It was an 8 am start and it was a bit chilly but the rain wasn’t supposed to start until the afternoon. Three brave souls showed up and off we rode to Old Sacramento.
Peter Price, Phil Jackson, Helen Chao
at H Allen Hight. Week 2. Monday and Tuesday were blacktop drills. Wednesday was the first day of street rides.
And then it began raining. Periodic showers but all 4 classes had some rain to deal with. My group found a skate park at Wild Rose Park that also made a fun bike path.
Ride leaders: Christy, Yolanda, Doug, Deanna, Dana, and Veronica.
Friday. Sunshine!
Mostly.
The last day and it rained buckets until near the end of our hour together.
There was just enough time for a Slow Race, multiple heats!
The champion – Meike.
This was our last club meeting and I wanted it to be special. Donuts before we rode, they’d each told me their favorite kind last week, but I bought a few extra. About 2 minutes before our ride was supposed to begin, there was one donut left. Christoper, “Can I have it?!!” Of course. His third donut in 15 minutes!
We didn’t ride far but were still able to practice all the skills taught over the past 10 meetings. We went to local Fire Station 45 in West Sacramento for a tour.
The boys tried to climb UP the pole while Matthew’s mother, Ina, looked on. I was so happy to have a parent along for this ride. She told me she could really see improvement in Matthew’s riding skills and knowledge.
One minute from sliding down the pole
to this. Ready to go!
Andrew, Christopher, Connor, Matthew, and Logan – THANK YOU for being in Stonegate Bike Club. I had a great time and I know you learned a lot.
When I got home, I opened this gift card.
May is Bike Month. I led two rides this morning for the residents where I live. Each one visited several public art installations in parks near us. I was quite happy with the turnout. The 9 am ride:
Meghalaya in the background, in front of Fire Station 43.
The 10:30 ride:
One of These Things is Not Like the Other in Witter Ranch Park:
Some people did both rides for a total of 12 miles.
Monday @ Regency Park. The last day is fun games on bikes. I did the Slow Race.
Tuesday @ H Allen Hight. The first day! LCI trainees Lorge and Marsha doing the Melon Drop lesson, Mellissa Meng is on the landing above:
At the end of the day, the nametags for helmet-fitting the next day had to be prepared:
Wednesday. Dana and Marsha:
Thursday. ABCQuick Check by Dana
and Marsha.
Friday. More of the same plus one hour of after-school coaching. Based on our observations at Thursday’s blacktop drills, we invited 25 (!) students to coaching. That’s about 25% of the 5th grade student population!
EVERYone in the bike club wanted to ride to the levee near the Port of Sacramento. Jim Brown researched the best route and led our group of 17 kids and 3 adults.
There are some great dirt paths, but the big attraction were the jumps. 
There were some heart stopping moments
and a couple of tumbles.
and they all want to do it again next week.
One boy crashed twice and his bike was totally messed up. I felt so bad for him, I offered to get his bike fixed. I knew I could ask my neighbor Ray Krause if he would do it. Ray said YES!
Today we practiced all the skills learned over the past 8 weeks as we rode to Starbucks. Christopher really enjoyed his donut! He’s so much fun to have in the club.
They’re all fun to have in the club. A bunch of happy kids who like to ride bikes!
at River City High School in West Sacramento this morning. I set up the skills course.
Three bike club members from Bridgeway Island came to help.
Aaron and Matthew
Today at Westfield Village, Jose’s bike was somewhere else being repaired, Tribe didn’t show up. So it was just me and AngelLillie. After practicing a few times, she was able to execute a perfect left turn, we went for a little ride and still had a half hour to go so I taught her how safely ride to her house and back to school. I met her dad. Then we discovered the newly-opened Sycamore Trail. As we rode side by side, she said, “I really like riding without the boys. I wish we could do this every week.” Smile!
AngelLillie
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