What to Teach When You Only Have 1 Hour...
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue
Hi Folks, Matt here again, just chiming in as a fan, but non-collective member:
First off you answered your own question IMHO. The concept of leasing itself is unique, let alone leasing a bicycle. What better way to introduce yourself to the student body than to tell them how you can help and support them?
Most if not all students go to school fearing finances, and knowing they are underfunded. The vast majority are not bike interested or even aware. They are all or soon become transportation focused. By making them aware of a way to gain their "own" means of transport, that also offers community (another things students search for on and off campus) and support as well as financing, you are serving them, yourselves and the school. It also opens up the opportunity to hit on numerous other aspects of a bike Coop and what it can offer a student.
At the end of the day, it comes down to WIIFM (What's in it for me?) when you are addressing this sort of audience.
Now I have a question for all of you if I may: Again you speak of leasing bike: I am looking into leasing/rental options for a recreational biking program. Can anyone offer me some direction, program examples, or guidance of any sort which would be greatly appreciated?
Thanks and best of luck with your workshop!
Matt mfen651@aol.com
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew VanSlyke vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com To: Bike Collectives Listserv (The Think Tank) thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 11:08 am Subject: [TheThinkTank] What to Teach When You Only Have 1 Hour...
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke
Utica Bike Rescue
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Depends on audience/location. Are they people who already ride for commuting? Then skip promoting riding a bike
In our case (a large university in a large city that draws from the whole state--and rural states to the west--and lots of foreign students). I'd teach basic traffic safety. I've found that many of the foreign students and many students from rural areas and small towns think it is OK (or were actually taught to) ride against traffic. Lots don't understand the dangers of riding the wrong way, don't understand the dangers of riding on the sidewalk, don't have a clue about being visible at night, don't know how to be predictable. Lots are listening the their music through earphones when riding. They don't even understand that most bikeways, unless marked, are one way.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Matthew VanSlyke < vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue
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On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, sheldon mains sheldon@spokesconnect.orgwrote:
Depends on audience/location. Are they people who already ride for commuting? Then skip promoting riding a bike
In our case (a large university in a large city that draws from the whole state--and rural states to the west--and lots of foreign students). I'd teach basic traffic safety. I've found that many of the foreign students and many students from rural areas and small towns think it is OK (or were actually taught to) ride against traffic. Lots don't understand the dangers of riding the wrong way, don't understand the dangers of riding on the sidewalk, don't have a clue about being visible at night, don't know how to be predictable. Lots are listening the their music through earphones when riding. They don't even understand that most bikeways, unless marked, are one way.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Matthew VanSlyke < vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue
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this didn't make it to the list yesterday, so I'm resending it.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:04 AM, sheldon mains sheldon@spokesconnect.orgwrote:
Forgot to sign that email
Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect Minneapolis www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:00 AM, sheldon mains sheldon@spokesconnect.orgwrote:
Depends on audience/location. Are they people who already ride for commuting? Then skip promoting riding a bike
In our case (a large university in a large city that draws from the whole state--and rural states to the west--and lots of foreign students). I'd teach basic traffic safety. I've found that many of the foreign students and many students from rural areas and small towns think it is OK (or were actually taught to) ride against traffic. Lots don't understand the dangers of riding the wrong way, don't understand the dangers of riding on the sidewalk, don't have a clue about being visible at night, don't know how to be predictable. Lots are listening the their music through earphones when riding. They don't even understand that most bikeways, unless marked, are one way.
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Matthew VanSlyke < vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue
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Ron King here in Little Rock Arkansas. In an hour we would do flat repair. Starting by showing how it is done then handing out wheels with flats And asking them to take off the tire find the hole, patch it, then put it back together Good luck
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On Oct 7, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Matthew VanSlyke vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com wrote:
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
All of the above along with how to properly lock a bike!
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Matthew VanSlyke < vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue
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How large of an audience? The presentation I give to 12 students in one hour will be much different than the one I give to 300 students in one hour.
If I were given the above task--plan a presentation for a large group of students--both current cyclists and not-yet-cyclists--with one hour to speak, it would look something like the below.
minutes 1-10: introduction about my own organization, and the locale where these students are. talk about some bike resources like their on campus stuff, bike paths, emergency numbers, etc.
minutes 10-20: general bike safety, "cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as the driver of a vehicle", hand signals, a BRIEF list of do's and don'ts. perhaps go over some tricky intersections or other problem places in your region (bike path through a pedestrian area on campus, "that one intersection", the place where the bike path comes out of the tunnel and into the road...etc), and.
minutes 20-30: explain the "ABC quick check" (_A_ir in tires? _B_rakes operational? _C_hain in place? quick bounce from about 4-6 inches, make sure nothing's falling off the bike...do this EVERY TIME you ride, until it becomes natural.
minutes 30-45:how to change/fix a flat tire. briefly explain the differences between Presta and Schrader, and that riders should know what they have. use this time to plug your program and any mechanical teaching resources you or another group may offer.
minutes 45-50: how to effectively lock a bike. do's and don'ts, go over several types of locks.
minutes 50-60: questions from the crowd, follow up, list those resources again, plug your own program.
if you can cover all of these topics in an hour, you'll have covered most of the basics, and probably found yourself rushing through most of it.
in short, an hour is not much time to go over "everything", but you can hit some of the main points in a meaningful way.
good luck!
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Dan Hock dan@bikerecycle.localmotion.orgwrote:
All of the above along with how to properly lock a bike!
On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Matthew VanSlyke < vanslyke.matthew@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay Folks, here's the challenge:
You've been offered a chance to do a bike related workshop on a college campus. The only direction you have is "we want you to do a bike related workshop on campus. You have 1 hour".
So, what do you teach? Basic Bike maintenance? Riding in/as traffic? How to: get yourself to class on time even if you: get a flat, drop the chain, bend the wheel in a pot hole, etc?
In your experiences, what has been valuable for adults/college students? The community bike shop is a new concept in our City and we're trying to launch an effort to get students to lease our repurposed bikes. This will be a good "in" for us and a good way to introduce Utica Bike Rescue to the college community.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a Bunch, Matt VanSlyke Utica Bike Rescue
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