CalBike – California Bicycle Coalition – invited everyone to a conversation with the president of the League of the American Bicyclists, which is the organization that certifies League Cycling Instructors. Held at
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Project Ride Smart
The last day of the program. Barbara and Kathy outlining today’s activities:
Triple Rings of Fire:
Mike came by to service a few bikes.
Jibe’s fleet of bicycles. At the end of the day, we stack all the bikes, run a cable through all of them, and finish with a strong u-lock.
Great day with good friends and co-workers.
Project Ride Smart
This was the first street-ride day at Northlake. There were quite a few kids who weren’t ready to go on a street ride. Deanna and I stayed with them and worked on basic skills. Wes and Buddy along with the 5th grade teacher took another group out for a short street ride.
Project Ride Smart
Today I helped out at Northlake Elementary for helmet fitting day.
Lorge teaching bike parts:
Deanna introducing the next video:
Barbara teaching bike parts to the second class.
Jibe appreciation
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.
Ride with the Mayor
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.
Adult Learn to Ride
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.
Adult Learn to Ride – Wednesday
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:
Adult Learn to Ride – Monday
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.
Smart Cycling – part 2
Saturday. Everyone from Tuesday night came met at the Jibe office for the bicycling part of the class. The group was divided into two groups. Charlie and Doug worked with one group.
Gina and I worked with another group which included everyone who wants to move on to the LCI seminar. We rode a route in the neighborhood which included a few teaching stops. I rode sweep for the first part. Here, a left turn onto Natomas Blvd .. a great example of doubling up at an intersection with (almost) everyone in power pedal position waiting for the light to turn green.
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