Ride Dates: September 11th, 18th and 25th October 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd

Ride Times: 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Meeting Locations: Ross Valley Charter’s parking lot

Who: 3rd - 5th graders with biking experience.

*Parents are more than welcome to join but will need to fill out a waiver before our ride.

**If we need to cancel rides because of poor air quality, weather or other reasons, make up rides will be offered on weekends or during the following month.

With sunny skies and long days, we can’t wait to get our kids back out on the trails. We'll keep focusing on bike handling skills, working on our ability to ride bigger and bigger uphills, and helping the kids ride cooperatively as a group. We’ll be riding at 3:30 from the parking lot of Ross Valley Charter. This plan should give our riders from Manor and RVC plenty of time to put on bike gear, make it to the parking lot, fill up waters, eat a little snack and be ready to ride. Kids from other schools who’s schedule allows them to join us are more than welcome!

Before our rides, please go over your rider’s bike and address any mechanical issues that may cause problems on the trail. Also, please help your student pack all of their cycling gear including their helmet, bike gloves, lots of food, and plenty of water. Light weight knee pads, elbow pads and protective eyewear are, also, recommended. For riders who are allergic to poison oak, a single use packet (or reusable small container) of Tecnu is another great thing to pack.

All parents of participating minors need to go to the parent portion of the CDC website and familiarize themselves with the available CDC concussion information. Concussions can and do happen during mountain biking. Sometimes symptoms will take hours or days to become apparent. It is important that we are all prepared. https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/pdfs/youthsports/parents_eng.pdf

Thank you and please feel free to contact us with any questions!