BikeAthens

New League Cycling Instructors are ready to roll

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LCI Seminar Participants in Athens
LCI Seminar Participants in Savannah

Georgia Bikes hosted a League Cycling Instructor Seminar Sept. 11-13 with all candidates successfully completing the rigorous training required by the League of America Bicyclists.

League Cycling Instructors are, “ambassadors for better biking through education. After earning certification through a three-day, League Coach-led seminar, LCIs teach Smart Cycling classes to children as well as adults. Their goal is to help people feel more secure about getting on a bike, to create a mindset that bikes are treated as vehicles, and to ensure that people on bikes know how to ride safely and legally.”

The newly certified LCIs are:

  • Jason Perry (Athens)
  • Joshua Crawford (Columbus)
  • Caila Brown (Savannah)
  • Irene Ivie (Athens)
  • Liz Solomon (Athens)
  • Scott Long (Athens)
  • Patti Sistrunk (St. Simons Island)
  • Carmen Kuan (Raleigh-Durham, N.C.)

The seminar was originally scheduled to be held in Macon, but the pandemic required modification of the program’s format. Instruction was delivered by LCI Coach Jenni Laurita through videoconferencing, with candidates meeting at BikeAthens and Bike Walk Savannah for on-bike course modules facilitated by League Cycling Instructors Steven Cousins, John Bennett, and Christopher Mojock. All participants at the Athens and Savannah sites followed strict COVID protocols, including mask wearing at all times. This is only the second LCI Seminar to use the online/in-person hybrid model developed to offer LCI training during the pandemic. 

For more information on Georgia Bikes’ safety education programs, contact John Bennett. 

Fix Your Own Bike Night at Home!

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Thursdays just aren’t the same without BikeAthens’ weekly Fix Your Own Bike sessions so they are hosting a FYOB Zoom Meeting! You can’t use their tools, you can’t come into the shop, but you can get as much of their solid advice as you need so you can take the next steps toward getting your bike riding right again. If you just want to hang out and talk bikes, that’s cool too. Email shop@bikeathens.org for registration info.

BikeAthens Joy Ride

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Join us as we wander through town on a February evening. We will roll out at 6 p.m. Joy Rides are casual, last about 90 minutes, and finish with a social gathering downtown. We ride on the last Friday of the month, starting at our headquarters at 1075 West Broad Street. We end the ride at Little Kings Shuffle Club.