Classes & ResourcesWestern Wheelers' sponsored ClinicsBike Skills 101 - Fundamental Bike Handling Skills - One session - SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2024.
Presented by Savvy Bike, on behalf of Western Wheelers, this members-only clinic is the foundation of everything else you’ll learn on the bike. This is the clinic where we teach the old dogs new tricks and the newbies the fundamentals. You’ll learn about balance and weight distribution and how that affects your ability to ride your bike safely and confidently. We’ll learn skills like riding with no hands, emergency stops, and how to look behind you while holding your line, how to steer, and counter-steer. After just four hours, we guarantee you’ll be a better bike handler and have much more fun on the bike.
Registration is closed Bike Skills 201 - Climbing + Descending Skills - Two sessions - SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2024 and SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 2024.Presented by Savvy Bike, on behalf of Western Wheelers, this members-only clinic is a continuation of what you’ve learned in Bike Skills 101. What goes up must come down, right? In this 4-hour co-ed clinic, we’ll teach you how to climb like a pro – seated climbs, standing climbs, short climbs, steep climbs, extended climbs. And then, we’ll teach you how to come back down again, focusing on a fast straight descent, and then a technical switchbacky descent. Prerequisite: Bike Skills 101. July 14 Clinic: Registration reopened until Thursday 7/11 6pm August 11 Clinic Registration opens Friday, July 12 at 6 PM. Bike Skills 301 - Pacelines + Group Riding - No WW-only session offered for 2024, visit Savvy Bike for available clinicsPresented by Savvy Bike, on behalf of Western Wheelers, this members-only clinic is a continuation of what you’ve learned in Bike Skills 101. Whether you are a recreational rider, a randonneur, or a racer, group riding skills will help you ride longer, faster, and farther. This is for every A, B, C, D and E rider in the Club! We’ll learn draft theory and basic pacelines, beginning with partner work and progressing to more complex group riding skills. Prerequisite: Bike Skills 101. Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition offers Bicycle Classes"Our bicycle classes exist to empower people to become more safe and confident riders"
SVBC offers an extensive Education Series—Monthly classes, Webinars and an Adult Education Series:
Coaching, Training & MaintenanceWESTERN WHEELERS BICYCLE CLUB OFFERS THIS LIST FOR REFERENCE ONLY. COACHING SERVICES VARY, CONTACT THE COMPANIES DIRECTLY FOR MORE INFORMATION.
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 | March 2024 - Thanks to San Mateo County's new Sheriff Christina Corpus and Captain Matthew Fox, the Sheriff's Office now has a new cycling safety brochure that better represents the Vehicle Code and good practice. Sheriff Corpus and Captain Fox have also made it possible for San Mateo County BPAC Chair Elaine Salinger and local participant Steve Lubin to make "Roll Call Meeting" presentations to Sheriff Deputies, raising patrol officer's awareness of bicycle issues. |
| On August 15, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1946 into law. This course, developed with the assistance of key cycling organizations (e.g. LAB, CALBIKE, CABO), government agencies (e.g. CalTrans, CARB, California State Parks), and medical representatives (e.g. Stanford Health Care, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital), is designed to provide information about E-Bike riding, what to consider when purchasing an E-Bike, basic skills and maneuvers, rules of the road, and other safety tips. |
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Bicycling Street Smarts: Riding Confidently, Legally, and Safely, by John S. Allen |
As a cyclist on the roadway, you have the same rights and responsibilities of a vehicle driver and are responsible for complying with the California Vehicle Code (CVC). |
