Today and yesterday were busy days!
Yesterday we had a bike safety talk from John Chester of the
Cincinnati Cycle Club. He talked with the kids and then helped us set up and run our maneuverability test to test the students' skills. Thanks so much to John for coming out for the second year in a row!
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| John Chester of the Cincinnati Cycle Club talking to the kids about safety |
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| John teaches the right way to wear a helmet |
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| Students practicing maneuverability in the parking lot on Tuesday |
Here's what happened today:
8:15 - Students worked all morning on figuring out where they wanted to go and starting their blog posts as they planned their trips. Posts will be put online after we take them so others can see what we did that day.
10:00 - Brian Whitten from
K&G Bike Center came and spoke to the kids about bike maintenance and how to change tires (among other lessons). Brian fixed probably 7 or 8 different bikes while he was visiting. Thanks so much Brian!
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| Brian Whitten of K&G Bike Center |
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| Ray learns how to change a tire tube |
10:15 - We rode Trail 9 up to Linden Ave, but had to turn back around due to construction on 35, so we circled back and rode up County Line and back to the school and had lunch.
1:00 - We left again and this time went up Spaulding Road to get onto Creekside Trail, which we took all the way to Airway Road for an 11+ mile round trip. All in all we probably rode around 15-17 miles today!
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| Picture from the bridge on Creekside Trail heading towards Linden |
Below, please post an insightful comment about something you learned relating to biking, bike safety, bike maintenance, or something relevant to the course. Please put your name on your comment!
Today i learned how to change a tire. -Tyler
ReplyDeleteToday i learned how to change a tire. - Tyler Cox
ReplyDeleteToday I learned why cushioning for bike seats and pants were invented.
ReplyDeletetoday I learned to replace the tube in my back tire
ReplyDeleteToday I learned how to change the gears on my bicycle, correctly -Teagan
ReplyDeleteRyan Lapchynski
ReplyDeleteDid: Biked 15 miles total, 6 in the morning, 9 in the afternoon.
Learned: Having a 10 speed bike is not very convenient for trying to go fast into the wind and uphill.
I learned how to change tubes on a tire and how gears work.
ReplyDeleteI learned how to change a flat tire. Brian Bollinger
ReplyDeleteI learned how important gears are and how much they can really affect your riding. -Joel
ReplyDeletetoday i learned to be sure to stop and look both ways at every intersection.
ReplyDeleteI learned what hemlock looks like, so if I see any strange plants that I feel the need to eat, hopefully they won't be poisonous. I also learned that it's a bad idea to change gears in the middle of a busy road.
ReplyDeleteMaddie Kelly
Today I learned how minut differences in the slope can be easily recognized by the difference in pedaling forward and back
ReplyDeleteToday I learned how minut differences in the slope can be easily recognized by the difference in pedaling forward and back
ReplyDeleteRAY SNYDER---- TODAY I LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING COOL, I HAD A HEADBAND SOAKED IN WATER, AND BY THE END OF THE DAY MY HEAD WAS DRY AND THE HEADBAND WAS AS WELL. by the end of the day i had a major headache.
ReplyDeleteI have learned that, for me, biking on the road seems to tire me out more than biking on the actual bike paths - Rhyse Mobley
ReplyDeleteToday, (well, Yesterday) I learned how to do proper maintenance on my bike, and also how easily a water bottle can come out of a bike and become a speed bump your bike may hit.
ReplyDeleteToday I learned how to change the back tire and the importance of gear shifting.
ReplyDeleteYesterday I learned that if you do not put a new tube into your tire properly and it is pinched, then it can pop right away when you try to pump it up. And that would be a problemo. -Eric II
ReplyDeleteToday I learned that I should not eat 5 pieces of garlic bread before going on a 10 mile bike and I also learned how to change a tire and fix brakes.
ReplyDeleteThe garlic bread falls in to the "I told you so category!" Mrs. Curran :)
DeleteToday I learned how to change a tire and how to fix a chain that has fallen off. I also concluded that drinking water was a very important thing to do when biking
ReplyDeleteToday I learned that from STEM to wright patt by bike isn't very far, and that having water while biking is very important. Signaling is important too. From Charlie
ReplyDeleteToday, I learned that I have the absolute worst luck when it comes to bikes! -Ray Hampton
ReplyDeleteToday I learned how to remove a tire, pump a tube and replace the old one. I am also learning a lot about the bike trails.
ReplyDelete-Jacob
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ReplyDeleteToday I learned how harmful snake bites are to the rim, as well as the inner tube. I also learned how to change a tire as well as an inner tube
ReplyDelete- Jon
Today i learned alot about the bike trails leading up to airway, I never knew they went back that far; and I spend most of my weekends on those trails getting from place to place. I also learned how to change a bike tire. -Andrea
ReplyDeleteI learned how to change the tire, how to change gears on my bike and also how important they are. Joshua Rugwiza
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