Post #4077743
2026-07-24 23:48 UTC
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@bobjonkman@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-07-25 01:00
#BikeNite A7: When I was 5 years old I took part in a bike rodeo. One competition was to ride under a rope with a small ring attached, and snag the ring with a small wooden dagger. I got the dagger in the ring, then pulled it out, not realizing I was supposed to pull the ring off the rope and keep it on the dagger. Since I didn't have the ring I was disqualified. Obviously a traumatic experience, as I still remember clearly some 60 years later... @ascentale@sfba.social @cainmark@mstdn.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social
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@morgan@sfba.social 2026-07-25 00:55
@ascentale@sfba.social @cainmark@mstdn.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A7: I ran Bike Day at my kids' elementary school for several years. We had some fun games, taught road safety, hand signals, I let them pop a tire with a pick, then showed how we fix that flat. Did some minor bike repairs. (Kids bikes only, so many parents brought their bikes for repair. Nah-ah. Bring inner tubes of various sizes, ask a local shop to donate them, and patch kits.) All of that was engaging, but mostly they just wanted to ride, ride, ride around the schoolyard. Oh, our local police department donated free kids helmets. We got a bunch and handed them out. WHAT GOT THEIR ATTENTION, and was the big draw was the fire truck, firefighters, plastic toy fire helmets, and the opportunity to register their bikes with the city. They would drive the fire truck right onto the playground. I don't even know if registering bikes with a city is still a thing, but the fire department was always game, and the kids and families loved it.