If you want to learn the basics of riding your bike in the city, come to The Coffee Ride this Saturday, June 23. The event is hosted by Keswick Cycle and Green Line Cafe and will start at 10:15 a.m. at Keswick Cycle (4040 Locust) with a skills clinic. You will learn everything from hand signals to how to properly lock a bike and everything in between. After the skills clinic you will go on a short ride (about 6 miles) through the city to practice the skills you went over in the clinic. The ride will end at Green Line Cafe at 43rd and Baltimore with a relaxing cup of coffee and sweet treats.
Here’s the event’s flyer.
June 21st, 2012 at 1:54 pm
Will there be demonstrations on the best technique to ride one handed while holding a cup of coffee in your other hand?
Just kidding.
June 21st, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Is it safer to hand signal with the coffee holding hand, or with the other hand?
June 21st, 2012 at 2:07 pm
For left turns coffee holding hand is fine. For rights there is the risk of dumping hot coffee on your head. So the “coast with coffee between knees” hand off is required.
Only for the very expert rider.
June 21st, 2012 at 2:17 pm
You may want to make sure Jackie Chiles is still in business first.