Tag Archives: Better on Bikes

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Lights On!

This SABA program gives away front and rear bike lights to anyone riding a bike (or scooter, even a pedestrian walking with her children). The pop-up stations show up in various high-bicycle-traffic areas in every Sacramento City council district. Today it was in S Natomas on W El Camino Ave at Ninos Parkway. Two friends volunteered to join me. We met Robert from SABA at 4:30.

We gave away several sets, but there was very little bicycle traffic so we called it quits after an hour. Thank you Barbara and Lorraine for coming out to help.

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Bike Rides

Sunday Nov 29: Tour d’Arlete

Monday Nov 30: Jackrabbit Trail +

Tuesday Dec 1: Bannon Creek Parkway Loop

Since we all started riding regularly on Nov 22, 12 people have ridden 484 miles! Woo-hoo.

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Saturday celebration

To celebrate the end of Better on Bikes, Jibe organized a get-together at Blackbird Park – a recently opened park next to Four Seasons Westshore. Mellissa demonstrated how to change a flat tire.

Mellissa hoped there would be enough time for everyone to pair up and change a tire on one bike. But lunch arrived – time to eat. One diligent student, Lorraine, did indeed change the tube in her tire with a bit of coaching along the way.

See the orange fanny pack on the table behind Lorraine. Every Better on Bikes participant received one filled with more goodies as a thank-you for participating.

me, Becky, William, Mellissa
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Better on Bikes – the end

Tonight was the final Zoom class – whew! Done. You might be able to tell from this picture what might be coming next. Yes, I had a glass of champagne after the final sign-off at about 7 pm. Yes, my sewing machine sits nearby on the floor ready to finish the next sewing project.

Our Zoom moderator, William took this group photo:

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Bike rides

Last Thursday, Barbara and I went for a 9-mile ride to check out the new trail which isn’t quite finished.

Today Leo and I went for 19-mile ride to the end of Jackrabbit Trail plus a few added loops through parks and other trails.

Barbara and Leo are Better on Bikes participants who asked for one-on-one rides that also come with a bit of coaching from me.

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Office hours

This was the final Sunday office hours for Better on Bikes. Today we practiced a major bike route through the neighborhoods between Arena Blvd and San Juan Rd – if you want to get to the other side of I-5 or ride into Sacramento, you must use these streets.

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Bike ride

One of the Better on Bikes participants asked for a one-on-one ride. Barbara and I had a nice 9-mile ride which was actually a pre-ride for a bike trail ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov 20. We discovered there’s still work to be done.

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Office Hours

At 10:30, we had the official Better on Bikes office hours. We went for a 6.4 mile bike ride. Everyone is making such great progress in using the skills they’ve been learning.

At the site of a future bicycle-pedestrian bridge over I-5, a 7-million-dollar project.

In the afternoon, I went for a 10-mile ride with Amal and DJ.