I see this fitting well with 'earn-a-bike' or 'build-a-bike' programs that many community shops are already doing.  Speaking for our shop (Armory Bike Union in Jackson, MI), we incorporate a safety component to our course, along with education about bike functionality and maintenance.

We would be super interested in working with schools and phys. ed. programs in any capacity (leading programs, supplying equipment, etc.)

Corey 

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 19:47:20 -0600
From: Tara <windshifts@gmail.com>
To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Question
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Hi,

I work at a National Governing Body, USA Triathlon, and I am working on
youth programming.  As of right now the program is an awareness program.
 The thought is to bring a coach into schools to introduce triathlon to the
kids.

A next step, down the road, would be to bring a multisport curriculum into
the Physical Education programs.  One major hurdle to this would be
equipment.

Now my question to the listserv- would bike co-ops be interested in being
involved in such a program by way of donating bicycles and hosting a cycling
safety educational component?

I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.

Thanks!

Tara McCarthy
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 22:23:24 -0600
From: Jonathan Morrison <jonathan.morrison@gmail.com>
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I might suggest looking into the safe routes to school program for
education funding, tri would have to be secondary, but you could work
it in there and have money to buy educational bike fleets.

In my experience used bikes suitable for tri in kids sizes are not
common, if not rare.  So at least in SLC, we couldn't supply bikes
even if we wanted to.

-jonathan morrison

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, Tara <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I work at a National Governing Body, USA Triathlon, and I am working on youth programming. ?As of right now the program is an awareness program. ?The thought is to bring a coach into schools to introduce triathlon to the kids.
>
> A next step, down the road, would be to bring a multisport curriculum into the Physical Education programs. ?One major hurdle to this would be equipment.
> Now my question to the listserv- would bike co-ops be interested in being involved in such a program by way of donating bicycles and hosting a cycling safety educational component?
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.
> Thanks!
> Tara McCarthy
>
>

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:15:31 -0400
From: Austin Amos <aamos1977@gmail.com>
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Many of the co-ops have an "earn-a-bike" program where the kids are students in a course to build a bike if their own. The addition of a training or competitive outlet for their use of the said bike would be a benefit to both programs (earn-a-bike and training).

What does everybody else think?  Please "weigh in" here with your comments.

Austin Amos
Sent from my iPod

On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Tara <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I work at a National Governing Body, USA Triathlon, and I am working on youth programming.  As of right now the program is an awareness program.  The thought is to bring a coach into schools to introduce triathlon to the kids.
>
> A next step, down the road, would be to bring a multisport curriculum into the Physical Education programs.  One major hurdle to this would be equipment.
>
> Now my question to the listserv- would bike co-ops be interested in being involved in such a program by way of donating bicycles and hosting a cycling safety educational component?
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tara McCarthy
>
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:08:48 -0600
From: Tara <windshifts@gmail.com>
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Thanks for the responses!  The school program would be geared towards
fitness and not competition.  The bikes would not need to be a tri bike, in
fact most youth coaches prefer children stay away from that type of bike.
 Road bike frame and even mountain bike frames with slicks on them would
work for this type of program.

All thoughts are welcome,

Tara

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Austin Amos <aamos1977@gmail.com> wrote:

> Many of the co-ops have an "earn-a-bike" program where the kids are
> students in a course to build a bike if their own. The addition of a
> training or competitive outlet for their use of the said bike would be a
> benefit to both programs (earn-a-bike and training).
>
> What does everybody else think?  Please "weigh in" here with your comments.
>
> Austin Amos
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Tara <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I work at a National Governing Body, USA Triathlon, and I am working on
> youth programming.  As of right now the program is an awareness program.
>  The thought is to bring a coach into schools to introduce triathlon to the
> kids.
> >
> > A next step, down the road, would be to bring a multisport curriculum
> into the Physical Education programs.  One major hurdle to this would be
> equipment.
> >
> > Now my question to the listserv- would bike co-ops be interested in being
> involved in such a program by way of donating bicycles and hosting a cycling
> safety educational component?
> >
> > I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Tara McCarthy
> >
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:16:44 -0600
From: Jamie Cowen <jamiesk8s@gmail.com>
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Under that criteia I love the idea will

On Oct 8, 2010 9:09 AM, "Tara" <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the responses!  The school program would be geared towards
fitness and not competition.  The bikes would not need to be a tri bike, in
fact most youth coaches prefer children stay away from that type of bike.
 Road bike frame and even mountain bike frames with slicks on them would
work for this type of program.

All thoughts are welcome,

Tara



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> Many of the co-ops ha...

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 09:24:07 -0600
From: veganboyjosh@gmail.com
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Lara, or anyone else interested in working with PE programs,

Boulder Valley School District (BVSD, in Boulder, CO) has launched a program
this year or last called "BLAST" or Bicycle Learning And Safety Training (i
think). It's in conjunction with several local PE classes. It's pretty
awesome. I was involved early in the process when they were looking at
different curricula. In the end, I believe they went for an already existing
one from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance out of Portland, OR.

I would suggest getting in touch with Landon Hilliard at BVSD:
landon.hilliard@bvsd.org. He's the alternative transportation coordinator
for the district. Manages buses, bike to work events and issues, all that
sort of thing. He's also the one who lead the charge to get the BLAST
program up and running. From what I hear, it's been a huge success.

I believe they solicited donations from a local bike shop, not the local
not-for-profit shop. They got a fleet of new or refurb'ed bikes for the
class to use. They belong to the class, not the students. The plan was to
outfit an out of commission bus with bike racks, so that the bus could drive
the bikes to different schools for when the program was happening. (ie,
Tuesdays at school A, Wednesdays at school B, etc).

If anyone's interested in hearing more, I'm happy to dig some and report
back. I've not been involved in the program for a year or two, but I believe
it's off and running, and has had some amazing feedback already.

And lastly, I would caution against approaching local community bike shops
for outright donations of complete bikes. I don't want to speak for
everyone, bit it's a request we get a lot, and one that puts us in a tough
position. Some sort of mutual aid or reimbursement is much more amicable and
usually doable. See if the school district, USA Triathlon or a local bike
shop/distributor would have some kind of funding or bikes to provide for
this.

Hope that helps.

josh.




On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Tara <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the responses!  The school program would be geared towards
> fitness and not competition.  The bikes would not need to be a tri bike, in
> fact most youth coaches prefer children stay away from that type of bike.
>  Road bike frame and even mountain bike frames with slicks on them would
> work for this type of program.
>
> All thoughts are welcome,
>
> Tara
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Austin Amos <aamos1977@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Many of the co-ops have an "earn-a-bike" program where the kids are
>> students in a course to build a bike if their own. The addition of a
>> training or competitive outlet for their use of the said bike would be a
>> benefit to both programs (earn-a-bike and training).
>>
>> What does everybody else think?  Please "weigh in" here with your
>> comments.
>>
>> Austin Amos
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Oct 7, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Tara <windshifts@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I work at a National Governing Body, USA Triathlon, and I am working on
>> youth programming.  As of right now the program is an awareness program.
>>  The thought is to bring a coach into schools to introduce triathlon to the
>> kids.
>> >
>> > A next step, down the road, would be to bring a multisport curriculum
>> into the Physical Education programs.  One major hurdle to this would be
>> equipment.
>> >
>> > Now my question to the listserv- would bike co-ops be interested in
>> being involved in such a program by way of donating bicycles and hosting a
>> cycling safety educational component?
>> >
>> > I'd appreciate any thoughts on the subject.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > Tara McCarthy
>> >
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