Tag: bike safety
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School Is Out, Everyone Is Heading To The Safety Safari At The Como Zoo
Now that school is out everyone is heading to the Safety Safari to help keep you safe along life’s road. A great family experience at the Como Zoo, tomorrow June 13, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., in St Paul, MN.
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Wise Bike Wednesdays – ABC Quick Check Your Way to Fun
Help with a Wise Bike Wednesdays ABC Quick Check from a League of American Bicyclist Instructor, so biking to school is fun.
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More than a 100 residents earn a bike in Hennepin Co.
More than a 100 people living in the Minnesota cities of Hopkins, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, and St. Louis Park took part in a series of free “earn-a-bike” and “learn-to-ride” classes in 2015. According to the Hennepin County “Get out – Get Active” newsletter participants in the earn-a-bike program learned: basic bike repair skills; gained exposure…
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Bike Pic Dec, 20, bike rodeo fun!
Here, this young lady shows off here new bike after finishing a bike rodeo at her school in Albert Lea, MN, this last summer.
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Bike Pic Dec.16, making a complete stop
Here Arlen Hall, from Adventure Cycling, poses for the HaveFunBiking camera after making a complete stop at an intersection while on a ride in Downtown Denver, CO.
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Bike Pic – Aug. 19, Bike MN
To the left, CJ Lindor, Education Specialist for BikeMN (Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota) working with volunteers to share safe bicycling tips and procedures in their booth and on the obstacle course at the Minneapolis Open Streets, on Franklin Ave. last weekend.
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RAGBRAI Sets Good Example with Helmet Safety
This morning thousands of bicyclists were on the roads for RAGBRAI, and if you watched the riders roll through Souix City, IA, you notice most of the people were wearing bike helmets. “It’s the safest way to ride whether you’re on a trip across the state or a trip across town,” according to Dr. Michael…
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Confidence is a Bicycle Safety Tool, Many Forget
Riding with a helmet, lights, reflectors and mirror are all good. However, after tens of thousands of miles without even having a close call with a motor vehicle, I’m no longer buying the assumption that getting hit by a car is an eventual certainty. There are many tools in my safety tool kit and today…
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Safe Routes to School Works, How About Your Community?
It’s official: Safe Routes to School programs are proven to work and are effective at increasing rates of walking and bicycling to and from school. Has your community adopted a comprehensive plan? If not, please share this article with your city and county leaders. Future generations will thank you!