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Nov 19 2014

Teaching the Traffic Bicycling Class

The Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals class is an all-day intensive workshop designed for transportation planners, traffic engineers, public safety advocates, and law enforcement officers. The information covered is a superset of the League of American Bicyclists Traffic Skills 101 class. League Cycling Instructors may announce and teach the class according to League guidelines for TS101 and award TS101 certificates. A future version of the class may be created to align with the ABEA CyclingSavvy curriculum for those interested in that program.

Curriculum Philosophy

The philosophy of the curriculum is to present transportation professionals with a comprehensive and consistent concept of operations for successful bicycling in traffic. The class starts with first principles of bicycle handling to establish the maneuvering characteristics and required operating space for bicycling. (This required operating space is much wider than many people realize; the students’ inevitable swerving when attempting to scan back for traffic drives this point home.) The class then presents human cognition principles and the basic rules of movement for traffic negotiation. These are practiced on quiet streets to reinforce the concepts. After this success, a typology and analysis of common bicycle crashes is presented to show how best bicycle driving practices address the causes of common crash types and minimize their likelihood. A variety of traffic challenges and facility types are discussed, with best bicycle driving practices identified for each. The class then rides in rush hour traffic on more challenging streets, followed by the optional TS101 test for LAB credit. The PowerPoint slide show provided for this class includes speaker notes to help instructors understand the important points to be covered in class.

This class does not cover facility design. This class teaches best bicycle driving practices to build students’ insight into real-world traffic negotiation issues so that they can evaluate facility design options on their own. Various facilities are presented as challenges to the students so they can determine how to best handle them, and later (outside of class) reflect on the impact facility design can have on bicycle drivers.

Organizing the Class

The first step in organizing the Traffic Bicycling class is to secure a classroom space and parking lot for drills at least a month in advance. The top level of a parking deck works well for the drills. City transportation officials or university staff may be able to provide these for you free of charge (networking helps here). Establish the room seating capacity and subtract 20% to determine the number of students you can accommodate (you need room for assistant instructors; at least one LCI per every five students is recommended).

Advertising the class to your target audience comes next. Work with local advocates and transportation professionals to get the word out.  Be sure to advertise the class on the League web site per LAB requirements so the class will be insured. You may want to use an event ticketing web site like EventBrite to track registrations and collect payments. Advance payment is important to ensure people show up. Please consider donating proceeds to BikeWalk NC or splitting the proceeds.

As you get a better idea of the size of your class, invite the LCIs you will need for assistance (one per every 4-5 students) and print the class materials. Materials for the class are available online via the links below:

Print one per student:

Class Agenda (can be edited)

TS101 Registration Form

TS101 Road Scoring Form

TS101 Student Test

TS101 Answer Sheet

TS101 Feedback Form

TS101 Certificate (use heavy paper)

Print one per instructor:

TS101 Handling Drills Diagrams

TS101 Avoidance Drills Diagrams

Materials not for printing:

Traffic Cycling PowerPoint Slide Show Presentation with speaker notes (can be edited)

Student Manual

PDF of Traffic Cycling slides with speaker notes (for reference, not presentation)

Alternative Materials

Sharing the Road with Bicyclists (Motorist Briefing)

A week or so prior to the class, send all students a link to the Traffic Bicycling class preparation page and recommend that everyone complete the homework tasks assigned on it. Multiple reminders may be helpful. Send them clear directions to the classroom location and any parking instructions.

Choose on-road routes that meet the LAB requirements (max 35 mph streets, various lane configurations), with the final road ride including areas with significant traffic, but not bumper to bumper congestion. Historic downtown streets are often preferable. Lots of left turns should be included. Make sure you ride the routes before choosing them, and make sure all LCI assistants have cycled them beforehand as well.

Running the Class

Time is very tight on this class. Start promptly, and do not go off on lengthy tangents.  Do ask students questions frequently as part of the teaching process (Socratic method) and encourage discussion in order to keep them engaged. If students want to debate an issue, table it until after class. Run the parking lot drills as efficiently as possible, with multiple groups doing different drills in parallel with different instructors. Keep everybody moving except when an instructor is presenting the drill.

We find that running the parking lot drills in a time-efficient manner is the biggest challenge in this class. We recommend lining everybody up to do the ABC Quick Check, straight line and scan/signal drills as one group before breaking up into three separate groups to do the avoidance drills (quick stop, instant turn and rock dodge). We normally skip the avoidance weave to save time.

For the transportation professionals in this class, We emphasize the relationship between facility design and what they experience while executing the handling drills. In particular:

Straight line scan/look back: Invite them to think about how much they swerved while looking back, and what this implies for the necessary size of their safe operating envelope and shy distance to both overtaking traffic and the pavement edge. This is very important when considering sharable lane width and the sum of bike lane plus travel lane width.

Instant turn: We don’t push speed/performance to the transportation planners here, but instead talk about turn planning. The students will turn wider and use more space than they expect; invite them to consider the implications for minimum turn radii and path width/curb cut width at path intersections for bicycling.

We will also demonstrate door zone distance with a parked car at the end of the parking lot drill. It’s best to have a two door car with really wide doors available for this.

After the class, if students ask for a copy of the slides, you can send them a pdf copy. Discourage distribution of this to people who have not yet taken the class. The verbal and physical content is much greater than the visual content, so the slides do not do the class justice.

Thank you for helping to “teach the teachers” and make our state better for bicyclists!

Written by steven · Categorized: Education

Nov 19 2014

Preparation for Traffic Bicycling Class

This email includes important information to help you prepare for the Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals class.

For the class you will need

  • your own bicycle in good working order
  • a helmet
  • a water bottle
  • a bike lock
  • clothing comfortable for bicycling

Please read through the class textbook before class. The textbook for the class can be downloaded from this link.

It is highly recommended that you at least read pages 4-11 of the textbook before class. We will not have time to discuss those topics in detail during class but they are important for being prepared to ride.  If you will are taking this class for credit for the LAB Traffic Skills 101 course in preparation to become an LCI, reading the textbook will help you pass the test at the end of the course. The class will include much additional information not in the textbook; a .pdf of the full class presentation will be made available after class.

Please fill out and sign out this linked class registration/waiver/questionnaire form and bring it to class. This will save time at the start of class.

Class will start promptly at 8:00 AM.  Please be dressed in your bike clothes at the beginning of the class.  The first on-bike session will take place at a parking lot near the classroom. You will have a few minutes to retrieve your bike from your car or nearby bike parking area between the first classroom session and the first on-bike session; however, please be sure it is in proper operating condition before class.

We will be riding to a local restaurant for lunch. Please bring a bike lock for securing your bicycle at the restaurant.

The following very short videos introduce several of the traffic bicycling concepts that we will be utilizing in class. Please take a moment to watch them before class so we can focus more of our class time on discussion and individual attention to all students when we ride.

Rules of Movement http://www.bikeleague.org/content/traffic-laws

(Note that we will cover NC traffic law specifically in class. For more information see our page on NC traffic laws.)

Intersection Positioning http://www.bikeleague.org/content/intersection-positioning

Lane Changing http://www.bikeleague.org/content/lane-changing-0

Where Should I Ride? http://www.bikeleague.org/content/where-should-i-ride

Lastly, below is a good video explaining how to fix a flat. The only thing we would add to the video is that it’s helpful to pump a small amount of air into the new tube to untwist it and give it some shape before putting it into the tire. If you would like to learn hands-on how to fix a flat, see an instructor after class and we will practice it together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm-SvNPFR4E


Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals

Agenda

 

8:00-8:50     Classroom Session 1: Getting Started

  • Introduction to objectives and concepts
  • Bicycle equipment and fit
  • Lighting and visibility

8:50-9:00       Break

9:00-11:10     On-Bike Session 1: Bike Handling (parking deck)

  • ABC Quick Check
  • Starting, stopping, shifting
  • Looking back, signaling
  • Emergency handling skills

11:10-11:20   Break

11:20-12:30   Classroom Session 2: Bicycle Driving Fundamentals

  • Rules of the Road for Drivers
  • Special Considerations for Bicyclists

12:30- 1:30    Ride to Lunch

1:30-2:45       On-Bike Session 2: On the Road (two-lane 25 mph roads)

2:45-3:00       Break

3:00-4:00       Classroom Session 3: Dealing with Challenges

  • Crash data analysis, common crash types and causes
  • Traffic hazards, surface hazards, obstacles
  • Bike lanes and multi-use paths
  • Traffic signal detectors

4:00 – 5:15      On-Bike Session 3: Traffic Cycling and On-Road Testing

(busier, faster and multi-lane roads, various lane widths, turn lanes)

5:15-5:30         Break

5:30-6:00        Classroom – Written Test, Graduation, Course Evaluations

 

 

Written by steven · Categorized: Education

Oct 27 2014

Courteous Cycling

The issue of courtesy often comes up when bicyclists discuss traffic, especially when motorists are part of the conversation. Most bicyclists want to be respectful of others and to set a good example. However, different assumptions, experiences and knowledge about traffic bicycling can result in different opinions of what this means.

Defining Courteous

Courteous means “marked by respect for and consideration of others.”  Courtesy is voluntary social behavior that exceeds our obligations under the law (such as stopping for red lights). Police cannot write traffic tickets for being rude; they are limited to the statutes that prohibit unsafe movements. When it comes to courtesy, we self-police according to our own judgment.

The Golden Rule

As socially conscious travelers we try to apply the rule “Do unto others as you would have done unto you.” We appreciate favors from strangers and try to do the same for them. But how big a favor should be expected? One example is holding a heavy door open for a stranger entering a building behind us. How long should we wait? If the stranger is right behind us, we feel rude for letting the door swing shut. If the stranger is too far away, waiting a long time makes both parties feel awkward. Our minds calculate a threshold by comparing estimates of our cost of holding the door and the other person’s cost of re-opening it. We usually extend favors when the cost to ourselves is less than the cost we save for others. When everyone does this for everyone else, everyone wins.

First Come, First Served

We often hold the door open to let another person in first or let a person with one item go first at the checkout counter when we have a full cart. But what if there is a long line of people behind us at the door or checkout counter? If we give up our place in line, others will benefit, but our individual cost may become too burdensome. Such a large sacrifice is not expected of us; people understand that sometimes the first come, first served rule is the only fair and practical way to limit every individual’s burden to a reasonable level.

Assisting Overtaking

In the Traffic Cycling class we discuss when a bicyclist should move to the right edge of the road to assist faster drivers in passing versus when they should maintain control of their lane by riding in the lane center. For safety, cycling instructors encourage cyclists to control the lane when the usable lane width is narrow because this reduces the risk of sideswipes caused by unsafe close passing. Bicyclists in NC have the same legal right to use a full lane as other drivers. However, we also encourage cyclists to voluntarily move right at safe location when the pavement is wide and it will help drivers pass by letting them do so without changing lanes. Moving to the right can also communicate to drivers that you expect them to pass once sight distances and lack of oncoming traffic make a next-lane pass acceptably safe. In traffic cycling classes, we refer to moving between lane-control positioning and deferential positioning as “control and release.”

Oftentimes one encounters marginal cases where the lane widens for a limited distance before narrowing again, and sometimes traffic backs up on narrow two lane roads. In these cases, a bicyclist may elect to pull over where safe and wait until traffic disperses before continuing. This is where comparison of relative convenience is useful. For instance, if only one car is following the bicyclist on a narrow road, and a safe opportunity to pass via the next lane will appear in several seconds, there is no net advantage to the bicyclist pulling off the roadway and stopping to facilitate the pass. But if multiple motorists are waiting at substantially reduced speed with no foreseeable opportunities to pass safely in the next lane, the bicyclist who pulls over at a safe location for a brief time provides a substantial benefit to the other road users at a low personal cost.

So how often should a bicyclist do this? Pulling over too frequently creates an unreasonably high cost for the bicyclist in return for maximizing motorists’ convenience. Every bicyclist must decide for themselves on a case-by-case basis how much burden to shoulder for an inadequate road design, and how much to rely on the first come, first served rule to get to their destination in a reasonable time. In the case of a group of cyclists, the logistics of moving everyone off of the roadway in a safe and coordinated manner can be particularly challenging. Usually a passing opportunity opens up and following traffic disperses long before a group can find a good place to pull over. One way that a group can make passing easier on a narrow two-lane road is to shorten the length of the group. This can be accomplished by riding double file within a single lane, thus reducing the length of the group by half, and by riding in separated platoons of a dozen or fewer cyclists instead of in very large groups.

Riding double file
In a narrow lane, riding double file does not make safe passing more difficult. It discourages unsafe too-close same-lane passing and makes the group shorter, requiring less time to complete a pass in the next lane. [photo by Mike Dayton]

 Some roads in North Carolina feature paved shoulders, which are legally optional for bicyclists to use. The width, surface condition, and continuity of such shoulders varies greatly, so bicyclists who consider using them to assist others with passing must continually evaluate the risks. Helping another road user pass a few seconds earlier is not worth a flat tire or crash.

Multi-Lane Roads

On roads with more than one thru lane in the bicyclist’s direction of travel, drivers can move into the left lane to pass with relative ease. On such roads, traffic almost never builds up behind bicyclists for more than a few seconds, so bicyclists need not concern themselves will pulling off the roadway to assist passing. In urban areas with significant traffic, multi-lane roads are often the most advantageous routes for bicycling, offering everyone more convenience than narrow roads.

Passing on the Right

Where traffic queues up at traffic lights and stop signs, bicyclists can occasionally be seen squeezing past the queue on the right and moving up to the intersection. State law prohibits passing on the right when not in a separate marked travel lane. This law is designed to prevent right-hook collisions between right-turning and overtaking traffic; right turns are to be made from the right lane and overtaking should only occur left of right turning traffic. But beyond legal prohibition, filtering forward usually creates a greater burden for the queue of motorists than it saves for the bicyclist. If the travel lane is narrow, it may be unsafe for motorists to pass the bicyclist again without moving into the next lane. Each motorist may wait behind the bicyclist, pass when safe, and stop at the next light, only to have the bicyclist squeeze past them again and repeat the whole process. The safer and more courteous approach is for bicyclists to get in line with queued traffic and pass through the intersection on a first-come, first-served basis.

PassingOnRight
Passing stopped traffic on the right creates conflicts at intersections and frustrates drivers who must repeat their passing maneuvers. It is also prohibited by law when not done in a separate marked lane.

Stopping in Groups

Groups of cyclists traveling together must sometimes stop for a short time to rest, re-group, or make route decisions. When a group stops in the roadway, however, other road users must figure out how to get around them in order to proceed. This is especially problematic if the group has stopped to chat at an intersection, where moving into the next lane to pass would be hazardous. If a cycling group stops and waits for a reason other than waiting for traffic ahead to clear, it is a simple courtesy to move the bicycles off of the roadway temporarily, and return to the roadway when the group is ready to continue.

Courtesy to Pedestrians

Some locations, such as greenway paths, are shared with pedestrians. Pedestrians value these spaces as safe and relaxing places to walk with their children and pets, and will sometimes make unpredictable movements. This requires bicyclists to slow down and give pedestrians lots of space when passing, just as bicyclists need motorists to do for them on roadways. When a path is congested or pedestrians are otherwise spread across the width of the path, the bicyclist must often slow down to pedestrian speed and alert the pedestrians to the bicyclist’s desire to pass. Although a bell can be an effective way to alert pedestrians who are not facing the bicyclist, a friendly voice may be better appreciated.

Disagreements about Courtesy

Debate often arises about courteous cycling when different people have different perceptions of the costs of the available options. A motorist may not see and appreciate the broken glass, gravel, broken pavement, rumble strip, door zone or other hazards present at the edge of a road. Some people are unfamiliar with the effective safety benefits of riding near the center of a narrow lane to deter unsafe same-lane passing. A bicyclist may not appreciate the challenges a driver pulling a trailer may face when preparing to pass safely on a two-lane road. Some debates will never be put to rest, and sometimes all the options seem equally bad. But by making an attempt to understand the genuine difficulties faced by travelers other than ourselves, we can all promote civility.

A markedly different kind of debate results when one participant believes that another has an inferior right to a shared resource because they belong to a lower caste or class of users. This type of prejudice often fuels motorists’ complaints about bicyclists using roadways, and sometimes anti-car advocates for increased bicycling can be similarly afflicted. While there are solid legal arguments supporting equal rights to traveled ways, the most persuasive approach to resolving prejudice usually involves an appeal to humanity and development of mutual understanding.

It’s important for bicyclists to view themselves as equally entitled users of our public roads, which means being equally entitled to safe travel. A bicyclist should never compromise their safety to increase convenience for another road user; that is too high a sacrifice to make. The prudent approach is to trade time and effort in an equitable manner to help everyone get to their destinations safely and in reasonable time.

Dealing with Harassment

Occasionally a motorist who feels slighted by a bicyclist’s movement or simply their presence on the road will harass the bicyclist by yelling or horn honking. This can be very upsetting, and it may be difficult for the bicyclist to keep calm. Understand that the greatest danger in such situations usually occurs when the bicyclist escalates the situation by retaliating with their own yelling, obscene gestures, or other expressions that can be interpreted as hostile. Such exchanges can result in assaults. But if the bicyclist simply ignores the harassment, the motorist will usually continue on their way without incident. Suppressing the urge to argue can be difficult, but it is unlikely that a motorist’s mind has ever been changed by a yelling match. If a motorist behaves in a threatening manner, however, stop and report the incident to police as soon as possible. Take note of the license plate, driver description, and location, and be prepared with any witnesses or video that may be available. Note that video can be a very compelling and unbiased witness, and will also show any unlawful or escalating behavior on behalf of the bicyclist. Whenever interacting with other members of the public on our roadways, the most successful long term approach is ultimately to take the high road.

Written by steven · Categorized: Education

Aug 25 2014

Safe Passing and Solid Centerlines

Change Lanes to Pass
Graphic by Keri Caffrey

Update: Since the time this article was written, the State Legislature has legalized passing a bicyclist in a no-passing zone when done safely with no oncoming traffic and adequate sight distance, passing at a distance of at least four feet or moving completely into the next lane. See § 20-150. Limitations on privilege of overtaking and passing.

Narrow two-lane state roads are important travel routes for commuting and recreational bicyclists in North Carolina. Every day thousands of motorists pass bicyclists on these roads without incident. When there is little or no shoulder and the travel lane is narrow, competent drivers recognize that there isn’t room to pass within the bicyclist’s lane, and so they wait until the oncoming lane is clear of traffic for an adequate distance before moving into the next lane to pass. In many places where this occurs, a solid yellow centerline is striped to discourage passing of other motor vehicles. Traffic engineers place this striping where there is not adequate distance to safely pass a motor vehicle that is traveling near the maximum posted speed limit. But in the real world, drivers recognize that the distance required to pass a slow moving bicyclist is a small fraction of this distance, and invariably ignore the striping in favor of weighing the safety and convenience of passing under the existing conditions. Drivers routinely cross solid centerlines to pass bicyclists safely, and police routinely ignore this as long as the passing driver does not create a danger for oncoming traffic. Does this mean that it is legal?

Law enforcement officers are often asked this question – and are often uncomfortable responding. In states lacking clarifying language in the traffic laws, police may struggle to find legal support for ignoring solid centerlines when conditions are clearly safe for passing. Some states – Colorado, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, for example – have traffic laws explicitly allowing drivers to cross a solid centerline to pass a bicyclist under safe conditions. BikeWalk NC recommends that North Carolina adopt similar language. In the meantime, police in NC are in the same position as those in states such as Florida and Texas, where police have turned to the laws that govern driving around disabled vehicles and fallen trees to justify not ticketing prudent drivers. In North Carolina, this is § 20-146 (a)(2):

§ 20-146. Drive on right side of highway; exceptions.
(a) Upon all highways of sufficient width a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the highway except as follows:
(1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement;
(2) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway; provided, any person so doing shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard….

N.C. Highway Patrol 1st Sgt. Brian Gilreath provided the following explanation quoted in the 8/19/2014 Citizen-Times:

As long as you don’t affect the movement of oncoming traffic — that’s where common sense comes in — you’re allowed to go left of center to avoid hazards and obstructions in the roadways,” Gilreath said. “Take for example if a farmer drops a bale of hay in the roadway, and you need to go around it. Even though you’re left of center, you have not violated the law. […] An officer would have a hard time convincing a judge that you’re supposed to ride behind a bicyclist for 10-15 miles…. [Citizen Times, 8/19/2014]

This aligns with the pragmatic interpretation that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement approved for the Florida Bicycle Law Enforcement Guide:

The prohibition of passing in a no-passing zone does not apply when an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway [§316.0875(3)]. Thus, when a cyclist is traveling so slowly as to constitute an “obstruction,” a motorist may cross the center line in a no-passing zone to pass the cyclist if the way is clear to do so, i.e., when it can be seen that any oncoming traffic is far enough ahead that the motorist could finish passing before coming within 200 feet of an oncoming vehicle.

Police in Austin Texas, a state with similar passing laws, produced a video showing how to pass bicyclists by waiting until it is safe to cross a solid centerline.

AustinPolicePassing

 

BikeWalk NC hopes that other police officers in NC will leverage this interpretation of § 20-146 so that they can have more practical and meaningful discussions about safe passing techniques on narrow roads by focusing on traffic conditions and sight distances. However, explicit clarifying language in the passing law is preferred for bicyclists, tractor drivers, and other slow moving vehicle operators, because such users don’t want to be framed as “obstructions.” Slow moving vehicles are legitimate traffic, and in some cases, bicyclists aren’t slow-moving. A more nuanced, realistic alternative is needed for North Carolina’s one-size-fits-all no-passing-zone law.

Written by steven · Categorized: Education · Tagged: centerline, law, passing, yellow

Aug 24 2014

October 9 Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals Class

The next Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals class is being offered as an optional NC Bike Summit workshop at UNCG on the day before the Summit.

Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals
An All-Day Intensive Workshop
Thursday October 9, 2014
8am-5:30pm

Session Summary

Oriented toward transportation engineers, planners, and police, but open to all adults, this on-bike training course presents an evidence-based concept of operations for safe, efficient, and lawful bicycle driving in urban traffic. Participants enhance their bike handling skills, increase their capability and confidence in real traffic, and improve their understanding of how state traffic laws support successful bicycling. Bicycle crash data and crash causality are examined. Implications for transportation planning, facility design and law enforcement are discussed. Students receive certification for completing League of American Bicyclists Traffic Skills 101, a prerequisite for LCI certification. Total class time is 9 hours. Inexperienced bicyclists are welcome and encouraged to attend. Students must bring their own bicycle in good working order, a helmet, water bottle, and clothing comfortable for bicycling.

Location

The class will start at 8:00 AM in Room 2711 of the Moore Humanities & Research Administration (MHRA) building, UNC Greensboro. The Moore Humanities & Research Administration (MHRA) building is at the corner of Spring Garden Street and Forest Street, directly across from the Oakland Avenue Parking Deck.

Preparation

Please read through the class textbook before class. The textbook for the class can be downloaded from
It is highly recommended that you at least read pages 4-11 of the textbook before class. We will not have time to discuss those topics in detail during class but they are important for being prepared to ride. If you will are taking this class for credit for the LAB Traffic Skills 101 course in preparation to become an LCI, reading the textbook will help you pass the test at the end of the course. The class will include much additional information not in the textbook; a .pdf of the full class presentation will be made available after class.
 
Please be dressed in your bike clothes at the beginning of the class. The first on-bike session will take place on the top level of the Oakland Avenue Parking Deck. You will have a few minutes to retrieve your bike from your car or nearby bike parking area between the first classroom session and the first on-bike session; however, please be sure it is in proper operating condition before class.

 

We will be riding to a local restaurant for lunch. Please bring a bike lock for securing your bicycle at the restaurant.

The following very short videos introduce several of the traffic bicycling concepts that we will be utilizing in class. Please take a moment to watch them before class so we can focus more of our class time on discussion and individual attention to all students when we ride.

Rules of Movement
http://www.bikeleague.org/content/traffic-laws
(Note that we will cover NC traffic law specifically in class)

Intersection Positioning
http://www.bikeleague.org/content/intersection-positioning

Lane changing
http://www.bikeleague.org/content/lane-changing-0

Where should I ride?
http://www.bikeleague.org/content/where-should-i-ride

Lastly, below is a good video explaining how to fix a flat. The only thing I would add to the video is that it’s helpful to pump a small amount of air into the new tube to untwist it and give it some shape before putting it into the tire. If you would like to learn hands-on how to fix a flat, see me after class and we will practice it together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm-SvNPFR4E

For more information about the content of this class, and student testimonials, see the Traffic Bicycling for Transportation Professionals details page.

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Written by steven · Categorized: Education, Event

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