A very good day. I’m so lucky to have a family like this.