Build confidence and competence by developing bike handling skills and learning street savvy cycling best practices. This class starts with skill building drills in a parking lot, practicing starts, stops, turning, hazard avoidance, signalizing, scanning, shifting, and more. Then take your skills to the street by applying street savvy cycling strategies to a road ride, analyzing challenging roadway scenarios navigating as a group and solo. Learn how proper lane positining, effective communication, and courteous cooperation can transform your road riding experience.
Registration required along with helmets, road ready bikes, and signed waivers. E-bikes are welcome. There is a 100 percent rebate following course completion. Participants must be at least 13 years old.
Taught by Paul Mickiewicz and Andrea Silk, certified instructors through the League of American Bicyclists and the American Bicycling Education Association, the class is sponsored by Montclair, Montclair Police Department, Vision Zero Montclair, Bike & Walk Montclair, and the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition.
Questions? Contact Paul Mickiewicz at
[email protected].