Week By Week Snapshot
Photographer: Robin Scholz
C-U SRTS Project gives ENORMOUS thanks to our many community partners and dedicated individuals who volunteered their time to help make our six-week SPLASH bicycle skills and safety class a SUCCESS!
Special thanks to:
Champaign County Bikes
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
City of Urbana Police Department
C-U Mass Transit District
C-U Public Health District
Neutral Cycle
The Bike Project
Urbana Middle School and the SPLASH after school program
Six-week SPLASH bicycle skills and safety class
concludes with a group ride and hot cider!
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Class 6: Neighborhood Ride!
Three different routes allowed students to receive on-bike instruction in various neighborhood environments appropriate to their skill level. Here are some photos from the group that rode on the new bicycle infrastructure in east Urbana!
Class 5: Bicycle Rodeo
Topics:
- How do we know how much air to put in our tires?
- What is a good type of lock to use?
- Where do you install bike lights on your bike?
- Practice scanning, signaling, turning, and lane positioning at intersections with bike lanes
- How do we know how much air to put in our tires?
- What is a good type of lock to use?
- Where do you install bike lights on your bike?
- Practice scanning, signaling, turning, and lane positioning at intersections with bike lanes
Class 4: Safety and visibility with City of Urbana Police and riding on the street safely with MTD buses
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Topics:
- What causes people to crash while on their bicycle? - Is the bike considered 'a vehicle' under the law? - Where should you ride your bike? - What are the rules of the road? - What are the legal hand signals for bicyclists? - How can I make sure cars see me if I am bicycling at night or in the winter? Where is the 'bus danger zone' or blind spots? |
Special thanks to our guest speakers!
Officer James Preston City of Urbana Police Department) Kimera Seward-Coburn (Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District) | ||
Class 3: Bike Maintenance with Neutral Cycle
Topics:
- How to replace a tube
- How to fill a tire with air
- How to clean and maintain your chain
- How to adjust seat height
- How to replace a tube
- How to fill a tire with air
- How to clean and maintain your chain
- How to adjust seat height
Class 2: Recumbent bicycles, helmet fitting and 'The Melon Drop'
Topics:
- Sit in a recumbent bike!
- How to fit your helmet to your own or your friend's head
- The thickness of your skull (it is the width of a penny)
- What happens to your brain if you fall and you are not wearing a helmet (hint: squashed melon)
- Sit in a recumbent bike!
- How to fit your helmet to your own or your friend's head
- The thickness of your skull (it is the width of a penny)
- What happens to your brain if you fall and you are not wearing a helmet (hint: squashed melon)
Class 1: A bit o' bike history, bicycle parts, and types of bikes
Topics:
- What did the first bicycle look like and when was it invented?
- How many types of bikes are in use today all over the world?
- How many different parts of bikes can you name?
- How do I determine if my bike fits me?
- What did the first bicycle look like and when was it invented?
- How many types of bikes are in use today all over the world?
- How many different parts of bikes can you name?
- How do I determine if my bike fits me?
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