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!
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Bike Rodeo
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
Matthew won one of the raffle prizes:
Julie Williams led a bike ride along the Clarksburg Branch Trail:
Julie Williams, Ella’s dad, Deb Banks/SABA, bike club member Ella, Molly/WALKSacramento:
Westfield Village Bike Club
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
Bridgeway Island Bike Club
The new West Sacramento neighborhoods near Stonegate Elementary and Bridgeway Island have wonderful protected trails for riding and walking.
This is half of the bike club. Jim Brown rode with the other half of the club.
Stonegate Elementary Bike Club
Now that all basic street-riding skills have been taught, it was time to practice those skills on the street. Which we did. Then we rode a cool trail with a (sort-of) round-about. All the boys loved riding around and around, relatively fast, laughing all the way.
Christopher, Connor, and Tyraun
Logan and Matthew
Andrew
West Sacramento bike clubs
In addition to Project Ride Smart in the mornings, I also coach after-school bike clubs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Thursday club at Westfield Village started just this week and we will only have 6 meetings.
On Tuesdays, I’m at Stonegate Elementary and have 6 members. On Wednesdays, I’m at Bridgeway Island Elementary and have 25 members! This requires a whole different teaching strategy and more LCIs to lead the street rides. And there are only 3 club members at Westfield Village. Sweet! My biggest problem appears to be an inability to take pictures and coach at the same time. Thus, the above picture is the only one I’ve taken over the course of 10 club meetings in 5 weeks.
Stonegate Bike Club
Back to last Wednesday. There was another bike club at Bridgeway Island Elementary in West Sacramento. Again, we didn’t know if anyone would show up. We got 6 kids at Stonegate. How many would show up here? Uhhh .. 25. And it was raining buckets! We met in a PE classroom and I winged it. Taking pictures? Maybe next time.
Today was Week 2 at Stonegate. This is a fun group. Smaller class size = get more done!
L-R: Andrew, Connor, Logan, Matthew, Christopher, Naia
Stonegate Bike Club
This week, two bike clubs in West Sacramento began. On Tuesdays, Stonegate. This is a beautiful new school. Rain threatened but didn’t materialize, but it was cold and windy.
Until today, we weren’t sure if this bike club would happen. Would kids show up? Yes, four students! 
Velo Ball
Almost like going to the high school prom, I had to stop at Thais’ to have my picture taken. Those orange palazzo pants (from the Sewing Cave) were so comfortable.
The Velo Ball was at the California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento.
Jim Brown, Executive Director of Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA):
Waving is Board Member Sue Teranishi:
L-R: LCI Dan Allison, LCI Doug Williams and wife Ann, Matt and Abbey Stumpf – Abbey is Communications and Program Coordinator for North Natomas Transportation Management Association (NNTMA). NNTMA funds Project Ride Smart.
The next picture didn’t turn out well, but I have to include it. This is the lady to bid on and won one of the three t-shirts I donated for the silent auction. I hope she enjoys wearing it!
Midtown Farmers Market
I worked the SABA Bike Valet with Rebecca again.
We didn’t park many bikes, but we had a good visit.
I have found a few vendors I look forward to visiting each time – one selling the best avocados, another with unique jewelry (I feel a purchase coming on). 
Afterwards, I met a friend at Old Soul to talk about doing some safety clinics for Bike Hikers, a local social bicycling club.
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