Are you new to bicycling? Have you just learned to ride a bike? Has it been ages since you've been on a bike? Want to brush up on your bike skills before hitting the road? Biking 201: Bike Handling Brush Up is for you!
Biking 201: Bike Handling Brush Up is for people who are able to ride a 2-wheel bike who want guided practice to improve their skills.
Biking 201: Bike Handling Brush Up will help you improve your bike handling skills, and enable you to control your bike with confidence.
NOTE: This class is a shortened version of my Level 2 Bike Handling Boot Camp class. The goal in Biking 201 is to teach you several activities and practices that you can do on your own that will help you improve your bike handling skills. In Biking 201, Brian Watson, a certified League Cycling Instructor & Cycling Savvy Instructor, will teach you how to teach yourself to become the boss of your bike.
In Biking 201: Bike Handling Brush Up you'll learn how to:
- Power Pedal Start
- Accelerate quickly
- Maintain balance at very low speeds
- Control your speed with front and rear brakes
- Stop smoothly
- Turn accurately
- Steer around obstacles
- Shift gears
- Ride with one hand
- Scan over your shoulder
- Signal turns and lane changes
- Stop without putting a foot down
- Perform a bike safety check
- Wear a helmet correctly
Biking 201: Biking 201: Bike Handling Brush Up meets in Redmond at the City Hall campus. We use the parking garage for riding.
Don't have a bike? No problem. Let us know if you need a bike when you fill out the registration form. We will ask you how tall you are so we can provide you with a bike that fits you.
Bike helmets are required for this class (with exceptions for certain religious headwear or hairstyles that make helmets unfeasible). Don't have a bike helmet? No problem. Helmets are provided at no cost. Just let us know if you need one.
If you are interested in hearing about when Brian is running full-length classes in 2024, Sign up here so he can let you know when classes are open for registration.
Cost: Free. Thanks to the generous support of Move Redmond, this class is provided to you at no cost!