The ride leader for Saturday’s ride around the airport was ill so I stepped in to lead the ride. It started at Blackbird Park, about 2/10th of a mile from my house – sweet. Lorge, Harjap, Jim, Althea, Vik, Nav, Galib:
Thank you Teal Bend Golf Course for being a great rest stop about halfway through our ride.
Garden Highway:
Great ride. 20 miles.
At the Budget and Audit Committee, the 2024 Annual Report from the Active Transportation Committee was up for consideration in the upcoming budget. Fingers crossed, a new TAG (Tactical Action Group) will be formed to immediately investigate bicycle and pedestrian deaths and injuries to see if a quick-build fix is possible. More people die in bike or ped collisions than by homicide in Sacramento County. We are pushing the City to address this problem. Mellissa Meng from Jibe spoke in support of this proposal along with many others.
And, after that meeting, I went to a SABA staff meeting a couple of blocks away.
Project Ride Smart will be starting soon. Every couple of years, Jibe provides a refresh of the best teaching methods for the 5th grade bicycle driver education program. Deanna presented information on the classroom lessons.
I presented the best strategies for planning and teaching a street ride.
We rode from the Jibe office to nearby Natomas Park Elementary. After lunch in the park, we rode Yellow 1 and Green 2 routes several times. I am so glad Jibe is recruiting and training new LCIs for their bike-related programs.
I led a ride to the Sacramento Zoo for Jibe to the Sacramento Zoo. Eighteen people showed up! The pre-ride chat:
Jibe donated five ebikes to the N Natomas Public Library.
Today, the bikes were delivered by Jibe staff. Mellissa Meng, Executive Director:
Anya and BarbaraL:
Michelle and Amber:
Library staff explained the check out procedures which will be in place. Jibe explained about the batteries, keys, locks, and helmets.
A very cold morning – not by Canadian standards however. I left at 8 am, it was 33F and foggy. I rode to meet the Jibe group in front of Kohl’s. There were 13 of us on today’s ride. Brenda was ride leader, I rode sweep. Lorge and Kathy were mechanics.
We rode to the Cherry Island Soccer Complex.
29 miles for me today. Good ride.
Saturday morning, about 20 people met at Baskin Robbins.
Thank you Jibe for buying everyone an ice cream afterwards.
SABA organized the second-annual Supermarket Sweep and Jibe joined in to support two teams of three bike-riders by donating $250. Lorge, Stacey, Brenda, Sheila, Lori and I met on the patio at Bella Bru at 10:15. We opened the envelope with instructions, planned our strategy, and left at 10:50.
The first four stores we shopped at were smaller mom-and-pop types – three Indian and one Carribbean Jamaican. Nice for our local merchants but expensive.
Sheila:
Our final stop was at a lower-priced large grocery in S Natomas.
I was happy to stay with the bikes while everyone else did the shopping. All our bikes were about to be loaded to the max with Lorge carrying the most – he bicycle tours and has large panniers on the rear and smaller panniers on the front plus his handlebar bag.
Then we rode about 12 miles to the meeting point at Two Rivers Cider Co.
We checked in and had our donation weighed: 101 pounds.
Time to use our drink tickets.
3:00 – the last team arrived.
Cheers!
3:30 – time for us to ride back to N Natomas. This event collected 700+ pounds to donate to River City Food Bank. The N Natomas team rode a total of 35 miles. A long fun day.
This morning the City of Sacramento encouraged people to walk, ride and roll along the Del Rio Trail to see the recent public art installations and visit with some of the artists. Twelve of us met at the Gateway Connector Bridge over I-80.
There are 18 total art installations along the Del Rio Trail. There are 5 identical “granaries” placed in various locations along the trail.
An 18-foot bronze dining table with local seeds and seed pods embedded on top:
A mirrored ball at the top could make you think a train is coming toward you:
Lots of spinning with a good wind:
Jibe hosted an end-of-season get-together for everyone in the bike programs at Drake’s the Barn in W Sacramento. This included all the Bike Docs and LCIs who teach Project Ride Smart, the bike tech class at Inderkum HS, and various other bike education programs in N Natomas.
Deb presented Bill Leddy with his Good Wheel award.
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