at Natomas Park Elementary. This week, two days of blacktop drills. Before doing any riding, ABCQuick Check including adjusting the seat height
Monday and Tuesday: ride in the right lane position, use hand signals.
Wednesday and Thursday: Left turn which requires nine specific steps, plus evaluation by Gina and me.
At Natomas Park Elementary. Monday and Tuesday – blacktop drill day #1, two classes each morning.
Wednesday: after-school coaching. Barbara, Anya and I got 6 of 7 students riding.
Wednesday and Thursday: Classroom instruction.
The team. Mrs Byrd is the PE teacher we work with. Gina is the lead instructor.
Thursday and Friday at Natomas Park Elementary – NPE. Early arrival time – 7:15, two fifth-grade classes each day. Before helmet-fitting, a couple of videos.
While Gina, Jeff and I individually fit helmets, everyone else worked on a bike parts worksheet.
After school on Thursday, BarbaraL and I did a one-hour coaching session for non-riders. Success for the one student who showed up at 2:00.
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.
Feeling better this week, I was able to get back to some regular activities. Working for Love to Ride to promote Biketober for a couple of hours/day. SABA staff meeting on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, ride leaders from Jibe’s Navigate Natomas got together to see where community bike rides could go from here.
Thursday evening, Sacramento County Bicycle Advisory Committee meeting.
Saturday, Jibe’s Electric Ride and Drive Expo at N Natomas Regional Park.
What did I do this past week? After the ride across the Golden Gate, I has a sore throat. But Monday it was a full-blown cold. Ugh. On the mend a week later. About 95% today .. and well enough to do an after-school coaching session for Project Ride Smart at NP3 (Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep) – a 5-minute walk from my house.
Unfortunately, the temps were in the high 90s and running around on the even hotter blacktop was not good.
Sunday morning. Lennore and I rode to the Jibe office for a ride called Eastside Loop.
Laurie was the ride leader, Ki was the mechanic, Lori rode sweep. 22 riders!
A bathroom stop in Discovery Park.
We rode the American River Bike Trail to Northgate where we crossed over to E Levee Rd which is now a bike trail from Northgate to Sotnip Rd then becomes a barely-traveled road. It parallels Steelhead Creek. This picture, taken by Lori/sweep, is close to our left turn onto Sorento Rd.
If you ride a bike to any restaurant any Saturday in May and spend $10, you will receive a $15 gift card from Jibe to a local popular grocery store. Today, five of us rode 14 miles, stopped at Starbucks for breakfast, then 6 miles back to the start. Standing: me, Lennore, BarbaraB. Seated: Skye, BarbaraL.
I led a Jibe-organized ride to Bike Fest at William Pond Park on the American River Bike Trail. There were 16 of us.
Kathy was our mechanic, Laurie rode sweep. We left from Peregrine Park and rode mostly trails. We stopped periodically to regroup, time to visit and hydrate. Almost to the Guy West Bridge at Sac State:
The check-in station to get wrist band, raffle and food tickets:
Bruce, on Jibe Board of Directors, with Buddy:
Maria, Lori, Brenda, and Lorge enjoying lunch:
One of our favorite vendors, friend, and fellow LCI, Gina:
Wednesday, day 2 of street rides. Becky reviewing hand signals while Gina gets the jerseys ready.
Thank you to all volunteers: a parent of a 5th grader, Paul, and Laura.
I rode in the park with the first Red group while Becky worked one-on-one with a student.
For the next group of students, Becky went for a ride in the park with a group of students while I stayed on campus and … hurray … got Ramon riding independently. When Becky got back, and came around the corner, Ramon set off from the opposite corner of the blacktop. Such a sweet boy, his classmates cheered him on, so did Becky. Ramon was so happy and proud.
Thursday, day 3 of street rides. Today’s team: Laura/volunteer sweep, LCIs Gina, Deanna, Pierson:
I rode with the Pierson’s red group.
A great picture to demonstrate the importance of having a sweep. This wobbly rider was far behind the rest of the red group.
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