Our final class for the spring season. Lots of happy dedicated new bike riders in this class. It was great working with Kathy, Lennore, and Christy.

Here the group is practicing riding in a group in a straight line, making a turn, and maintaining a ghost space:

Almost everyone felt comfortable enough to leave campus and go for a ride. Kathy led, Christy in the middle, Lennore was sweep.

I stayed on campus with one person who didn’t feel ready for a group ride, picked up cones, and put away bikes that weren’t being used.

This was supposed to be a Level 2 class with a short ride off campus, but our cyclists were not quite ready. Christy and Lennore demonstrated the ABCQuick Check:

Ready to go:

Our first class of the spring season. In the Bike Tech classroom at Inderkum High School, our first task is take out tightly-packed bikes, air up the tires, and take off all the pedals. A busy 45 minutes before people start arriving.

Part 1: gliding and balancing.

One person left early, kind of gave up quickly because it was too difficult. Almost everyone had two pedals on by the end. One man used to be a good bike rider, but he’d had a stroke five years ago, he really wanted to relearn and he did? A few will come back for the next class on Wednesday.

Teaching this class is a heart-warming experience. Kathy, Lennore and Christy are great to work with. Of course, Anya from Jibe is always a big help.

The final Adult Learn to Ride class until next spring. We had 5 participants. I’m so proud of our team. Lennore encouraging and giving coaching tips for part 1 – balance and gliding. Pedals have been removed.

Kathy showing how to change gears. Inderkum High School cheerleaders practicing in the background.

Pedals are added one at a time.

Success! All five learned to ride within one hour, then practiced riding and turning for the final 30 minutes.

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.

In front of the Bike Tech classroom at Inderkum High School:

Practicing gliding:

This person actually came in on a small e-bike WITH a throttle (at far left in above picture) so she had great balance, but was dependent on the throttle. She wanted to learn how to get going using “power pedal” – here, she put her left foot on the pedal, raised it to the 10 o’clock position, eyes on the horizon, and pushed off. Success.

Our team: Christy, Lennore, Kathy:

Tuesday September 19, the first of two classes at Inderkum High School.

Success all around. Special thanks to Lennore and Kathy who volunteered to coach and encourage.

Tuesday September 26.

There were 5 students who progressed quickly through the steps. Success!

The team: Kathy, Becky, Anya, Lennore:

This was supposed to be our last class, but there’s still more support to be given. Next Tuesday will be our third and final. Special thanks to Kathy and Lennore who generously volunteered their time and are excellent coaches.

Our final class for this season. 5 of 8 were riding after 1 1/2 hours. Huge thanks to our volunteers tonight: Lennore, Kathy, and Paul.

Our section of the bike tech classroom where the bikes for our program are stored.

Another successful Tuesday evening although it was quite hot. We had about 8 students and most of them are now bike riders. Our volunteers were especially helpful. They arrive 30 minutes before class begins to remove pedals from all the bikes and stay 30 minutes after to put them all back on. Thank you !! Paul, Leo, Kathy, Lennore.