About this Event
Smart Cycling Part 1 - Everyday Riding Skills
Want to ride your bike with confidence — for commuting, errands, or fun? Join our dynamic Smart Cycling Part 1 class and learn the skills that make riding safer, easier, and more enjoyable. Taught by certified League Cycling Instructors from SVBC and Stanford Health Care, this class will cover beginner, intermediate, and advanced bicycling topics and techniques with the goal of encouraging biking, preventing injury and trauma, and increasing your confidence and safety while biking.
What you’ll learn:
- Bike and helmet fit: Learn how to fit your bicycle and helmet to your body for comfort and safety.
- Safety checks: Master a simple 5-step check to make sure your bike is ride-ready.
- Practical riding techniques: Handle nearly any road situation with proven methods.
- Lane positioning: Know where to ride to stay safe around cars.
- Rights & responsibilities of a bicyclist: Understand how to apply the vehicle code
- And more!
🎁 FREE GIVEAWAY: All participants can take home a free reflective safety vest and Smart Cycling booklet, as long as supplies last!
Who should attend
Open to everyone aged 14 and up. No bike or helmet needed. Please register each participant separately.
Next steps
Take this class on its own or as a prerequisite for Smart Cycling Part 2, where we practice bike handling skills in a parking lot and go on a guided group ride.
This class is co-hosted by Stanford Health Care and SVBC and is available to the public for free with 2016 Measure B funds courtesy of VTA.
If you can, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to SVBC. EIN: 77-0338658
Event venue & nearby stays
1820 Embarcadero Rd, 1820 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, United States
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