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Street cycling for adults

• Do you want to ride your bike but are afraid of traffic?
• Are you uncertain of your ability to handle small mechanical problems like flat tires?
• Have you not ridden since childhood, and aren’t comfortable choosing a bicycle for adult use?
• Is your bike collecting rust and dust in the garage while your car continues to burn expensive gasoline every day?
• Or are you an experienced cyclist who would like to learn how to get more courtesy and respect from motorists?

To Register for StreetCycling/Road I     

If your answer to any of these questions is “yes”, you should take Road 1, the League of American Bicyclist’s (LAB) street cycling course for adults. Road 1 will help you ride safely and effectively – to work, to the store, around your neighborhood, or around the state.

Most of us were taught to ride a bike by a parent when we were very small, and our bike education ended at that time. In fact, we were simply taught how to ride without falling down too often; but few of us were ever taught how to drive our bicycle in traffic. Road 1 fills that gap. It is Driver’s Ed for cyclists.

Road 1 is taught by LAB-certified instructors, and the curriculum covers everything from bike selection to simple maintenance to fixing a flat, to strategies for riding a bike safely and confidently. It is taught to very small classes (generally 5 to 10 students), in two sessions: 4 hours on a Friday evening and 5 hours on a Saturday morning. The Friday evening session is classroom work; the Saturday session is in two parts: parking lot safety drills, and a ride through Austin streets under the eye of one or more instructors. Tuition is $65, which includes the textbook and other class handouts.

To Register for StreetCycling/Road I     

Friday evening classes are 5-9 p.m. at REI, – Downtown Austin, Gateway or Round Rock (varies by class – see registration)

Saturday classes are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. meeting at Café Mundi on East 5th between Chicon and Comal. (check schedule for changes).

StreetCycling/Road I Schedule for 2008

	Classroom	On-Bike
	Friday 5-9pm REI date (location)	Saturday 8am-1pm Cafe Mundi 1704 E. Fifth Street
September	26 (Gateway)	27
October (Additional October Class!)	17 (Round Rock)	18 (Round Rock - location TBA)
October	24 (Gateway)	25
November	21 (Gateway)	22

To Register for StreetCycling/Road I