Dedicated BTA volunteers worked on 84 bicycles last Saturday getting ready for the spring Bike Safety Education season. The Safer Routes fleet of over 300 bikes gets well used each fall and spring at over 25 schools in the Portland area, and that takes a toll on the bikes.
An hour a day for two weeks, 5th grade students learn to be safe and have fun on bikes. The kids bring enthusiasm and we bring a fleet of bikes, bags of helmets and two Bike Safety Education instructors.
On the last day the instructors take the kids out for a ride around the neighborhood near their school so they can practice on real streets what they have been learning back in the classroom and on the playground. More BTA volunteers show up for those events.
The BTA has been teaching this very popular and nationally recognized Bike Safety Education curriculum for ten years.
After each season, our dedicated group of mechanic volunteers gets the bikes back in safe condition so they can be used again the following season.
The BTA will host two more maintenance sessions: Saturday February 21st and Saturday March 21st. Each session will be from 10:00 to 2:00.
If you want to get involved as a mechanic or later in the spring as a BSE ride leader, contact Scott Lieuallen, Volunteer Coordinator at the BTA.
