Lesson 2-5: Familiarize the students with bicycle maintenance, including how to fix flat tires, adjust brakes, handle bars, and seats, and repair chains.
Lesson 6: Pre-ride inspection (conduct every day). Starting and stopping, falling, riding on flat ground, and spinning.
Lesson 7: Review start/stop and spinning, shifting on flat ground, and spinning.
Lesson 8: Rules of the road – riding safely on streets.
Lesson 9: High- and low-speed turns, starting and stopping on hills.
Lesson 10: Riding on loose and firm ground, techniques for climbing and descending.
Lesson 11: Obstacles – riding and hopping over obstacles on flat ground, skill obstacle course.
Lesson 12: Single-track riding – etiquette and techniques.
Lesson 13: Single-track riding – trail ride on a trail you make on campus (use marking paint, chalk, cones). Add obstacles and find hills whenever possible.
Lesson 14: Internet day – locate local bicycle trails, identify trail difficulty, and get directions to find those trails.
Lesson 15: Final exam – written
test and skill ride, including simple bicycle maintenance procedures.