www.longmontbikenight.blogspot.com
or -
www.facebook.com/longmontbikenight
On the blog click any of the tabs across the top (beneath the banner picture). I've found cruiser rides, specifically family oriented cruiser rides help get kids on bikes. The best part happens when I'm doing bike safety with the kids, the parents hear the message, too. In my opinion, teaching kids the rules of the road does absolutely no good unless their parents are comfortable riding on the street. If we tell kids riding on the sidewalks is unsafe, but, at home that's the only place they're allowed to ride, then it creates a conflict in the mind of the child. However, if through a cruiser ride, the parents get comfortable riding on the street - then, the family begins to ride together.
After each weekly cruiser ride I ask the adults to seek out streets in Longmont with Bike Lanes and ride with their kids.
Lastly, kids 7 years old and younger rarely understand why something is wrong - in contrast they have a fantastic understanding of safe vs unsafe. So I always couch ideas/examples in safe vs unsafe language. Like Is it safer to wear a helmet? Then go into the safe way to wear a helmet. I also ask parents to call out safe bike riding vs unsafe riding when the kids are in the car. Calling out safe vs unsafe cyclists helps kids get a better visual for what safe vs unsafe looks like.
IMHO
Ryan Kragerud - president BIcycle Longmont Organizer of Longmont Bike Night - 2004 - present.
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Cweibel, Rebecca < rebecca@bicyclecoalition.org> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm also new to this resource, but loving it! Forgive me if this sort of thing has already been asked, or if you're getting this a second time because I've already emailed you personally.
I'm working with the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia and Neighborhood Bike Works to create a curriculum toolkit for a month-long youth ride club. We'd love to hear from everyone with youth ride clubs (or even adult programs, if they're not endurance training-based), and we're especially interested in projects concerned with environmental stewardship.
Do you have any sort of curriculum materials for anything in these areas? I'd love to see comprehensive curriculum, but even week-by-week topics/bullet points would be really helpful.
Many thanks in advance! Rebecca
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