[SDCBC] Where to begin? was Re: New Cyclist Education

[John Eldon]

I am going to do four things locally:
1) The Encinitas REI store offers bicycle maintenance classes. I shall see whether they would be willing to add some traffic skills training to the curriculum, or least sell copies of John S. Allen's Street Smarts.
2) Since I own two copies of John Franklin's Cyclecraft, I'll see if the Encinitas Library would accept one for its circulating collection (as opposed to Friends of the Library book sale fodder).
3) I shall try to drum up interest within the Encinitas YMCA's MasterFit road cycling club. I participate in many of their Saturday morning rides, and a few of the regulars and occasionals could use a bit of training, particularly on right-hook prevention.
4) As vice-chair of the newly formed Encinitas Environmental Commission, I am pushing hard for pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly intersection design and traffic calming. I shall see if I can generate a critical mass of interest in road cycling training.

All the best,

John E.

--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Jim Baross <JimBaross at cox.net> wrote:
Bike shops (and how about the Big-Boxes of the area?) are certainly a 
contact point for bicyclists.... but how about replacing "you" with 
"we" and offer to help... maybe with the shop you use?... maybe first

by checking with Kathy/SDCBC for ideas?... maybe coordinating this as 
a project? ... some efforts have been made over the last 20 years 

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