Tonight was the first Better on Bikes class. On Zoom, moderated by William at Jibe – thank goodness! He handled everyone’s technical issues, 25 participants with most of them from Four Seasons Westshore. The clock in the background helped me stick to the time checks. Everything went really well – whew! I’ve been working a lot on this project and was a bit nervous leading up to 5:30.
At Ft Sutter Park.
Followed by a great lunch at Tres Hermanas.
LOL – I think this blog post can reasonably be considered a vanity project. Leaving Four Seasons Westshore:
Arena Blvd
Macon Dr
Club Center Dr
North Park Dr
Natomas Blvd
See what happens when you’re almost famous … it’s gone straight to my head. It was a very good 15-mile bike ride also.
This week, Bike Doc was at Four Seasons Westshore and I got to interact a little bit with neighbors.
The mechanics worked until after dark, then two of them had to ride bikes towing the big heavy trailers filled with supplies back to the Jibe office (with one climb on Del Paso Rd over I-5).
Remember the photo shoot I did at the Jibe office back in early July? I ended up on a few banners around N Natomas, including this one as you exit Four Seasons Westshore:
There are five more. I need to go for a bike ride and find them! Tour de Arlete?
This Thursday, we were at an apartment complex called The Lofts.
This afternoon, I did a one-hour bicycle safety presentation for SABA at Capitol Yards,
a beautiful condo complex in W Sacramento just across the Tower Bridge and across from Raley Field.
Claudine Schneider, Transportation Program Coordinator, introduced me:
And I got to wear my new t-shirt!
Claudine sent me this picture:
In N Natomas, Jibe provides residents access to Bike Doc on Saturdays at the Natomas Farmers Market.
Bike Doc mechanics complete basic repairs and troubleshoot problems based on common issues and conditions. Jibe contracts with SABA to provide the service. This morning I was the receptionist receiving the bikes, tagging them, and keeping the paperwork in order.
Deb and Glenn, the lead mechanic
Seven bicycles, eight people, 9 miles roundtrip from Thais and Lenin’s house. This was so much fun. We rode single file (like you’re supposed to) with Lenin riding sweep on the Yuba Mundo with Carson on the back.
Thais, Lenin, Sophia, Carson, Avery, Jeffery, Leo
We’ve been meeting bi-weekly in various Sacramento parks. Today at Albert Winn. The leaf-blower guy had been buzzing loudly around the perimeter of the park and it was hard to hear each other speak. Then he came to our section and “graciously” slowed down the noise to the point that we really couldn’t hear each other at all. We paused, watched, and waited. Smile.
