The BCI Board of Directors highly recommends that every member complete a bicycle safety and traffic skills class.

recommended Safety Classes

Learn the rules of the road related to operating a bicycle on streets, roads, and paths in California. Learn about proper lane positioning, negotiating intersections and turn lanes, integrating your bicycle in the traffic flow, hazard and crash avoidance, and more. It will change the way you ride and lessen your odds of becoming a traffic statistic. If all of our BCI riders took the time to watch and learn and practice these skills, we would all benefit.

CYCLING SAVVY is a Program of the American Bicycling Education Association (https://abea.bike)

Cycling Savvy 3-part course (In-Person):

  • The Truth and Techniques of Traffic Cycling -- 3 hours-- Friday evening classroom. 

  • Train Your Bike -- 3 hours -- weekend morning on-bike skills.

  • Tour of the City -- 3.5 hours -- weekend afternoon practice ride 

    *These classes are scheduled in groups. From time-to-time the BCI Board has worked to get commitments from 8-10 members in order to have our own class. Contact the Board at bod@bikeirvine.org

CYCLING SAVVY (Online):

To augment the In-Person classes or as stand alone on-line training, watch the FREE online courses - https://cyclingsavvy.org/online-bicycle-education/
You can read the course text HERE (opens PDF pages).

 

The Free Cycling Savvy Essentials Mini-Course explains best techniques for riding safely in traffic and the Free Club Rides Essentials Mini-Course explains how a club can ride as a group more efficiently and safely.

 

For PREMIUM online courses, consider a Cycling Savvy Ride Awesome! membership.

other safety programs and classes we recommend:

LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS-SMART CYCLING PROGRAM
The League of American Bicyclists offer in-person and online courses.
More information at https://bikeleague.org/ridesmart/

BCI’s NewB CLASSES

We periodically offer a brief basic class on cycling safely, legally, and in a group that includes a short ride to demonstrate & practice.
See NewB classes for schedule & more details. There is also an extensive LIBRARY there with several documents reviewed as part of the class.

bci members who completed past Skills Reward Programs (2014)

Randy Profeta
Bill Sellin
Dev Sellin
Marc Urias

GOLD Circle of Safety
Members:

Karen Lewis Cook
Mark Lien
Monica McCarthy
Bob McHenry

SILVER CIRCLE OF SAFETY MEMBERS:

Marilyn Austin
Lisa Bastian
Marty Bernstein
Wayne Broadhag
Elliott Bubis
Michele Burns
Kristina Carpenter
Wayne Carpenter
Debbie Cetin
Judy Chapel
Bill Clark
Mary Corrough
Debra Coven
Margaret DAgostino
Ramona Dalton
Bruce Darby
Carol Davidson
Bob Davidson
Jamie Joy De Meta
Susan Duncan
Eric Eltinge
Bob Fairfield
Kathleen Fay
Derek Fowler
Trisha Gillis
Will Gray, Ph.D.
Becky Guess
Marlene Hirsch
John Hoskins
Patty Hoskins
Joyce Jack
Kati Jones
Bruce Kettner
Naishadha Konda
Tommie Kozlov

Rhonda Larson
Alex Lim
Rich McCarthy
Linda McCarthy
Cathy McCoy
Clinton McDonald
Patricia Miller
Jing Montemayor
Norm Moyer
Gloria Neal
Jim Norman
Larry Oden
Cyndi Oden
Doug Peterson
Melanie Peterson
Diane Prendergast
Ann Reichling
Peter Reitan
Steven Rizzuto
Kim Rizzuto
Jodie Roe
Kathy Shapiro
Aaron Sher
Beth Sher
Jennifer Short
Deby Six
Joe Sortais
Harry Taw
Gary Thomsen
Donald Tillinghast
Tim Truong
Richard Vallens
Mike Weber
Charlie Zevon