Can-Bike

"It's as easy as riding a bike" . . .  Increased traffic and multi-laned streets make a falsehood of this statement.  However you can bring peace and harmony into your cycling once more by taking a course in defensive cycling for commuting and recreational cyclists.

Can-Bike Youth requires that the child is able to ride without training wheels.  The course is over a weekend, where the children learn how to signal, to stop, to shoulder check, and to ride in a straight line.  Additionally, they learn some obstacle avoidance maneuvers.  It culminates in a neighborhood ride and certificates of achievement.

Can-Bike I is a course for adults who are uncomfortable riding their bike, or have not cycled recently and wish to improve their skills.  Students learn how to signal, stop, shoulder check, and to ride in a straight line.  They also learn to check their bike prior to riding, route planning, obstacle avoidance, lane changes and other commuting techniques.  The course touches on basic bicycle mechanics and maintenance, bicycle-touring, traveling by bicycle with children. Can-Bike I is not required prior to Can-Bike II, but recommended for inexperienced cyclists.

Can-Bike II participants must have some on-road cycling experience prior to taking the course - contact your local cycling educators to ascertain eligibility.  In Can-Bike II, cyclists review current skills like signaling, stopping and shoulder checking. They learn emergency stops and turns, rock-dodging, and lane positioning.  They become assertive cyclists, through an understanding of how the rules of the road pertain to them.  They learn how to cycle in all kinds of weather, traffic density and locales.  Course participants also learn the basic mechanics of a bicycle and some minor repairs.  Graduates of Can-Bike II, if interested, may become instructors for Can-Bike I and Can-Bike Youth.  They may also go on to become Can-Bike II instructors.

For more information regarding cycling education please contact the ABA office