Youth Cycling Education

Bicycling is a panacea.  It contributes to personal and environmental health and sustainability and it helps to make our towns and cities calmer and more livable.  For kids, bicycling means health, freedom and responsibility.

Cycle-for-Health

Our Cycle-for-Health classes teach the how’s and whys of cycling and its benefits, going further in-depth with each successive grade level.

Cycle-for-Health comes in three sizes.

“Cycle-for-Health Basic” is a 50-minute rollick through the basics of the bicycle and bicycling designed for school gymnasiums, auditoriums or cafeterias. Three 50-minute sessions (a half day) has school kids prepared to hit the streets (sidewalks and bike paths) with good safety and bicycle handling technique tucked into their heads.   Each 50-minute session is customized to the appropriate grade level (2 through 12) and includes individualized helmet fitting along with a quick review of nutrition and hydration do’s and don’ts.  Kids walk out with a helmet fitting guide and a bicycle safety reference card.   Maximum of around 100 attendees per session.  Helmets can be provided to those of lesser means through a grant from the RI Departments of Transportation and Health.

“Cycle-for-Health Plus” includes discussion of the safest way to ride to your school using slides and handouts with satellite photos to discuss various alternative routes.  Three sessions are last about 90 minutes and can be up to 200 in size.  There is flexibility to size the session to fit your school’s schedule.

“Cycle-for-Health Deluxe” is a half, weekend-day session that includes bicycle handling skills workshops for kids and parents.  Usually staged in a school parking lot, Cycle-for-Health Deluxe will work anywhere there is room to work with kids and adults on bicycles.

Call us to talk about what you are looking for and how we can make Cycle-for-Health work to meet your goals.

Email: Cycle-for-Health@usopencycling.org to schedule your school or youth group or call 401.484.1161

Cycle-for-Health CycleSmarts Skills Course

Our CycleSmarts Skills course combines the Cycle-for-Health curriculum with on-bike skills development.  The Cycle-for-Health CycleSmarts skills course brings League of American Bicyclists Youth 123 Skills Cycling Certification to its graduates.

This course happens over two two-hour weekend sessions and is appropriate for new cyclists from grades 1-3 and 4-8.  Young cyclists stuck with training wheels will learn to ride on two wheels as part of this course.