Empower Yourself! Join Our Free Biking Webinars
Are you new to bicycling and want learn more about road safety and navigation? Perhaps you’re a parent who wants to learn how to bike more with your kids? Maybe you’re a bit more experienced and want to spend an hour with folks who love bikes? Great! Join us for any one of our upcoming bike education webinars.
Biking 101 - Available in English and Spanish
Tuesday, October 13th, 1-2pm - Register Here - Sponsored by the Redwood City Library
Tuesday, October 20th, 12-1pm - Register Here (English only) Sponsored by Lyft/Bay Wheels bike share
SVBC staff will cover ride prep, rules of the road, gear, routes, and resources. This is a great introductory workshop for people who are new to bicycling or interested in learning more about how to enjoy safe and comfortable biking. All levels of riders are encouraged to attend.
Topics at this workshop include:
* Keys of safe riding - visibility, predictability and vigilantly
* Basics of riding - laws, bike lanes, and sidewalks
* Skills - hand signals, intersections, sharing the lane and taking the lane
* Choosing gear - bikes, helmets, lights, locks, and other accessories
* Route planning
* Bike Resources and Q & A
Family Biking - Available in English and Spanish - Sponsored by the Redwood City Library
Wednesday, October 21st, 12-1pm
How to bike safely with kids of any age. We’ll cover gear and equipment options to help you have safe and enjoyable riding adventures! Presentation followed by time for Q & A with experienced family riders who are eager to share their experiences and tips. All levels of riders are encouraged to attend.
For more information and to register: Bike Education Webinars
Other Engagement Opportunities
Women Bike Book Club
In May of this year, we teamed up with the San Jose Public Library to launch the Women Bike Book Club (WBBC). This Club is intended to be a source of information, inspiration and community around shared passions of biking and discussion for all self-identifying women. We are casual and friendly :) Join us and bring your ideas for future discussions and/or get togethers. You do not need to be a resident of San Jose to attend - all geographies welcome. WBBC meets on the last Wednesday of every month from 6-7pm via Zoom.
Learn more: Women Bike Book Club
Create and Curate Rides
In August, we launched our Ride Spot page and we need your help to create new rides. Ride Spot allows us to curate bike routes that will hopefully remove one of the barriers to riding – route planning. In building these routes, we seek spaces and places that are interesting, scenic, and user friendly routes tailored for newer riders. The routes utilize bike lanes, trails and residential areas where traffic is calmer. Distances span between 2-15 miles and include libraries, parks, areas of cultural interest, and of course, treat stops! You’ll currently find rides in areas from Gilroy to Mountain View but we need to amass more routes.
Want to help? Put your adventurous self to work planning some fun routes to be featured on our Ride Spot page. In particular, we’d love to include some rides in San Mateo County and North and South Santa Clara County. Contact programs@bikesiliconvalley.org