Level 4: E-Biking with Ease: Mastering Your Electric BikeElectric bicycles are revolutionizing bicycling and provide you with extra speed and power. E-bikes allow bicyclists to ride faster and farther, with less effort, and more carrying capacity. They also have made bicycling possible for people who didn’t think bicycling was a possibility due to age, fitness level, or disability. With all that speed and power come a lot of hazards, though. In E-Biking with Ease: Mastering Your Electric Bike, you’ll learn what those hazards are and how to reduce them. You’ll learn how to use the unique features of your e-bike to your advantage, while learning how to handle it so you’re always in control. This class is for people who have successfully completed Level 2: Road Ready: Bike Handling Boot Camp, or by instructor permission. It is highly recommended that you have taken Level 3: Go By Bike! Get Anywhere on 2 Wheels so you have familiarity and experience with riding in traffic. If you believe you have a basic command of riding a bike, and have some experience riding in traffic, contact me to see if you can jump into Level 4: E-Biking with Ease. During the last session of E-Biking with Ease, we will go on a 7-mile guided ride on the trails and roads of Redmond. During this ride, we will ride as a group to several road and traffic features, which you will then ride through solo, with the support and guidance of me and your classmates. E-Biking with Ease consists of three 3-hour sessions on consecutive Saturdays. You must be able to attend all 3 sessions. E-Biking with Ease meets in Redmond at the City Hall campus. We use the Public Safety Building as our classroom space, and the nearby parking lots and roads for riding. 2024 Level 4 E-Biking with Ease: Mastering Your Electric Bike dates/times:
Students are responsible for providing their own E-Bikes, fully charged and in good working order. Bike helmets are required for this class (with exceptions for certain religious head wear). Don't have a bike helmet? No problem. You can buy a CPSC-approved bike helmet from me for just $20 cash or check on the first day of class. You can also buy one from any bike shop. Cost: $154.17 for residents of Redmond, $185 for non-residents. Helmets are required and can be purchased at any bike shop, or from me for $20 extra on the first day of class. Registration opening soon! Sign up here to get notified when these classes are open for registration. |