Part of Better on Bikes is an optional informal meeting on Sunday afternoon. About 10 people came today. I checked helmet and bike fits, answered questions, and lead a 1.4-mile ride around the block.
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Breathe Bike Trek
Because of this year’s fires and unhealthy air quality, the Breathe Bike Trek was postponed twice. Today it finally happened. There was the option to ride independently in your local area – which is what I did. I was part of the team from Jibe … they met at 7:30 am in the Granite Bay area to start the ride (a 45-minute drive from my house). I slept in and started at 9:30 – smile – from just outside my garage.
My first stop was at Heritage Park where Bike Doc was happening.
Rest stop:
19 miles strong!
Better on Bikes 1
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.
SABA staff meeting
At Ft Sutter Park.
Followed by a great lunch at Tres Hermanas.
Tour de Arlete
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.
Bike Doc
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).
Almost famous
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?
Bike Doc
This Thursday, we were at an apartment complex called The Lofts.
Capitol Yards
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:
Bike Doc
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
Two bubbly friendly sharks (looks way too hot to me):
The last bikes arrived at 11:20 and by noon, I was wilting in the heat – already 100 degrees. Time to go home.
