Jibe organized another 50% off if you ride your bike to a local restaurant. I led this one. Our starting group – Laurie, Henry, Milan, Lori, Brenda, Kimberly – however note how Kimberly is standing. She fell while standing over her bike and twisted her left ankle. We loaded her bike back onto the car and she drove home.
This little tree on Redbud Trail is decorated monthly by someone unknown.
This is a fun annual ride thanks to BarbaraL who is Santa’s helper at the Old Eagle Theater in Old Sac for about 4 weeks every holiday season. Today, she was not scheduled to work and was able to ride with us. Another foggy cold day (our third week with no sunshine).
BarbaraL, Hal, Becky, Brenda, Charlie, Greg, Hector, Milan, Brad, Sandi:
Santa came in a bit early to be ready for us – so kind of him. In through the side door
and through the building to the near front door.
Thank you Santa Larry and BarbaraL. Everyone enjoys this annual ride.
I met Lorge, Kimberly and Hal at Bella Bru at 11a on Saturday forSupermarket Sweep – a SABA-sponsored bicycle-powered food drive.
We rode to three grocery stores in N and S Natomas. We had about $390 to spend. SABA gave us $100, Jibe $250, plus our own contributions.
Our final grocery store was on Sutterville Rd, close to our final destination – Two Rivers Cidery on Attawa St.
We unloaded the groceries from our panniers and trailers into bags, then the SABA team weighed everything. 158 pounds!
Ahead of time, we agreed we weren’t interested in competing or winning prizes. Nevertheless, we improved our strategy this year and it worked. We came in 3rd place! 1-Pull a trailer. Jibe loaned me a trailer, Hal already had one. Lorge bicycle tours so he has front and big rear panniers. 2-Have one rider in your group who can post on social media – thank you Kimberly. Go team! Rob, me, Michael:
Such a fun event. We are ready do it again next year. Thank you SABA for organizing this food donation drive and Jibe for supporting our N Natomas team.
Kicking off the holiday season, Jibe organized a gathering at
Volunteers, Bike Doc mechanics, League Cycling Instructors were invited.
Lots of long-time bicycling friends and a few new ones. Such good little visits. I’ve been a League Cycling Instructor for 12 years – a very fun side job.
Right after the bike ride with the mayor and lunch, a few of us rode back to the Jibe office for CPR training. I’d already spent 3+ hours doing the online training. This afternoon was hands-on practice and coaching.
This afternoon was hands-on practice and coaching.
Long day with a short ride home.
Saturday morning, I led a 10-mile ride for about 30 people which started at the Jibe office.
Mayor Kevin McCarty and staff rode with us. Mellissa Meng, Executive Director of Jibe, planned the stops and shared information about infrastructure along Jackrabbit Trail.
What a joy to have FOUR bicycle police officers on our ride. They helped at intersections, sprinted up the line to deliver messages, like “slow down Arlete” or a big gap was forming.
The ride ended at Taqueria Rincón Alteño, Jibe bought everyone lunch.
The second Jibe ride of the day began in the early evening. There was a S Natomas Festival at a park about 7 miles away.
Bike valet by SABA – free secure bike parking – yay!
I stood in line at a food truck for 15 minutes with no movement forward so abandoned the idea of having dinner there .. walked around for at least 30 minutes, and decided to leave. Amazingly the food line had still not moved, good decision to ride back to our neighborhood and pick up some takeout on the way home. 13 additional miles for today, 37 miles total.
At the last minute, I was able to join the Jibe ride to Midtown Farmers Market. We met in front of the Jibe office.
This market is takes up several blocks. We didn’t have much time to walk around and see everything. Several interesting international food offerings.
Great ride. 23 miles.
Jibe hosted a meeting with the American River Bike Patrol at CharQterie on Wednesday. Bike Patrol is hoping to recruit new people to join, get trained and offer assistance on Natomas trails.
Thank you Lennore for organizing a bike ride for the beginners we’ve taught how to ride a bike. Uugii learned at Jibe’s Learn to Ride. Erin came to a recent SABA Learn 2 Ride class at REI, she’s also a friend of Lennore’s.
Lennore is an excellent instructor and a great mentor for new riders.
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