Bike Swap

This 3-day event began on Friday afternoon at the N Natomas Aquatic Center.

People could donate their bike(s) to a good cause or consign them for sale. If a bike was donated, professional mechanics made the bike rideable and safe. If that wasn’t possible, the Sacramento Bike Kitchen accepted the bike.

From 4-7:00 pm, about 100 bikes had been processed and stored in the ballroom.

Saturday morning from 10-2, more bikes were accepted. William and Mellissa were part of the Jibe team who organized this first-time event:

Over 200 bikes of all types ready for sale Sunday morning:

Sunday morning bike sale. The early crew arrived at 6 am to set up the parking lot and move the bikes from the ballroom of the to organized spaces in the parking lot.

A small crowd lined up for the 9 am opening, they got the best selection:

It was a rather warm day as the shopping continued. Around 11 am, the shoppers thinned out … time to SLASH prices.

Although the sale continued until 2 pm, I left early to get ready for Office Hours.

Country Centre 4-H

Saturday afternoon at Two Rivers School. The next-to-last Bicycle Project meeting.

Jason, Katherine, Whitney, Luke, me, Sarah, Emma, Jeanne, Kenzie

Sarah and Emma (age 6) arrived at the first meeting using training wheels which they soon gave up. They are now among the top riders in the group. We did our first street ride, about 3.5 miles.

Project Ride Smart

Tuesday at H Al. Pierson, interning as an LCI, taught Tuesday’s in-class lesson.

Wednesday. Transitioning to outside blacktop drills:

Thursday.

Friday. I’m about to demonstrate the blacktop drills for the day while Deanna explains the skills each student will practice.

Mother’s Day

A fun brunch at Zocalo’s in Midtown Justin and Jennifer, Thais and Lenin, Sophia, Carson (Avery had a baseball game), and Lenin’s family, Jeff and Leah, Rita and Lino, and Lauren.

Freedom from Training Wheels

An early morning training by Dan Allison. A special thank you to Cathy and Terri from Arlete’s BIG who came to the training and volunteered for the event that followed.

About 10 kids, from 2-6 years old, came to try out Jibe’s strider and pedal bikes. Two brothers practiced for almost two hours and learned how to ride without training wheels. A helmet sale and Bike Doc was also there:

Concrete project

While I was at Freedom from Training Wheels, Justin and a couple of friends from work completed 2 concrete projects from the alley behind my house.

One for my neighbors Gerald and Viki.

And a walkway to the patio gate for me.