CAN-BIKE
Cycling
Freedom for Women
CAN-BIKE
Cycling Freedom for Women is a course for women, taught by women.
The course content is similar to CAN-BIKE 1, but addresses specific
concerns such as security at night and riding with children. Content
includes: how traffic works, riding with children, proper cycling
equipment, basic maintenance, bike handling skills, group riding,
riding on quiet streets and minor arterials. 12 hours
Course objective:
Women
aged 14 and up learn skills and build confidence to ride safely
on residential streets. This course is taught by women, for women.
Course outline:
Classroom
or outdoors:
Traffic
dynamics and principles of traffic flow - positioning on road, within
lane and within intersection, lane choice, residential and pedestrian
style turns, single streetcar/railway tracks.
Riding
conditions and energy basics - health issues for women cyclists,
personal security, riding with/supervising children.
Equipment
basics - helmets, bike selection, how bikes work, bike parts, bike
fit, safety equipment, ABC Quick Check, bike security, basic maintenance,
tool kit, lubrication, flats.
On
road:
Group
riding skills - cycling technique, group riding etiquette.
Handling
skills - straight line riding, shoulder checking, signalling, rock
dodge, quick stop, slalom, gearing.
Riding
on residential streets - entering the roadway, position within lane,
parked cars, lane choice and changes, yielding right of way, intersections,
right turns, right turn only lanes*, residential left turns, pedestrian
style left turns, crossing streetcar/railway tracks*.
Review
of security issues in on-road situations.
* As
appropriate to student skill level and class time.
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