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Ride to Bike Fest

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:

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Project Ride Smart

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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Adult Learn to Ride

Level 3. The students who came to tonight’s class needed to have basic bike handling skills. We reviewed past learning and taught scanning, and the multi-step left turn. We had 3 students 2 LCIs, and 2 volunteers. Kathy and Lennore took the group out for a ride:

In the front row, tonight’s students. Back row: Lennore, Jeff, me, Kathy.

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Project Ride Smart

at Witter Ranch Elementary, about 1.5 miles from my house. I was a volunteer sweep for street rides today. BeckyG and Deanna were the lead LCIs.

ABCQuick Check before leaving campus.

Laura was a new volunteer and I trained her by riding with her for Deanna’s yellow group.

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Adult Learn to Ride

Monday at Inderkum High School, early evening.

A couple of students were ready for a trail ride. Kathy was the leader, Lennore rode sweep.

Jeff coached another person.

Joy! Sophia became an independent rider. She was so happy. So were we.

The group returned safely!

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Adult Learn to Ride

This was a class for two levels of beginning riders. Lennore with an advanced beginner on a bike handling skills course.

Jeff worked with a beginner on gliding with no pedals attached:

Kathy worked with a beginner. We had to use blue duct tape to keep her wide-leg pants from getting caught in something.

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Adult Learn to Ride

In front of the Bike Tech classroom at Inderkum High School:

Practicing gliding:

This person actually came in on a small e-bike WITH a throttle (at far left in above picture) so she had great balance, but was dependent on the throttle. She wanted to learn how to get going using “power pedal” – here, she put her left foot on the pedal, raised it to the 10 o’clock position, eyes on the horizon, and pushed off. Success.

Our team: Christy, Lennore, Kathy:

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Project Ride Smart – day 3

Friday and somewhat rainy. And cold if you forgot to wear a jacket. I brought an extra rain jacket and loaned it out a couple of times.

Our intrepid team for the day: Diana, a parent volunteer who stayed for the entire day (!), Laurie, Charlie.

In front of the classroom: Pierson.

Uh-oh, a mishap at the skate park had an unfortunate result for LCI Doug – a broken ankle.

Doug’s explanation about the picture: “Weel … Scots are an optimistic people always looking for the silver lining. So here you go! I no longer need to put on kilt hose and garters just to carry my Sgian Dubh. I ken that will come in handy if I’m attacked by a wild haggis!”

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Project Ride Smart – day 1

at H Allen Hight Elementary, about 3 miles from my house, a 20-minute ride. Arrival time = 7:20. A tad early for this retired person. I was there for the last three days, the street rides, when four LCIs are needed.

Five 5th grade classes – on the second floor of the building, a bit of stair-climbing ahead.

Always ABCQuick Check before going for a ride. Thank you Diana, who volunteered to ride sweep for my Yellow group.