Props to psyclepath

[Hub]

Woo Hoo - I am proud of my big brother- He went to Louisville Kentucky this past weekend to finish his LCI certification-
Now I need to figure how to ( and how to schedule time for) my own lil bike league in the Cleveland so he can come teach us!

from the Leauge of American Bicyclists web page

http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/education/seminars.php
LCI Certification
Becoming a League Cycling Instructor (LCI) certified to teach BikeEd is a great way to help cyclists in your community. Certified instructors can teach BikeEd classes to children as well as adults. Help bring the joy of safe cycling to others. If you are an experienced cyclist and would like to teach others please consider taking the next step towards certification. Road I is a prerequisite for a certification seminar. Instructors are trained at seminars held periodically throughout the year.

[Tuckervill]

Way to go, man!

Karen

[silver]

That's great! I'm interested in doing this too. Trekjeni is certified.

Does anyone know....are there other organizations that certify instructors? Is this one the best?

[PscyclePath]

The League's Bike Ed program is the only nationally-recognized training/certification program... It's been an educational process... mostly in that it's still a license to learn, and just how little you really know at the time ;-)

The Louisville LCI seminar was an excellent program, and a great setting. I parked the pickup truck when I got there Thursday evening, and the next time I moved it was when I fired it up early Monday morning to start the long ride home. We went everywhere during the weekend on the bikes. Fifteen of us, most from the Kentucky area, but a few stray cats like the guys in Group 4 from Arkansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin started the education block around the middle of Friday afternoon, went until around 10 that night, started the on-bike portion early Saturday morning with a urban ride through traffic (to make things interesting for us, this was the same weekend that Louisville ran the "Race For the Cure" a couple of blocks away); did practice teaching most of the afternoon, ran a few more lecture blocks until it got dark, then rode way out of town to where there were no street lights for the night riding portion, to test headlights, and learn about making yourself visible in the dark. Rode back to our base back downtown, getting in just a little after 10 p.m. Sunday morning we had some free time while the church was using our classroom for its intended purpose; so we went riding back out in the traffic again. At noon we did the road test, the block on teaching kids' courses, and finished up the practice teaching. Scored everybody, and wrapped up a little before 7 p.m.

The certificates, registration number, and secret handshakes should be in the mail from the League sometime in the next week; right now it's a bit of recuperation, and starting to get my stuff together to help out in some local classes over the next couple of months and get a little more active on advocacy issues.

If you're looking to learn to ride the streets, I heartily recommend taking the Road I course, and if you're really feeling frisky, start down the path to becoming an LCI. Seems like I've lived, breathed, and slept bikes for the past couple of months ;-)

Tom
Newbie LCI #17??

[Tuckervill]

Tom, I've been thinking of volunteering to do a cycling safety session for our Parks & Rec department. We have this nice little trail that cuts all the way through town, and many people are clueless about safety. Few people actually ride on the streets, but we do have a few commuters.

So how would you like to come up to Siloam Springs for some weekend in the spring? I'd much rather have an "expert". I can probably get your expenses paid. My goal for this is to increase cycling awareness here. The city is only doing it halfway--by providing the trail. I also think part of the justification for the trail was get bikes off the streets, but of course that's just ridiculous. Of course, the Parks & Rec people are overworked and probably none of them are cyclists.

Is this the kind of thing you were hoping to do with your LCI certification?

Karen

[PscyclePath]

Sure... That's pretty much what the LCI is for. My intent was to work with the local cycling clubs and advocacy groups to help build a little kinder, gentler relationship with the local motorists & pedestrians (some continuing fast club rides on the River Trail here, as well as folks freewheeling down the Big Dam Bridge usually keeps someone up in arms).

I think I make a total of 5 LCIs here in Arkansas; Willa Williams here in LR and Paul LeBlanc up in Fayetteville got their certification earlier this year, and are starting to offer courses, too.

Are you looking for the full Road I class, or something a little more focused?

Tom

[Tuckervill]

I'm thinking the folks who need it most are the people who ride with their kids, and kids who are finally old enough to ride on the street in their neighborhoods. It wouldn't be about long distance riding. It would be about how to be safe around cars, basic rules of the road, HELMETS, etc. I'd also like to be able to educate about different types of bikes and different types of cycling.

I'll contact the P&R guy and see what he thinks.

Thanks!
Karen