Hi all,
In Santa Barbara, our EAB programs consist of 18 hours of instruction
taught by a certified League Cycling Instructor and a TA.
They are offered in different schools as an after-school program to 12-16
yo students (1h30 twice a week for 6 weeks).
We teach basic bike mechanics (fix a flat, adjust brakes, derailleur) and
we follow the curriculum from the League of American Bicyclists for
teaching riding skills (it was previously called Kids 2: it is basically
Traffic Skills 101 adapted for youth).
The first 2/3 weeks, depending on the group, are spent on the blacktop
where students practice handling skills, review the rules of the road and
become better riders. The last 2/3 weeks, we take the group on the streets.
Here is a link to an article
http://bicicentro.org/news?mode=PostView&bmi=1179728that I recently wrote
about the success of our EAB programs (called Pedal Power)
Video: http://vimeo.com/55427786
Pedal On!
--
Christine Bourgeois
805 699 6301
Education Director
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (SBBC)
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*New location for SBBC/Bici Centro*
506 E. Haley St (next to Muddy Waters Coffee Shop)
www.bicicentro.org
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Rich Points
director@communitycycles.orgwrote:
> Hey All,
> Our EAB program is almost 7 years old. Over the years we've gotten pretty
> good at teaching bike mechanics to our EABers but we fall short when it
> comes to teaching riding skills. One of my goals for this year is to
> institute a riding component to the program.
>
> Are any of you teaching riding skills as part of your EAB or Build a Bike
> programs? If so we'd love to hear how you do it.
>
> Ride On!
>
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> Rich Points
>
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