Are you ready to be part of Atlanta’s bicycling craze? The city’s got more and more folks out there riding bikes for fitness, commuting to work and school, as a means to get errands done, or taking in the Beltline and other park spaces on two wheels? Come learn how to ride a bike.
This class is for true beginners – adults who have never been on a bicycle or those who may have tried riding a bike a few times, but are not comfortable balancing, starting and stopping, shifting gears, and scanning the environment while pedaling. After two 2-hour classes, you will get all those skills and leave empowered to join the thousands of other cyclists enjoying and negotiating Atlanta.
Class 1: October 15th, 1:00-3:00pm
Class 2: October 29th, 1:00-3:00pm
Day 1
Getting started classroom, 30 minutes
- Introductions
- Helmet fit – two finger rule
- Know your bike
- Bike safety – ABC Quick Check
Basic skills outside, 90 minutes (break halfway through)
- Brakes
- Balance
- Coast
- Pedal
- Stop
- Power start
Day 2
Safety essentials classroom, 45 minutes, including brown bag lunches
- Road rules (bike as a vehicle)
- Safe riding practices
- What to carry
Advanced skills / Additional practice outside, 75 minutes
- Continue to work on Basic Skills, or
- Scanning over shoulder
- Turns and signaling
- Gear Shifting