Ride Dates: November 2nd, 9th, 16th and 30th

Ride Times: 3:05 to 6:10

Meeting Locations: Wade Thomas. We’ll meet by the bike racks that are located near the 5th grade classrooms. We will take the van to our riding destinations and then end our days at the Saunders lot of Archie Williams.

Who: 5th graders with access to bike lights and at least one session of riding with us

*Please note that bike lights will be necessary! We ask that all of our riders being and helmet light, a handlebar light and a red rear light. Helmet and handlebar lights should be able to project 500 lumens or more of light.

These rides are designed to follow up after our fall biking session. We had a great time riding with all of our kids. While our colder darker weather isn’t optimal for after school biking, we think that our older riders will have a great time if we keep it going a little longer.

Before our rides, please go over your youngster’s bike with them 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!

*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.