Wrigley Association

Bicycle Education

Details

Bicycle Education
When: 4-30-2008, 6:00 PM
Where: Main Library Meeting room (50 people max)
101 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, CA 90822
Contact: 562.570.6919

Dear Friend:
Please see below for information on a fantastic bicycle education course offered by the Long Beach Cyclists, Bikestation and the League of American Bicyclists. Learn how to bicycle on the streets confidently and share the road safely!

Hope you can make it!
Warmly,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Vice Mayor


Bicycle Education

As roadways and bike trails become increasingly complex and congested, do you know all you need to know to safely ride a bicycle? Do you feel you know enough to teach your children how to ride cautiously and conspicuously while on their own? When you drive your car, are you confident on how to share the road with bicyclists?

The Long Beach Cyclists, Bikestation and the League of American Bicyclists invite you to answer YES to the above questions after attending a two-part Bicycle Education Road 1 course.

Road 1a
Who: League Cycling Instructors Chris Quint and Dominic Dougherty
What: Bicycling Street Skills, Classroom Lecture
When: April 30th, 6pm-9:30pm – (plenty of breaks)
Where: Main Library Meeting room (50 people max)
101 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, CA 90822
Prerequisite: None
Cost: FREE

Day 1 will be a classroom lecture open to anyone consisting of a PowerPoint presentation, flip-charts, hands-on, videos and lots of Q&A.
If you wish to continue on to Day 2, please sign up at the end of the class.


Road 1b
Who: League Cycling Instructors Chris Quint and Dominic Dougherty
What: Bicycling Street Skills, Bicycle Handling and Vehicular Cycling
When: May 4th, 9am-3pm - (plenty of breaks)
Where: Bikestation (15 people max)
221 E. First St., Long Beach, CA 90802
Prerequisite: Road 1a
Cost: $15 each
Bring: A bicycle and a helmet.

Road 1b will consist of parking lot drills, bike handling techniques, emergency maneuvers, vehicular cycling, and some testing.
At the end of the day, those that have successfully completed the course will be presented with a certificate from the League of American Bicyclists.

Able to attend Road 1a and not Road 1b? Don't worry! We'll be having a lot more classes in the future. Your Road 1a attendance is good for 6 months so you can attend a Road 1b later on.


On our roadways, bikes are treated as vehicles. Simply knowing how to ride a bike is not the same as knowing how to operate a bike safely and legally.

The Bike Ed program is a set of curricula for adults and children and the certified instructors that teach it. BikeEd classes are taught across the United States by certified League Cycling Instructors (LCI).

For more information, email Dominic Dougherty at ddougherty@bikestation.org or visit http://www.bikeleague.org

http://lbcyclists.blogspot.com/2008/04/bicycle-education.html



Rhey Lee, Legislative Deputy
Vice Mayor Bonnie Lowenthal - District 1
City of Long Beach
333 West Ocean Boulevard, 14th Floor
Long Beach, California 90802
p. 562.570.6919 / f. 562.570.6590

Email us
ddougherty@bikestation.org